The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

  • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    reddit is just a frame. it always was and will always be, despite the efforts of a few dumb cunts.

    the content is the people. that’s the secret sauce. just provide people with a framework, and they’ll fill the empty space. try to monetize that, and you’re just a dick.

    i have faith in defederisation. my autocorrect says that isn’t a word. let’s make it a word.

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      1 year ago

      The thing is, they COULD’VE monetized it and still kept it alive. What they’re doing instead is killing the golden goose for a quick cash-out.

      Edit: I hate your username. A lot of trauma associated with that failed tongue-twister.