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Reddit is not alienating the lurkers. It’s much worse, it’s alienating the power users, the content creators, the sub moderators, etc.
by baby 3y ago
Reddit is not alienating the lurkers. It’s much worse, it’s alienating the power users, the content creators, the sub moderators, etc.
- timeagain 3y agoRight. And my point is that it won’t affect their bottom line at all. The power users think they have “communities” but they do not. To us plebs it is mostly an afterthought that there are different subreddits at all. Reddits front page could be totally AI-generated and i bet most users wouldn’t notice. Another day, another “what’s something underrated you think everyone should know” thread. The power users probably have a higher rate of block installed anyhow, so maybe Reddit will see a little uptick in “engagement”
- edgyquant 3y agoExactly. The people generating revenue for Reddit would probably have their mind blown knowing their are other apps and wonder why Reddit ever allowed such a thing.
- baby 3y agoI think you're misunderstanding how Reddit works. Without the 2% contributors and the moderators there's nothing. There's three hard things about community-based platforms: moderation, content creation, users. Reddit has all three, but it's about to lose the first two, in which case it won't work.
- edgyquant 3y agoThis is the narrative, sure, but Reddit isn’t what it was in 2015. Most of the users have joined since the reskin and these power users are the last vestige of old Reddit. I imagine these power users think they are the important ones, but really it’s the people upvoting memes who click on the occasional ad. Those are the people Reddit care about and they aren’t being alienated because they don’t care.
- baby 3y agoAs I said in another comment, a community not only because there are users, but because 2% of them (approx.) will post content, and because you have good moderation. Reddit is about to lose the last two. Users alone don't make it work.