Indeed, it is a vicious circle. You will be rewarded with more work so you'll use chatGPT to help you with that work. You'll then be regarded with more work...
Mereo
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On the contrary, I think it's a good protest. It shows that for a subreddit to thrive, the support of the moderators is key. They need to have the right tools for the job and be supported by Reddit. Otherwise the content will be shitty and not worth it for the shareholders.
Yeesh. I really think that these "pets" shouldn't be allowed on buses and trains.
When we are talking about enshittification, we're talking about these stages:
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Initial Stage: When a platform starts, it needs users, so it makes itself valuable to users. It provides services that are beneficial to the users, attracting them to the platform.
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Second Stage: Once the platform has a substantial user base, it starts to abuse its users to make things better for its business customers. It starts prioritizing its business needs over the needs of the users.
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Final Stage: Finally, the platform starts to abuse its business customers to claw back all the value for itself. It starts taking a larger share of the value that passes between the users and the business customers.
That is, Reddit made it attractive for users to come and write content, and moderators worked for free, and Reddit loved that because they didn't have to pay them. But lo and behold, they have to answer to their shareholders, so they came up with these restrictions to squeeze more money out of users and moderators.
Exactly. Capitalist platforms will all suffer from enshitification. They will eventually have to make money, and users are products. Their shareholders will eventually force the platforms to extract money from their users.
Meaning don't be afraid, ask away. Because in life, we need to be humble and know that we know nothing, we are always learning. So no question is stupid.
Do you live in Europe? Perhaps you can request the Right to be Forgotten (GDPR). If a lot of European do it, that might pressure Reddit.
Haha, good! U/Spez needs to understand that Reddit is nothing without the support of the community. 3rd parties have created the tools moderators need, and moderators do the work for free.
I hope John Oliver will expose this absurd situation that Reddit has put itself in.
Unfortunately, I don't think we have a choice. In this capitalist society, money is key to get things moving forward.
Griffais says the company is also directly paying more than 100 open-source developers to work on the Proton compatibility layer, the Mesa graphics driver, and Vulkan, among other tasks like Steam for Linux and Chromebooks. https://www.theverge.com/23499215/valve-steam-deck-interview-late-2022
If it weren't for Valve, Linux gaming would not be at this advanced stage.
After June 30th, when people find that their favorite third-party app doesn't work and subreddit moderation goes to shit because moderators don't have the tools they need to moderate, Reddit will become a sad, jungle, crazy place. The quality of posts will deteriorate and it will no longer be a happy place.
What are the tools you used to do it? I'm considering doing the same.