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Going Down in Flames Like Reddit: The Other Moderator Protest at a Billion-Dollar Internet Community You Visit Every Day

Jul 04, 2023

Reddit isn't the only billion-dollar-brand built on free labor that is facing a user/moderator revolt. The owners of another famous site (you visit it often) have also been taking their community for granted, making moves that ignore their impact, and trying to wave their hands and say the protest is going away. It's not.

Going Down in Flames Like Reddit: The Other Moderator Protest at a Billion-Dollar Internet Community You Visit Every Day

User Protests and Hacker Demands Are Not Even the Worst Reddit Dumpster Fire Today

raindog308

Jun 20, 2023

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If you thought warring with users, canceling third party apps, site protests, and hackers demanding ransom were the worst things going on at Reddit, you're a bit behind in the news.

User Protests and Hacker Demands Are Not Even the Worst Reddit Dumpster Fire Today

Leaked Memo: Reddit Announces Will No Longer Allow Private Subreddits...?

raindog308

Jun 14, 2023

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The change is logical given developments with the blackouts. Read the draft announcement.

Leaked Memo: Reddit Announces Will No Longer Allow Private Subreddits...?

POLL: Leaked Memo Shows Reddit CEO Bored by Blackout: Do You Think It's an Act?

raindog308

Jun 14, 2023

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The Reddit CEO wrote a memo giving his reaction to the blackout protest and it was immediately leaked to the press. After reading it, do you think he really believes what he wrote or is he just trying to put on a brave face?

POLL: Leaked Memo Shows Reddit CEO Bored by Blackout: Do You Think It's an Act?

Subreddits Go on Strike

raindog308

Jun 12, 2023

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In a widespread act of protest, thousands of the most popular subreddits have gone private, blocking visitors and in some cases disallowing new threads. This is being done to protest Reddit's API policy, which is killing third party apps.

Reddit Is About To Go Public, So They're Pushing Their Users Away (And Killing Third-Party Apps)

Sir Foxy

Jun 05, 2023

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Reddit is preparing to go public. Again. This time they're hoping to raise only 44% of what they were looking for the previous time. To make sure the IPO is successful, they're making moves to...drive their users away?! The new API fees seem to guarantee a shrinking user base just when Reddit is going under the magnifying glass.

Reddit Is About To Go Public, So They're Pushing Their Users Away (And Killing Third-Party Apps)

Twitter Has 5,625 Employees It Doesn't Need

raindog308

Oct 21, 2022

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Does it really take 10x more people to run Twitter compared to Reddit?

Twitter Has 5,625 Employees It Doesn't Need

FEEDBACK REQUESTED: What Should Our Next Social Media Presence Be?

raindog308

Jul 22, 2022

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