How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though?
How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though?
Users were outraged, but Reddit mostly won.
How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?
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Oh the website took a MASSIVE hit. I take a look occasionally to see the numbers on posts. They're all cut in half. Where I used to routinely see posts from certain subs at 20k+ they're now going no further than 8k.
It seems that a huge amount of reddits are just not engaging with the site anymore. Whether that means just going to pure lurking or actively leaving the site, who knows. But the upvotes ain't lying.
Upon my most recent browse, I have noticed a drop in engagement for sure, and my attention has been brought to many "how do you feel about X" comments that are poorly hidden bots driving discourse. Maybe I'm just more aware of it now though. I've definitely noticed a change though.
Platforms get arrogant and eventually overstep the bounds. It already happened since a long time with FB and Twitter, and now it's Reddit's turn. You can only take your user base for granted for so long. The problem is that economic conditions are changing rapidly right now and all these Silicon Valley firms are trying to find new ways to make money in a much more hostile climate. This has led them to some desperate moves that are alienating their users. I think it will be a slow war of attrition from here on, just like what happened to most of the other platforms that made this same mistake over time.