hardypartThe statement Reddit gave us is the oldest trick in the book. (The Verge)
Thorned_RoseWell done The Verge for not caving to the ridiculous machismo posturing. Reddit PR keeps digging their own grave deeper and deeper.
NoxventoSadly most users still don't care.
Dark_Blade‘Most users’ will care when they lose all the content they relied on for their late-night doomscrolling.
nameless_proleBefore they know it, they'll find themselves in a sea of shit content and ads, and realize what they lost.
Are you from the past?
At a similar time as The Verge was threatened I noticed some articles changed their tune and switched to downplaying the Reddit situation. The one I recall is Gizmodo reporting that Reddit traffic was back to normal.
It'll be interesting to see how things play out at the end of this week when the 3rd Party Apps go offline, but to be honest I'm happy to say my new home is Kbin.social and don't see the need for an active Reddit account, though I may lurk from time to time if I'm looking for some particular information that's not yet on Kbin.
The game changer for Fediverse is stable mobile applications, once the Apollo shaped hole on my phone is filled I think it'll be pretty much a drop-in replacement.