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It's more than a spam problem, though: you only have to look as far as Twitter to see that lax moderation that allows toxic or illegal content to exist-- even o
by andrewmunsell 3y ago
It's more than a spam problem, though: you only have to look as far as Twitter to see that lax moderation that allows toxic or illegal content to exist-- even on a small part of the site-- can begin to drive away advertisers across the whole site, which could turn into a death spiral for Reddit.
- arbitrage 3y agoOh no, won't someone think of the advertisers!?
- prepend 3y agoI don’t care about that problem. The cost of running something like Reddit is so cheap. I’ve run bbs servers and it’s not free, but it’s really cheap. Reddit is just text if you stop hosting images and video. It was profitable 10 years ago. It just want “unicorn” “profitable” for a huge VC investment and IPO. I don’t care about that. Again, I’ve literally run subs for over a decade and haven’t seen this problem. Thousands of happy people are chugging along. No “toxic” material so far. I think the key ingredient may be some niche topic that doesn’t attract random people but some organizing interest.