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They’re not thinking. They never really have. They add features nobody wants all the time instead of making changes the community asks about for years. Who wan

They’re not thinking. They never really have. They add features nobody wants all the time instead of making changes the community asks about for years. Who wanted live streaming or instant messaging on Reddit? Spez has edited users’ comments in the past as well. Basically Reddit the company is incompetent for failing to understand their product and run by a child.

carstenhag 3y ago
Instant messaging? Yeah, not sure about that, but reddit was really lacking there. About live threads: the existing static threads were annoying to use for ongoing sport events for example. So I did like the idea, but the implementation was poor.
- tnecniv 3y ago
  For live streaming, I meant live video streams. They were pushing it hard for a while. It was a lot of musicians taking requests and a therapy frog (?!). It was fun for a minute but the novelty wore off quickly and I doubt it was worth whatever they paid to build it. It’s like they want to be every social media app at once instead of focusing on their strengths.
commandlinefan 3y ago
Reddit was always doomed - it's kind of a surprise it's lasted as long as it did. They call themselves the "front page of the internet" and that's what they've always wanted to be. But to be that, they have to be _completely_ open. No banning subreddits. No banning users. No deleting comments. And for the most part, that's what they were when they started (and I loved it back then). But that's not just not workable as a business model, it's not workable even if there was no cost involved, it invites too much blowback. The only reason we ever got the internet we have (or had, anyway...) was because it was completely decentralized, not in any one person's or organizations hands, and there was nobody to blame for "the whole thing" rather than one part of it.
tedivm 3y ago
I'm sure their NFT system will be super profitable /s

carstenhag 3y ago

Instant messaging? Yeah, not sure about that, but reddit was really lacking there. About live threads: the existing static threads were annoying to use for ongoing sport events for example. So I did like the idea, but the implementation was poor.

tnecniv 3y ago
For live streaming, I meant live video streams. They were pushing it hard for a while. It was a lot of musicians taking requests and a therapy frog (?!). It was fun for a minute but the novelty wore off quickly and I doubt it was worth whatever they paid to build it. It’s like they want to be every social media app at once instead of focusing on their strengths.

commandlinefan 3y ago

Reddit was always doomed - it's kind of a surprise it's lasted as long as it did. They call themselves the "front page of the internet" and that's what they've always wanted to be. But to be that, they have to be _completely_ open. No banning subreddits. No banning users. No deleting comments. And for the most part, that's what they were when they started (and I loved it back then). But that's not just not workable as a business model, it's not workable even if there was no cost involved, it invites too much blowback. The only reason we ever got the internet we have (or had, anyway...) was because it was completely decentralized, not in any one person's or organizations hands, and there was nobody to blame for "the whole thing" rather than one part of it.

tedivm 3y ago

I'm sure their NFT system will be super profitable /s