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Reddit was my last hope for a non-user-hostile social network. The biggest problem with the media's complete abandoment of all principle in continuing to treat
by zmmmmm 3y ago
Reddit was my last hope for a non-user-hostile social network.
The biggest problem with the media's complete abandoment of all principle in continuing to treat Twitter as a high integrity platform is the message it reflects to all other social media platforms : your users are captives. They can't leave. Once you have enough of a network effect going, no amount of disreputable behaviour or abuse is too much.
In my view, it's becoming imperative that Twitter (and now Reddit) actually fail to save the internet. (You could put Facebook there too but I think these days it's actually lately been more benign than the other two).
- Zak 3y agoIt may be impossible to have a situation where a for-profit company makes a service where the users are not the paying customers and users are treated well indefinitely. Reddit has experimented with a paid premium service, but they couldn't paywall any core functionality because having as many users as they can get is critical to their success. It's probably a mistake to rely on things like that for socialization, communication, or creating communities. I would like to see federated technologies take off; there are at least two Reddit-alikes using ActivityPub, Kbin and Lemmy, which seem to federate with each other smoothly. They're currently much farther from critical mass than Mastodon (though they sort of federate with that too).
- imiric 3y ago> Reddit has experimented with a paid premium service, but they couldn't paywall any core functionality because having as many users as they can get is critical to their success. Businesses can certainly be "successful" with premium services, especially at Reddit's scale. What's happening there is textbook greed, where leadership chases hockey stick growth. At this point they must understand that this will be the downfall of the service, yet they're intentionally willing to make that sacrifice for short-term gains. Good riddance. There are plenty of other services that can replace Reddit. The circle of the web.
- jacooper 3y agoThat's why the digital markets act will be devastating when it will apply to social media apps, the first target is chat apps, next social media platforms.
- mellosouls 3y agoYour comment seems to imply recent degrading of service, but Twitter hasn't suddenly become hostile, and neither has Reddit. Both platforms have long been problematic in terms of bias and toxicity, with Reddit also particularly bad with its UX in addition.
- aio2 3y agoMay I introduce you to... Mastodon? The Fediverse?