Reddit is absolutely, 100% certainly not going to step back on these change. They’ve made up their mind long ago.
But just for the hypothetical: I think they lost a LOT of trust with the two most essential parts of the community - users and mods. Also the company (or rather, its CEO) may have taken significant image damage due to the “AMA” spez did.
I think business will go on as usual, but the decline will be more and more noticable over time. It will go the way of Digg. Unless of course reddit decides to hire moderation themselves. But we all know they probably wont want do do that. The course seems set to selling the data they have already accumulated.
I doubt reddit will hire mods, they’ve been crying the platform is not profitable, imagine having to pay several millions more, tho reddit without mods is dead.
I think my only issue with Lemmy is that it is confusing to navigate. They don’t have a search bar from what I noticed. Then again I am new here. Otherwise I am content here.
Not sure if it helps @Cyber_Angel_Ritual@lemmy.ml , but the search is on the top right. The little magnifying glass. Visibility on it could be better.
And yes, I like the distributed nature of it all, but sometimes you end up on another instance without an easy way to view it in a page you can comment.
If you were in his shoes though with the option to make many many millions of dollars, and all you had to do was ruthlessly destroy the investment your users put into the community while your board applauded you?
There’s idealism, but I’m not a good enough person to say I wouldn’t seriously consider it.
Reddit is absolutely, 100% certainly not going to step back on these change. They’ve made up their mind long ago.
But just for the hypothetical: I think they lost a LOT of trust with the two most essential parts of the community - users and mods. Also the company (or rather, its CEO) may have taken significant image damage due to the “AMA” spez did.
I think business will go on as usual, but the decline will be more and more noticable over time. It will go the way of Digg. Unless of course reddit decides to hire moderation themselves. But we all know they probably wont want do do that. The course seems set to selling the data they have already accumulated.
I doubt reddit will hire mods, they’ve been crying the platform is not profitable, imagine having to pay several millions more, tho reddit without mods is dead.
I think my only issue with Lemmy is that it is confusing to navigate. They don’t have a search bar from what I noticed. Then again I am new here. Otherwise I am content here.
Not sure if it helps @Cyber_Angel_Ritual@lemmy.ml , but the search is on the top right. The little magnifying glass. Visibility on it could be better.
And yes, I like the distributed nature of it all, but sometimes you end up on another instance without an easy way to view it in a page you can comment.
Spez has been a douche for a long time. There is no damage to be done if he wears it on his sleeve.
If you were in his shoes though with the option to make many many millions of dollars, and all you had to do was ruthlessly destroy the investment your users put into the community while your board applauded you?
There’s idealism, but I’m not a good enough person to say I wouldn’t seriously consider it.
How about making money without being a dick?
You might not make billions, but who needs that amount of money? (only dicks)