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>The fact that Spez seems so stuck on that seems to indicate the success of Apollo is really weighing on him. He could've just listened to users. Instead, Redd
by jjulius 3y ago
>The fact that Spez seems so stuck on that seems to indicate the success of Apollo is really weighing on him.
He could've just listened to users. Instead, Reddit became what it became. Users derided the various changes and redesigns, even its own app. Yet the entire time, and I've said it elsewhere on HN, Reddit's attitude towards users has essentially been, "Nope, we know what's best, you are wrong. The beatings will continue until morale improves."
It's his own fault.
- SkyPuncher 3y agoI'm not so quick to assume that Reddit hasn't listened to users. I read something that only 10% (or less) of people are still using old.reddit.com. There very well could be data indicating that 90% of users are just as happy and engaged on the new site.
- stetrain 3y agoBut what percentage of each are the users that provide Reddit’s core value? A small subset of users provide most of the content and most importantly the moderation. This feels a lot like Twitter trying to tax their power users when they provided the content the masses came to Twitter to read (and see ads)
- SkyPuncher 3y agoI can only speculate. That being said, my impression is the “legacy” users are a vocal minority. I suspect legacy users will notice a decline in quality, but “new” users won’t. The new experience is already so muzzled that it’s barely even the same communities.