What pisses me off about the failed Reddit protest...
What pisses me off about the failed Reddit protest...
Six months ago, Reddit witnessed a massive user protest, shaking its foundations. Thousands of communities went dark in response to policy changes, sparking reforms that continue to shape the platform. Users report positive and negative content quality shifts, while Reddit's corporate parent faces the aftermath.
The #Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.
Honestly I feel sad that #enshittfication can’t drag user away. If Reddit can move on after these kind of things I think #TwitterX could move on as well. I feel sad that both #Twitter and #Reddit still being go-to place after this kind of #enshittfication….
https://gizmodo.com/reddit-news-blackout-protest-is-finally-over-reddit-won-1850707509
#redditprotest #redditMigration #twittermigration
I am all for these protests. But at first, most subs were only tagged as NSFW to mock him and just to be offlimits to underage users. But now, people actually use it to post NSFW content the whole time. AskReddit, AskMen, AskWomen, etc. amd a bunch of other stuff is just a bunch of NSFW content now.
Wie #Reddit-User:innen versuchen, ein Mitspracherecht bei der Weiterentwicklung des gigantischen Forums zu erkämpfen.
Von @Hacki_Love
https://www.woz.ch/2326/auf-allen-kanaelen/aufstand-der-basis/!YY9D105V158V
Reddit protests disrupt Google search results, with Google’s awareness – Ars Technica #RedditProtest
Hashtags: #RedditHack #GoogleSearchResults #ArsTechnica Summery: Protests against Reddit's upcoming API price change on July 1 have not only impacted the Reddit community but also affected Google search results. Users who add "Reddit" to their search queries have relied on this method to avoid SEO-optimized websites with unreliable or irrelevant content. However, since…
Hashtags: #RedditHack #GoogleSearchResults #ArsTechnica Summery: Protests against Reddit's upcoming API price change on July 1 have not only impacted the Reddit community but also affected Google search results. Users who add 'Reddit' to their search queries have relied on this method to avoid SEO-optimized websites with unreliable or irrelevant content. However, since the Reddit blackout
Steve Huffman: "Apollo threatened us, said they'll 'make it easy' if Reddit gave them $10 million. This guy behind the scenes is coercing us. He's threatening us."
Luckily, Apollo developer Christian Selig had proof that Huffman lied.
While the media coverage (and many written subreddit positions) focus on the API changes, it's the justified anger at Huffman's dishonesty that fuels many of the redditor protests.
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