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I posted this over on reddit but it got lost in the noise: Cool, I guess. But after having spent some time on voat.co I think reddit will get less and less of
by luckydude 11y ago
I posted this over on reddit but it got lost in the noise:
Cool, I guess. But after having spent some time on voat.co I think reddit will get less and less of my attention (not that anyone gives a shit about me but I suspect I'm not alone).
Reddit's management has destroyed any sense of trust I had in Reddit (I'm looking at you /u/kn0thing, it's not just Ellen, my understanding is you fired Victoria, right? And then grabbed popcorn [I know, cheap shot, but it appears like you really fell out of touch]).
It appears that it is all about making money which I think is going to be the end of Reddit for some of us. Reddit could have a decent revenue stream on reasonable ads but that wasn't enough, it had to be more. That is really troubling because the next thing you might decide to "monetize" is what each of your users reads. That would make the NSA look amateurs and would be a massive invasion of privacy. It would also be very easy to monetize. Given all that has been going on, it would appear to be just a matter of time before "user optimized marketing" appears.
Welcome back but the existing management has dug you a mighty big hole. I don't trust you any more.
- luckydude 11y agoHuh. I may have to walk that back. I just got back from cleaning up some Greg Chesson's computers (he passed on) so I haven't been watching stuff. Caught up and read Steve Huffman's stuff, he seems like the real deal, he seems to care, be all over it, maybe he'll fix it. He at least sounds like someone who gives a shit about the right things. So maybe I'm wrong, it happens.