What Reddit Got Wrong https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/what-reddit-got-wrong via #EFF
A summary of what is going on. I have a Reddit account but never really used it much if at all. So I am likely to clean it out and delete it (or empty it and keep it for the username). I may or not look into the Fediverse options.
After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access...
5000 subreddits (over 73% of all subreddits) and counting have gone private to #SaveThirdPartyApps #Save3rdPartyApps
#BoycottReddit to change the trajectory of the internet and stop the ultra-monetizers!
I’ve been offloading on my Obsidian’s second brain all of my saved posts/comments from Reddit, in preparation for the blackout (especially since I don’t think I’ll be wanting to use the platform ever again). And let me tell you, 9 years of saving random shot is a hell of a long time, but there’s quite some fascinating stuff in here!
#Obsidian #Reddit #BoycottReddit
(Obligatory fuck u/spez)
@PennyOaken
I will never use the official Reddit app or “new Reddit”.
The only exception is if I include “Reddit” with Google queries. But if I’m forced to use New Reddit for that, I won’t write any replies, or posts, or even “like” anything.
Greg Spradlin
A. Rivera
RudieRVA 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇯🇴
Miha Markič
Jay 
trisk!
Alli
Greg Spradlin
jake has moved to mstdn.social