return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protestyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square149linkfedilinkarrow-up1478arrow-down193
arrow-up1385arrow-down1external-linkHow Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protestyoutu.bereturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square149linkfedilink
minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up132·edit-21 year agoI mean, it’s a victory if they shout it loudly enough, right? A lie repeated long enough, so it goes: Company is going bankrupt, users are gone, laying off the bottom quartile of the company, but they stopped the protest! Etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/reddits-golden-geese-foul-up-its-ipo-plans-2023-06-16/ It’s like reading the top two lines of a disaster report and declaring victory. Fuck Reddit.
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoEven during the protest a lot of users thought it was caused by “power-mad” mods, some people just eat what they’re fed.
minus-squareLazaroFilm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s more of a Plato’s cave situation. You only know what you see.
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOnly partially, it was stated in lots of places and ways that it was in protest of the API pricing changes, and of the reaction of Reddit admins.
I mean, it’s a victory if they shout it loudly enough, right? A lie repeated long enough, so it goes:
Company is going bankrupt, users are gone, laying off the bottom quartile of the company, but they stopped the protest! Etc.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/reddits-golden-geese-foul-up-its-ipo-plans-2023-06-16/
It’s like reading the top two lines of a disaster report and declaring victory. Fuck Reddit.
Even during the protest a lot of users thought it was caused by “power-mad” mods, some people just eat what they’re fed.
It’s more of a Plato’s cave situation. You only know what you see.
Only partially, it was stated in lots of places and ways that it was in protest of the API pricing changes, and of the reaction of Reddit admins.