Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave - eviltoast

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…

  • DriftingDeep@lemmy.world
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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.

    • Naia_Elwyn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      As crappy as it would be, charging users a couple bucks a month for ad free and the ability to use third party apps would probably have been the best move they could make.