The furor will pass. But the loss of trust will not. Even if there is no mass exodus, many power users will remain defiant toward Reddit. As a result, implementing new features or making any change to Reddit has now become significantly harder. I don't see how this is a sound business strategy.
Here is a story on Ars interviewing mods: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/the-reddit-protests-are-winding-down-so-whats-next/. The lost of trust is real, and it will hamper Reddit's ability to evolve in the future. Changes will be perceived as suspicious even if they're not. Mods will resist any new change. Many mods have already left the platform, and more will probably leave if Huffman keeps doing these disastrous (but hilarious) interviews.
Reddit lost its way years ago. This is a slow form of self-destruction. The arrogance of capitalists and that cult's captains - the CEOs continues to astound and baffle me. Maybe its because the vast majority of CEOs are malignant narcissists.
Great article; do you by chance have any data to support the statement “the rapid fragmentation of online social networking”. I believe it, would just help the argument in persuading others.
The furor will pass. But the loss of trust will not. Even if there is no mass exodus, many power users will remain defiant toward Reddit. As a result, implementing new features or making any change to Reddit has now become significantly harder. I don't see how this is a sound business strategy.
Here is a story on Ars interviewing mods: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/the-reddit-protests-are-winding-down-so-whats-next/. The lost of trust is real, and it will hamper Reddit's ability to evolve in the future. Changes will be perceived as suspicious even if they're not. Mods will resist any new change. Many mods have already left the platform, and more will probably leave if Huffman keeps doing these disastrous (but hilarious) interviews.
Reddit lost its way years ago. This is a slow form of self-destruction. The arrogance of capitalists and that cult's captains - the CEOs continues to astound and baffle me. Maybe its because the vast majority of CEOs are malignant narcissists.
Happy Birthday Casey!
Great article; do you by chance have any data to support the statement “the rapid fragmentation of online social networking”. I believe it, would just help the argument in persuading others.