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Reddit CEO calls unpaid moderators' concerns "noise" - time to send a message he won't forget. (youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago by BreakNeckJim@sh.itjust.works to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the "noise" that has literally been keeping your site operating for completely FREE.

[–] BreakNeckJim@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I'm really hoping he does see that Reddit is nothing without its users and treating them badly does have consequences.

It would be a nice lesson for all of these huge companies to learn.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well, as far as I'm concerned, unless they forgo charging for API access, I'm not visiting Reddit again, apart from checking the save3rdpartyAPps subreddit. Bit ironic that the protest had been organized on Reddit.

[–] BreakNeckJim@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Haha yeah, I feel like we all saw that coming though.

Until people start to really migrate to a federated alternative these big companies are going to keep having control.

[–] KBTR1066@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then you're never going back. It's absurd to think that Reddit should just let 3rd Party apps have access to its API for free indefinitely. You wanna argue that the price should be sensible? Fine. You wanna argue that the way Reddit has rolled this out is reprehensible? Fine. But to argue that they HAVE to keep giving it away for free? Forever? That's just a ridiculous thing to expect.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

It's actually not that absurd. For a social media site, users are content. Hence the relationship between third party apps and the site is inherently symbiotic. The app provides a better user experience, leading to more users for the site, hence more content.

[–] automator404@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

The man just doesn't know when to stop so he doubles down lol

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The bad thing is: the majority of users will continue Reddit in a few days as if nothing ever happened.

[–] weirdbeard@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not even a few days, people are over there celebrating the failure of the blackout already

[–] BreakNeckJim@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just don't get why people work against their own interests, people are just so weird

[–] Skray@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

From what I've seen many of them seem to hate the fact that moderators have banned them, so they're happy the mods may be removed from power.

Most of these users are right-wing, and seem to forget that any mod removals will be replaced with another mod and transphobia, homophobia and racism are still against reddit's code of conduct.