How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
www.theverge.com
Users were outraged, but Reddit mostly won.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1190537

How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?

  • Solivine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    2 years ago

    Of course they’re gonna claim they won. Most people don’t realise the sheer amount of bot generated content on there anyway, which has only increased.

    • Tygr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      2 years ago

      It’s going to dramatically increase. BotDefence, a popular moderator tool, is shutting down

  • RxBrad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    As long as we can keep up the content here, this has replaced Reddit for me.

    The Connect for Reddit app is much more enjoyable to use than the official Reddit app. Heck, I even like it better than I did Sync for Reddit.

    • Thwompthwomp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      This place is feeling a lot like the Reddit from 2008. Just get some rage comics back and this place will be 🔥🔥🔥.

      Lemmy takes a bit more curation to start finding communities and has some rough spots, but I’m super excited for this.

    • GiddyGap@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I personally think Jerboa is a the smoothest experience so far. But I’m planning to jump to Sync when it becomes available.

      • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’ve settled on Jerboa for now. The only thing i can’t find is a way to share a link to a community.

  • Today@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    2 years ago

    I saw that article and i thought, “Reddit won? I lost? That’s funny, because i kinda feel like I’m winning.”

    • Wooly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      514·
      2 years ago

      Nah, lemmy is still definitely the losing option. A fraction of the content for now and you can’t post videos yet, hope that changes.

      • MackerelMore@lemmy.worldEnglish
        141·
        2 years ago

        Whats wrong with posting a link to a video? Video hosting is expensive and YouTube is already a great option.

        • Wooly@lemmy.worldEnglish
          25·
          2 years ago

          I’d just much rather it play in app, hoping Boost is able to play links natively without having to open them.

          It’s all about ease of use, I don’t want to click on a bunch of links, it’s easier to scroll, watch, scroll. Also, I haven’t even seen links to videos, video posts are wayyyyyy down.

      • lagomorphlecture@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        2 years ago

        It’s all a matter of opinion but personally I don’t like watching videos and don’t care if I can post them. If that’s what you’re looking for in a platform this might not be the best one for you.

        • Wooly@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          2 years ago

          You don’t need to watch them, but the possibility to post is still better for the community. The porn side of Lemmy will be a shadow of it’s former Reddit self without videos/ability to play redgifs videos in app. Then you have the dog videos, and then the TikTok videos which you might not like but it’s undeniable they draw a crowd.

          Thing is, with videos, which I’m assuming will come eventually, it will be the best one for me. Most social media feeds are awful, looking at you Instagram, TikTok and Reddit default app. Far too much soggested content.

  • rickdg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Elmo’s twitter has taugh spez that you just take the hit and push through. Reddit has now alienated its powerusers, lost some historical content, and most of all decreased its potential for quality content. I believe that spez will even accept a decrease in MAUs. Any positive change now will have to come from other stakeholders.