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This single sentence is the best summary I have seen yet of the way Reddit admins/corporate is treating moderators and supporters: "The beatings will continue until morale improves" (media.kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah... But are they sure those using 3rd party apps aren't the primary people making and moderating content? That is the part of this that doesn't make sense to me, they're cutting off what makes it easier to make the free content that is their product

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You misunderstand what their product is at this point. Their primary product is advertising conversions by site users and visitors, with a minor secondary in user data - actual "content" is a distant third. By removing or restricting the means by which users can avoid interactions with the customer base, they drive traffic to the customer-sponsored content on the site. Yes, what they're doing will reduce organic traffic; that's the point. They would be very happy if every post visible to a user was a paid post.

Reddit is an advertising platform which allows user created content. I expect the majority of the Fediverse to go that way too within two years, regardless of Meta Threads. This is the Internet. This is what it is, what it was always going to be, and how it will be going forward.