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Reddit and the End of Online ‘Community’ (nymag.com)

submitted 1 year ago by wave_walnut@kbin.social to c/tech@kbin.social

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A standoff between the site and some of its most devoted users exposes an existential dilemma.

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[–] JunkMilesDavis@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The theme here is that he doesn't even care enough to create the illusion of caring. The community was never given "democratic" solutions to dysfunctional mod situations until this business reason arose. There's no community liaison trying to do damage control or make the users feel heard right now -- just the CEO himself telling everyone in the plainest terms that nothing they say has any impact because he does not care. People should take all of this at face value.

[–] coldredlight@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

His inability, or unwillingness, to even put on a show of trying to finesse the community is one of the strangest things about the situation. Handling things in the most ridiculously hamfisted way he could and picking a huge fight with the people that provide him with free content and moderation, and right before the IPO... it's just so bizarre and dumb.

[–] Hunter2@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly, he did not give an inch, instead he kept throwing fuel to the fire. That alone was going to push me away once RiF was gone, but once certain individuals (recent redditors that are just there to consume media) also started pushing against mods, I just felt that place was no longer the same community and nuked my accounts.