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Yes but unless they’re well moderated they’ll turn to crap. There’s a lot of moderators out there moderating by hand and using bots to run some of the bigger s
by davewritescode 3y ago
Yes but unless they’re well moderated they’ll turn to crap.
There’s a lot of moderators out there moderating by hand and using bots to run some of the bigger subreddits, much like IRC. Without those bots having access to the APIs, that job gets harder and it’s less likely to be done well.
Personally I think Steve Huffman is the fall guy here and this is coming from the money people who have zero interest in where Reddit is beyond 6 months after the IPO. Reddit also has a history putting people in place to make controversial decisions only to fire them months later as appeasement to their community. Ellen Pao was the most recent example.
- x86x87 3y agoLol. What IPO? Do you think anyone is buying reddit stock after this clusterfuck?
- davewritescode 3y agoI'm not saying it's a good idea to IPO but if Reddit shows a 25% increase in ad impressions and minimal loss of users this might end up being better. Personally, if I were in charge with Reddit I'd go for an approach that required 3rd party clients to show ads that come back from Reddit's APIs and allow users to opt-out of adds for a small monthly fee directly from the user or even from the app developers who choose to incorporate it into their fee structure. Apps who don't comply get banned. The approach Reddit is going for is stupid and is burning goodwill earned over more than a decade.
- bredren 3y agoI also think the CEO is a scapegoat. I’d argue that Huffman showed more courage than Elon did, though. That said, Huffman’s handling of this was bumbling at best. It demonstrated a failure to understand his own users or the culture of the site. For that alone, he should go. But there are plenty of other reasons company leadership has failed its community, particularly it’s unpaid workers moderating content.