return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHow Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protestyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square147fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down192
arrow-up1388arrow-down1external-linkHow Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protestyoutu.bereturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square147fedilink
minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up131·edit-29 months agoI mean, it’s a victory if they shout it loudly enough, right? A lie repeated long enough, so it goes: Company is going bankrupt, users are gone, laying off the bottom quartile of the company, but they stopped the protest! Etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/reddits-golden-geese-foul-up-its-ipo-plans-2023-06-16/ It’s like reading the top two lines of a disaster report and declaring victory. Fuck Reddit.
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoEven during the protest a lot of users thought it was caused by “power-mad” mods, some people just eat what they’re fed.
I mean, it’s a victory if they shout it loudly enough, right? A lie repeated long enough, so it goes:
Company is going bankrupt, users are gone, laying off the bottom quartile of the company, but they stopped the protest! Etc.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/reddits-golden-geese-foul-up-its-ipo-plans-2023-06-16/
It’s like reading the top two lines of a disaster report and declaring victory. Fuck Reddit.
Even during the protest a lot of users thought it was caused by “power-mad” mods, some people just eat what they’re fed.