Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-party apps
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In interviews with multiple publications, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defended business decisions made by the company.

From the article:

In response to Huffman’s comments, moderators are trying to find ways to make blackouts effective. Alternatively, some communities are also setting up servers on alternative sites like Lemmy and Kbin.

  • exscape@kbin.social
    9·
    2 years ago

    I don’t know, I think it could be true. 57 million daily users according to the article; older numbers claim 400 million monthly users.
    Apollo claims 1.5 million users (monthly, I think) and is one of the biggest (if not the biggest?) third party apps.

    • Teppic@kbin.social
      12·
      2 years ago

      That may be true, but it is still presenting a distorted picture. The power users who interact with Reddit most are almost certainly more likely to have at least tried other (i.e. 3rd party) apps - furthermore it doesn’t seem to be being debated that the official app is missing key tools moderators find useful which would suggest moderators are are more likely to use 3rd party apps too.

      Not all users are equal, some are more equal and others!

    • GunnarRunnar@kbin.social
      8·
      2 years ago

      No doubt most people use official app or browser. Which makes it even stranger that they decided to kill 3rd party apps.