I would have thought that most people who didn't want to use Reddit anymore have probably already stopped using it.

But yes I hope to see more bad news for Reddit such as this diminished valuation.

The story seems to be from a marketing-focused website, so it makes sense that the author is addressing advertisers, and how the events with Reddit will affect them.

Also, surely this story proves that the protests absolutely have had an effect. It's causing advertisers to think twice about spending money with Reddit. And as stated in this TechCrunch article, fewer advertisers are visiting the ad-buying part of Reddit's site.

So, the people who complained that these protests are pointless, that they won't change anything, have been proven wrong. The protests are effective. So if people want change in this situation then they should continue with MORE protests. My protest is that I'm not using Reddit.

Maybe it's worth having that security hole then. I think it's a bit crazy that terrorists or child abusers can plan their crimes using WhatsApp without the police being able to intercept their messages.

Also, if we're able to contact our banks over the internet securely (and obviously the bank can still see everything about our accounts if they want, while criminals hopefully won't be able to), then surely an equivalent should be possible for things like WhatsApp.

I think law enforcement should be able to intercept messages on services like WhatsApp, if someone is suspected of criminal activity.

Is it right for criminals to be able to share child abuse material, or plans for terrorism, over something like WhatsApp? Without law enforcement being able to intercept these messages?

I think law enforcement can break into your home if they have a court warrant, right? So why not allow the same thing with electronic communications?

I wonder if Britain will rejoin the EU. Perhaps it might happen. But I guess it will take a few years before politicians are willing to consider that.

No user of Reddit is powerless. Every single user of Reddit has the power to fuck with Reddit in whatever legal way they want, and they also they have the power to quit using Reddit.

He's right that Reddit's "aggressive posture" is what's annoyed a lot of users. When I first heard of them adding API costs, I didn't care, because I didn't use 3rd party apps. But their attitude since then is why I don't want to use Reddit now.

They could have apologised for the inconvenience caused by their changes. They could have said something like "we recognise there are users who are not happy with these changes, and we apologise for the inconvenience, but we are in a position where we have to cover our server costs, or else Reddit may not survive into the future". If they had put it like THAT then I bet most people would have understood where they're coming from.

But instead they say things like "oh it's only a small amount of users who are unhappy" and "this will blow over like all of these controversies do". Basically saying "we don't need to listen to you, fuck you, fuck your opinions, we assume you'll use Reddit anyway". AND didn't they say they would respect mods protesting by shutting their subreddits? And then they're like "no fuck you we'll just force them open".

So the impression they give off is not that they're doing these API changes out of a financial necessity to ensure Reddit can survive into the future - instead, like many users have said, it seems like they are literally just trying to milk as many profits as possible in the short-term, so they can cash in as much as possible on the IPO, and then they can quit Reddit and retire to the Caribbean.

Maybe they plan to park cars there.

Or maybe they just don't like cutting the grass. Can't blame them. I hate having to cut the grass all the time.

He'll be remembered for breaking rules yes, but he won't be remembered "as an innovator".

Maybe they had early warning signs that something was wrong with the sub. Maybe it imploded later. Dunno.

It's meant to be a decentralised version of Twitter. I think it was originally made by Twitter but is now a separate company.

But I don't think it uses the ActivityPub protocol that Lemmy, Kbin, and Mastodon use, so it won't be interoperable with them. Also, it's invite-only for the moment. So if you want a decentralised Twitter-like experience right now, you could use Mastodon.

People are greedy for money and power. Like the Reddit CEO.

I bet this will be very expensive though. It will probably be years before it costs the same, or less than, regular meat.

Every subreddit should do this

Meta is a capitalist social media company and they seem to be doing okay. Facebook might be uncool with the kids these days but it's still massive. And Instagram and WhatsApp are still very popular.

I think the difference between Meta and Reddit is that I bet Meta would issue some sort of apology and carefully crafted PR if they found themselves in Reddit's current situation. But Reddit doesn't even seem to care about angering its users, which just feeds the anger more.

Here's a link to the same post on Teddit, an alternative front-end to Reddit, to read the same post:

https://teddit.net/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/14f7bbg/poll_vote_on_the_future_of_bestofredditorupdates/

Viewing it this way means you're not giving Reddit traffic.

The US government hasn't shut down the KKK though. Unless I'm wrong, I don't think it's possible to shut down political groups in the US, due to the first amendment.

So I think that would be a big difference between the US and Russia. Russia bans organisations it considers "extremist", but I don't think the US does.

Also, Russia is arresting people for expressing opposition to the invasion of Ukraine, even in private conversations. I don't think the US arrested people who expressed opposition to the Iraq War - a war which Russia-supporters seem to love comparing the invasion of Ukraine to.

Just took a quick look at your profile and I notice this:

the US is building a geopolitical tool next to Russia's borders (obviously against Russia)

Yeah you're a vatnik.

Is there actually a particular rule against turning SFW subs into NSFW subs?

Or is Reddit just desperately trying to interpret their rules in whatever way they desire because they're panicking at losing revenue?

It's just manipulation of course. They're trying to guilt-trip mods into doing what Reddit wants. Reddit's concern here is obviously not for the poor innocent users being deprived their access to these subreddits. Reddit's concern is maximising the amount of cash that flows into their pockets.

If Reddit actually cared about the users then they would respect the subreddits where users have voted to keep the subreddit private or change the subreddit to NSFW content. But Reddit is not respecting these votes from users, because they only care about the cash flowing into their pockets.