Can Reddit survive as its volunteer workforce close down subreddits and walk away from the site in protest at the management's new policies?

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[–] [S] 3 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

Well said. Boosted and upvoted... whatever those two things mean. Internet points to you, good sir!

I'll edit to add that the main thing you point out that I think most fediverse folks want to avoid is the investment that leads to the IPO bag of cash. When the incentive is profit, I think social media can only ever get worse for the average end user. Keeping these things small and non-corporate is great in theory, but who pays for the servers and other costs when/if it needs to scale?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    There's still a big difference between making money to survive, and the insane cash grab that was this new API pricing...

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    That's kind of the problem, though. That insane cash grab is profit driven. Spez said it himself in the AMA: Reddit is profit driven. That goes beyond makiong money to survive. That's investors seeing a return on their money. That's generating value in preparation fo that big IPO. That doesn't usually mix well with the way a site like Reddit generates value: free community created content. Right now, Reddit is banking on enough users not caring about the protest, or the fact that the site is arguably on a downward trajectory. Looking valuable is more important than being valuable at this point.

    Thanks Jack Welch for that kind of mentality. I hope you're burning in Hell.

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