“Protest and dissent is important,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told the AP. “The problem with this one is it’s not going to change anything.”
“Protest and dissent is important,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman told the AP. “The problem with this one is it’s not going to change anything.”
You’re not wrong about inertia. Short-term nothing will change, but with a much less stable foundation of power users generating and moderating good content, quality will drop.
In the long-term a significant drop in quality will mean a drop in users, particularly if something else of better quality shows up.
If your strategy us being a shithole, then you’d better hope nothing better shows up, because that’s the bet you’re making. Historically that’s rarely the case - something better always comes along eventually.