Reddit is facing an ongoing blackout from some of its most active users after it revealed plans to charge some third-party apps for data access. But despite thousands of communities within the online discussion network going dark this week, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told The Associated Press the company is not changing course. Reddit’s response to the blackout has fueled further outrage among protest organizers, who accuse the company of trying to remove moderators of subreddits who are protesting. Reddit says it is simply enforcing its code of conduct. Reddit’s changes to its data access coincide with the San Francisco-based company's reported plans to go public later this year.
  • KingStrafeIV@midwest.social
    23·
    1 year ago

    Good. Let’s stop playing this game of trying to save reddit. Nobody in charge of things at reddit cares. The objective is to make money so they can IPO. Nothing anyone can do will change that.

    Best case scenario you continue generating value for a corporation that could not care less about you.

  • altruisticfix@vlemmy.net
    22·
    1 year ago

    I am currently enjoying some excellent user content courtesy of Mastodon, Lemmy, kbin, and Squabbles. Is something going on at Reddit?

    • dvdnet90@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      1 year ago

      to sum up, it is like there is a rebellion going on and the boss is like playing with a fire to quash the rebellion.

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
        11·
        1 year ago

        You’re absolutely correct, but I think comment OP was being sarcastic. lol.

        Do we have a /c/whoosh anywhere yet?

    • hemmes@vlemmy.net
      2·
      1 year ago

      OMG me too! Been loving Mastodon for months now and was always wondering how it would look and feel to “federize” Reddit Deaddit. Now I know and love it!

      I started with .one because it felt really snappy and responsive, plus .world had just been de federated from Beehaw, and I wanted to be able to interact with the Beehaw community as well.

      As I got settled, I quickly realized I couldn’t downvote anyone. Granted I’m more of an upvoter and passive to posts or comments I disagree with, but I enjoy the power of moderation that downvoting offers me when I feel strongly against something.

      With this new fresh look on things, and me being more of a purest in my own digital world, I went off to the GitHub instances list and found Vlemmy. I read a few of the admin posts about their stances on blocking and their principals. They seemed to better align with my own principles so I happily signed up, subscribing to all my favorite subs (magazines?) again, including many from .one that I liked.

      Hopefully the platform will be updated with (or others will create) tools to aid in migration like Mastodon has, but for now it was a fun experience to go through, realizing that I want to be on a different instance and discovering new communities.

      Thanks to all the admins and mods for your hard work, giving us all a place we feel at home!

  • nieceandtows@lemmy.world
    22·
    1 year ago

    As they say, the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. I don’t hate Reddit anymore. I simply don’t care what goes on there. I don’t even care if the blackout continues or ends. If more people migrate out of Reddit to fediverse, great. If not, still great, because Lemmy already has sustainable number of users for a more gradual growth. I just hope Lemmy keeps getting better. Whether that is at the cost of Reddit or not doesn’t matter to me anymore.

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
      17·
      1 year ago

      This is where I’m at too. I explored this because reddit went to crap, liked it, and don’t really have a reason to go back. The user base has clearly expanded and if it just continues a bit (even at reduced rate) I feel like I’m still in a great spot.