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You know how I can tell Reddit doesn't have any content creators in upper management who consider these decisions? Because at least one of them would've spoken
by 6stringmerc 9y ago
You know how I can tell Reddit doesn't have any content creators in upper management who consider these decisions? Because at least one of them would've spoken up:
"Oh, we built many of our communities on sharing Copyright protected content by way of our weasel-cousin IMGUR, so let's go ahead and bring all that DMCA/Safe Harbors liability under our umbrella - you're joking, right?"
At least the Conde Nast lawyers will come out okay in this.
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- Sohcahtoa82 9y agoI think they did it because the writing was on the wall. Imgur's current business model was not sustainable. Direct image linking is expensive and can't be monetized. Imgur has been making an effort to lessen direct image linking and may end up blocking it entirely eventually, which would screw over reddit. And so reddit had to be proactive and create their own alternative.
- 6stringmerc 9y agoThe colloquialism / maxim "Out of the frying pan, into the fire" seems to fit here.
- goeric 9y agoReddit hasn't been part of Conde Nast for a while.
- 6stringmerc 9y agoCan you link me to an article about the divestment please? I genuinely want to keep up and think I might have missed that.