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Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark (uk.pcmag.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Absolutely agree with this. Twitter is still going strong, in part because the fediverse is "too hard." Reddit isn't going anywhere.

[–] havocpants 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

in part because the fediverse is “too hard.”

I think this is probably a good thing, it might keep dumb people away.

As an aside, it's starting to irritate me how often I see people complain the fediverse/threadiverse is too complex or too difficult to understand. I mean, you managed to understand that email accounts live on different servers, but you can't apply that same mental logic to forums living on different servers?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am fairly tech savvy. It took me some time to understand the fediverse and how it works. The thing is, you need to read stuff to understand. That is well above the capabilities of like 80% of people. Oh, and you won't believe how many people I have met that have no idea what a server is or how email works. Trust me, the bar for entry is pretty high for the average joe. It's a good filter though.

[–] Tangent 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having spent the last couple of decades in tech support I'd say you're being very generous with the estimate of ~20% of people being willing and able to read so they can understand something...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I was a lot more cynical before now. Half a year ago I would have said like 5%. And thank you for your service o7.

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