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.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
    12·
    1 year ago

    Someone on data is beautiful found that all third party apps accounted for only 10% of the official app downloads. Taking that into account, it is likely that the vast majority of Reddit users only use the official app and don’t know what the fuss is all about.

    But then, that mirrors the idea that most people are lurkers on Reddit.

    • FaceDeer
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve seen the 90/9/1 rule talked about in this context; 90% of users lurk, 9% interact, and 1% actually contribute content.

      Reddit’s problem is that the people that care about this issue are heavily concentrated toward the 1% end of that spectrum. If they go away then what’s going to be there for the lurkers to lurk at?