I remember when Reddit announced it would begin charging commercial developers for access to its API, and in response, thousands of subreddits went dark in protest. I think it lasted for a couple of weeks. The CEO threatened the Reddit mods that he would replace them if they didn’t reopen the subs, so nearly every mod reopened and everything went back to normal. The CEO won easily without offering anything, and he was right when he said that ‘this too shall pass.’ Those third-party apps offered accessibility features for disabled people that Reddit still hasn’t implemented today. Now Reddit is getting even worse. How come there wasn’t a protest like that when they made even worse decisions?
I’m one of them, only ever opened reddit when they had a relevant answer to an issue I was searching a solution for since then.
Same. I also think the people who came over were some of the best content creators. They know what you have to do make it lively. That’s why trolls go after them.
Same. I do not feel guilty doing web search and having it feed me reddit answers without actually opening reddit.