Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass”
Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass”
“We absolutely must ship what we said we would.”
Well, the fact that he calls the protest "noise" shows us how he sees our opinions.
That is just how they see their users. People high up do not see reddit as a community, but a bunch of "quality text" producing machine that will make them money.
He’s right, it will. And that’s the problem.
A two day blackout means nothing to Spez and Reddit. What it tells them is “we can treat the userbase and developers like shit and they’ll still use our platform for the other 363 days of the year”.
The only thing that will force Reddit to the negotiating table is blacking out indefinitely. Not a single protesting subreddit opens back up until they realise what made the company so attractive to investors in the first place.
It certainly will eventually, all things do. The real question is what Reddit looks like after.
I suspect it will be something quite different, and something I want no part of any more.For sure it will pass. I think the reddit landscape in the aftermath largely depends on the duration of the blackout. I think for people go truly shake the habit, it needs to go on for a signficant amount of time. Otherwise the masses will return, forget, and move on.
Idk I'm liking Lemmy quite a bit and have no real appetite to go back to a social media platform that is hostile towards it's users.
I thought that I'd have trouble breaking the reddit feed addiction, but I just jumped in with both feet. Scrubbed all my content to say something like "Reddit doesn't care about it's users, so I don't care about reddit. Fuck Spez" and then deleted my account. It took awhile to run through all my comments, but I left and haven't felt the need to go back. I'm realizing what a shithole that site was for my mental health.
Agreed! It’s a little rough right now, but it honestly feels like Reddit did years ago. I hope we get enough action over here to pull people away for good
It’s settled then.
Tbh, while a few days ago I was hoping it would all blow over eventually and reddit would come to their senses.
But now I kinda like it here. It’s a little rough around the edges, but we will smooth it over together. Today was the first time where I actually thought “damn, what if reddit does return back to normal? I’m not even sure I want it to.”
Oh well, imma stay here ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Does it drop the arm here too? Or done just for old time sake?
it wasn't on purpose haha. it's just the way markdown formatting interprets backslashes
He's right. Most of the site will go back to normal on the 14th. A 2 day protest only tells them that the users will accept any change they make with only minimal whining.
What a dick, I hope people press on and not go back to business as usual.
The only reason I'll go back is to preach the good news about lemmy.
Shadow ban coming your way in 5, 4, 3...
As will Reddit.
I don´t think anyone was expecting Reddit to shutdown forever, but hopefully with this changes some people move over to Lemmy to create new communities or migrate existing ones
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759674/reddit-mods-blackout-protest-extended-indefinitely
more than 300 subreddits had committed to staying dark indefinitely, SpicyThunder335 said. The list included some hugely popular subreddits, like r/aww (more than 34 million subscribers), r/music (more than 32 million subscribers), and r/videos (more than 26 million subscribers). Even r/nba committed to an indefinite timeframe at arguably the most important time of the NBA season. But SpicyThunder335 invited moderators to share pledges to keep the protests going, and the commitments are rolling in.
spez is playing his hand too soon. If he's trying to play this down as a bit of noise that will pass, then it's just a signal to keep it going.
What are they shipping if not our content?
I tell Reddit CEO I'm not going back on reddit and I'll push lemmy as much as legally allowed
please be mindful of wearing Reddit gear in public. Some folks are really upset, and we don’t want you to be the object of their frustrations.
sigh. That feels like he's angling at being the victim here and trying to pull his staff along with him.