When the user revolt ends—if it ever does—Reddit’s community won’t ever be the same.

“They’re shooting themselves in the foot,” Mir says. “The content of the users is what makes the platform worth visiting. These hosts kind of run into this confusion that their hosting is the reason people are going there, but it’s really for the other users on the medium.”

  • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.org
    19·
    2 years ago

    The exit didn’t start with the API announcement, just gained steam. What’s truly baffling is that Reddit seems to want data on where users’ final straw is.