They will lose a lot of advertisers if they go all NSFW. That’s exactly why Tumblr got rid of porn.
You seem to be ignoring the fact that reddit wants to go public and have been working toward an IPO. If all of their power users, mods, and advertisers leave, it could very easily ruin that IPO for them.
Even if the IPO is successful, I doubt spez will be in charge much longer. I imagine he knows this and is probably trying to maximize the value before he gets the boot so he can get that sweet sweet golden parachute.
This will not end well. I see a lot of folks who are of the opinion that reddit is “dead”. It is not.
It’s dying… slowly, and painfully. This decline will go on for years. into the endgame of mostly automoderated, bot-driven content.
This seems to be pissbaby’s strategy:
Piss off your most passionate users (those that contribute interesting content frequently), and they leave.
Piss off your most passionate mods, who worked tirelessly to remove links to meatspin and keep the conversation pseudo-human and topical. They leave - replaced by the WORST kind of leaders: powermods with an inferiority complex and no time to care about context.
Force those who remain to use a substandard app - inhibiting human interaction with the platform further.
All you’re left with is content addicts, trolls, ads, dregs from the darkest corners, and bots that feed them.
They will lose a lot of advertisers if they go all NSFW. That’s exactly why Tumblr got rid of porn.
You seem to be ignoring the fact that reddit wants to go public and have been working toward an IPO. If all of their power users, mods, and advertisers leave, it could very easily ruin that IPO for them.
Even if the IPO is successful, I doubt spez will be in charge much longer. I imagine he knows this and is probably trying to maximize the value before he gets the boot so he can get that sweet sweet golden parachute.
This will not end well. I see a lot of folks who are of the opinion that reddit is “dead”. It is not.
It’s dying… slowly, and painfully. This decline will go on for years. into the endgame of mostly automoderated, bot-driven content.
This seems to be pissbaby’s strategy:
Piss off your most passionate users (those that contribute interesting content frequently), and they leave.
Piss off your most passionate mods, who worked tirelessly to remove links to meatspin and keep the conversation pseudo-human and topical. They leave - replaced by the WORST kind of leaders: powermods with an inferiority complex and no time to care about context.
Force those who remain to use a substandard app - inhibiting human interaction with the platform further.
All you’re left with is content addicts, trolls, ads, dregs from the darkest corners, and bots that feed them.
???
Profit?