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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they loose their users.

by gbin 3y ago

tjpnz 3y ago
>then they loose their users. Lose their users. Although this seems to be more about mods. The average Reddit user was over this a long time ago.
- gAI 3y ago
  That's a narrative that spez is actively pushing, but it's pretty far from the truth. I wasn't a mod, but I deleted my 17-year-old account (and 17,000 comments) and refuse to even lurk there now. I saw several older accounts do the same or plan to on the 1st.
  - tjpnz 3y ago
    I don't care for spez but aside from some mod churn there hasn't been any discernable difference in the subs I follow.
  - frumper 3y ago
    Personal anecdote here. None of the few Reddit users I know have a single good thing to say about mods.
    - tjpnz 3y ago
      I've had a few decidedly negative interactions with them. Perhaps I just got unlucky but it always felt as though they were on some kind of power trip. I'm hopeful the silver lining here will be that some of them leave.
      - lotsoweiners 3y ago
        I’ve had a few also. I was banned forever from one sub a few years ago for suggesting something like “sail the high seas” or “yarr”.
        gAI 3y ago
        Full disclosure, I created and modded /r/joker for a while before giving the sub away and demodding myself. I was only ever banned from /r/latestagecapitalism and /r/conservative. I found the contrast funny. Anyway, being a mod is a pain and a pretty thankless job. The people who continue to do it either do it out of a love for the sub or as an ego boost. And reddit is often actively hostile towards any attempt to monetize (like including sponsored links in the sidebar, for instance). So I mostly just bailed on a sub if the mods got too toxic, but I have absolutely nothing against mods on the whole. Without them, reddit would have been even more chaotic than it was. Something like 5% of redditors contribute 99% of the content, and those are the 5% that are leaving.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they loose their users.

by gbin 3y ago

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they loose their users.

>then they loose their users. Lose their users. Although this seems to be more about mods. The average Reddit user was over this a long time ago.

gAI 3y ago
That's a narrative that spez is actively pushing, but it's pretty far from the truth. I wasn't a mod, but I deleted my 17-year-old account (and 17,000 comments) and refuse to even lurk there now. I saw several older accounts do the same or plan to on the 1st.
- tjpnz 3y ago
  I don't care for spez but aside from some mod churn there hasn't been any discernable difference in the subs I follow.
- frumper 3y ago
  Personal anecdote here. None of the few Reddit users I know have a single good thing to say about mods.
  - tjpnz 3y ago
    I've had a few decidedly negative interactions with them. Perhaps I just got unlucky but it always felt as though they were on some kind of power trip. I'm hopeful the silver lining here will be that some of them leave.
    - lotsoweiners 3y ago
      I’ve had a few also. I was banned forever from one sub a few years ago for suggesting something like “sail the high seas” or “yarr”.
      - gAI 3y ago
        Full disclosure, I created and modded /r/joker for a while before giving the sub away and demodding myself. I was only ever banned from /r/latestagecapitalism and /r/conservative. I found the contrast funny. Anyway, being a mod is a pain and a pretty thankless job. The people who continue to do it either do it out of a love for the sub or as an ego boost. And reddit is often actively hostile towards any attempt to monetize (like including sponsored links in the sidebar, for instance). So I mostly just bailed on a sub if the mods got too toxic, but I have absolutely nothing against mods on the whole. Without them, reddit would have been even more chaotic than it was. Something like 5% of redditors contribute 99% of the content, and those are the 5% that are leaving.