Reddit risks losing its identity in pursuit of profits - eviltoast

Reddit isn’t profitable, despite having more than 50 million daily active users. In preparation for an IPO, CEO Steve Huffman put the platform’s API

  • falkerie71@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I mean, going by the 90/9/1 rule, it’s not unnatural if only 10% of users or less showed up to vote. Hell, if only 1% voted I won’t be surprised either.

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      1 year ago

      The subreddit I moderate has had a poll going for the last 2.5 days.

      • 1390 members.
      • 75 poll respondents (5% of members)
      • 7 commenters (0.5% of members)

      It’s a disappointing turnout. Also, I’m one of those poll respondents and commenters. (If you remind me, I’ll post a link to the poll once it closes in 8 hours.)

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        I’ve had one going for 3 days now, 2k members, 160 votes and 7 comments. I was pretty surprised to see even 160 votes, its a vote for blocking a certain type of post that has been spammed recently and doesn’t contribute much.