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For deleting posts/comments: Reddit exists because we give it content. We're the ones bringing value to Reddit. Like any social media, it wouldn't exist withou
by the_pwner224 3y ago
For deleting posts/comments:
Reddit exists because we give it content. We're the ones bringing value to Reddit. Like any social media, it wouldn't exist without us, the users. Reddit also provides a valuable service as being the host. Reddit is entitled to make some profit off of that.
We contribute content to Reddit for free. Reddit acts as a good host, connects us users together, and makes some money for their work.
But they've been growing increasingly user hostile and greedy. I'm not going to give you free content if you're super hostile to me and other users. Hosting Reddit isn't that expensive, afaik they were already making a profit back when you could buy gold to fund server time? But if you're going all in on ads and maximizing profit, at the cost of my user experience... either you give me a cut of that, or I'm going to leave and take my content away with me. I don't want you maliciously profiting off of my content which I spent my time creating.
- lb4r 3y agoIsn't it all because of their plans to charge for their API?
- the_pwner224 3y agoThat's just the latest thing they've done, the straw that broke the camel's back. They started down the path of enshittification a long time ago. With the new website and new mobile apps.
- JKCalhoun 3y agoAgree it's probably been building. For me, perhaps others, I've been waiting for a good excuse to GTFO because I know it's been circling the drain (comments-wise if in no other way) and that I've had an unhealthy addiction to it.
- lb4r 3y agoInteresting. I've personally found those changes very annoying as well (I've never used the mobile app though), but I never even observed a glimpse of some sort of public lust for boycott after those changes. From my perspective, this doesn't seem like a straw, but rather a rock, that broke the camel's back.
- splatcollision 3y agoUpvote for correct use of "enshittification"
- slingnow 3y agoUnfortunately as people move away from Reddit, invariably some number of them will end up here and we'll end up flooded with even more useless Reddit comments like this.
- Macha 3y agoHowever, the person you're replying to has an account from about 5% into the lifespan of this site, so can hardly be accused of being a recent reddit migrant.