Reddit just wrapped up its second earnings call as a public company and CEO Steve Huffman hinted at some significant changes that could be coming to the platform.
No thanks, Spez.
Reddit sucks hairy balls.
That’s an insult to both hairy balls and sucking them.
I judge neither. I do, however, judge Spez.
Fuck spez.
Paid subs will maim (not kill) the platform. Expect to see an exodus if this happens
lol imagine having an invaluable resource like users that engage and actually give a shit and then sitting around in a high rise board meeting discussion where in you tap your fingers together capitalistically and discuss all the ways you can press, milk, squeeeeeeze every last drop of value of these poor saps. Lemmy for life! Long live the … lemming? Whatever it is. I love y’all. 😘😘😘😘
It’s the same with Twitter. People love to cry out loud, especially when something shitty like this happens. Look at the API debacle last year. How many people were outraged about it and how many people actually left?
Just like twitter, many users are addicted to the site and just like Twitter the higher ups know that. They will continue with their BS, because too many people just can’t let go. I don’t blame them. The blackout felt like quitting smoking all over again and weirded me the fuck out.
There will be another wave of users switching to the Fediverse. And I welcome everyone looking for a new “home”. But it just won’t be enough for wrecking Reddit or even make its higher ups reconsider.
I don’t want to wreck reddit frankly there’s an awful lot of hate/wankers on there that I would prefer never made it to the fediverse
Good point, hopefully we can keep the nice people
I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I do agree with you, some people are better in that containment cage. At the other there’s something emotionally satisfying on Reddit dying.
That’s true. I’d imagine it would look something like this:
Finally! All these years, I was thinking that the site was missing something and now reading about it, yes, it was clearly paid subreddits! /s
well, technically /r/lounge has been a paid subreddit, as it requires a Premium subscription to access
They started trying to convince mods about 2 years ago about the idea of earning money with their subs. The majority of mods weren’t amused in those calls I attended.
Capitalism strikes again. This is why we can’t have nice things, capitalists keep fucking them up.
Shit move from Spez. But let’s be honest, the issue is that he might be able to paywall some subreddits that are niche and provide support on certain subjects that usually can’t be found anywhere.
All moves from spez are shit moves, and always will be.
paid subreddits
You can just say you’re doing porn.
That (oh and me getting banned for posting a positive news article about the Green Party to the main general politics sub) is why I found a new home here. Fuck reddit! lol
