How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

  • Breve@pawb.socialEnglish
    46·
    11 months ago

    The changes that lead to the protest were only the preparations for an IPO. When that sale actually happens, I think things will get even worse with new corporate interests and influence. This story isn’t over.

    • nutsack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      it happens to every sacred tech company once it inevitably decides to become profitable

    • someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      When it comes out how many hundreds of millions spez made of the back of unpaid mods, they’ll rightfully ask themselves why they’re doing all that free work just to make spez rich.