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Ya know, this whole situation has me thinking about stuff - very dangerous. But it seems like this API move kills a few birds with one stone for the corporate Reddit:
They lose all or most of the people that were there since the early days, so you will have less resistance to corporate shitting on users in the future.
These people leaving probably removes a large chunk of trolls that fuck with the casual Reddit user - ya know, the gal that didn't even know there was another mobile app besides the official one.
Those casual users probably don't know much about ad-block.
I guess all that is to say: They're probably not burning, they're probably excited the way things are going. They can better package and sell the ever more homogenized, terrible, boring, disney-ad reddit.
My mom finally got on Reddit, it's going to be the next Facebook
As soon as the parents join, it’s time to start looking for a new site
Exactly. It’s a calculated move for sure, but they’ve built up enough of a mainstream base of newer people because they don’t know any different from the bullshitery that they’ve been fed
I doesn't matter to me if Reddit survives. I was looking to move away, but there wasn't a good alternative. With this move by reddit, the types I would get along with are leaving in mass.