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Subreddits and third-party apps are going dark in response to Reddit’s proposed API changes. It’s the latest front in a labor battle between algorithms and the humans who feed them.

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[–] ulu_mulu 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

it’s a moment that has shifted the culture of Reddit forever. And shifted the internet with it.
it’s the kind of shake-up that makes users realize the value they give to tech companies—for free—even if they just mean to give it to the community.

And when those companies tread you like sh*it for all you've done for them, it's time to pack up your bags and move elsewhere.

It's really sad to see what's happening with reddit, but don't forget, it's we - the users - that have all the power to build up communities, not reddit nor any other company, and how we've been able to make reddit grow from nothing and thrive, we can do the same wherever else we want, let's just hope we can keep the fediverse clear of greedy pigs.

[–] Mr_Buscemi 10 points 1 year ago

Reddit never gave a shit about the users tbh.

I once modded a sub that got brigaded by some shitheads and they ended up harassing one mod who posted about her father that just died.

Begged the admins in private messages to help us stop this bullshit and they never did anything.

Later we added a mod who we removed when he found he created hate subreddits. That guy then led another brigage against the sub by lying about why we removed him.

Admins didn't help again :/

Eventually that shithead got permy banned from Reddit for making those hate subs but that took months after I asked for help.

[–] teh_bishop 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I blame all these MBA folks that create value at the expense of everything else.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree 8 points 1 year ago

When the only incentive is to make shareholders happy, this is the result.

[–] Steveanonymous 33 points 1 year ago

The internet will become a bunch of fucking billboards as the self replicating corporations grow unchecked

Yay capitalism!

[–] henry_rowengartner 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Twitter just locked down, need an account to even view now. Reddit is filled with bots spamming posts from 5 years ago. People are flocking to wall-gardens like discord.

Might be the decline of the internet 🤷

[–] Peanut_Larry 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My problem with places like discord is that it is nearly impossible to effectively search for information there. It also regularly seems to me that the servers all have more rules than most subreddits. I don't want an echo chamber, I want a giant forum with niche little rooms where there can be some resemblance to free-flowing ideas and discussion.

[–] Anomalous_Llama 4 points 1 year ago

Discord confuses me with all the nonsense it gets up to. Me and my buddies have a server we chat on and that’s the entire extent of that piece of software to all of us.

[–] Anomalous_Llama 3 points 1 year ago

Discord confuses me with all the nonsense it gets up to. Me and my buddies have a server we chat on and that’s the entire extent of that piece of software to all of us.

[–] Anders429 1 points 1 year ago

As Lemmy instances grow, will they have a similar problem, or will Google start showing results from them?

[–] dodgypast 25 points 1 year ago

This is why having a public space organised by ourselves is the way forward. Everything else is just about manipulating you to extract as much as possible value from you.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

You want to know the difference between Reddit and Wikipedia? One of them is for-profit, and one of them is non-profit. Reddit acted like a benevolent entity so long as it worked to help them grow their user base. But they always knew that their user base was their product, and it was inevitable that they would try to monetize it. Wikipedia (and hopefully the lemmyverse) exist solely for their users, and which is why they have basically stuck around as one of the last truly public service websites

[–] teh_bishop 9 points 1 year ago

I blame all these MBA folks that create value at the expense of everything else.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, there’s a real chance here for the people to take back the internet. Pretty amazing.