For me, MySpace, Yahoo, Friendster, even AOL have shown that sites need users more than users need sites. Elon is starting to discover that too. I don’t know if these moves are going to be enough to turn reddit into the next used-to-be social media site, but the moves they’re pulling seem to show they’re circling the drain. I don’t think we’re going to get the big flushing sound like we’re hearing with twitter, but I do think spez is going to find out that he has been confused about what he’s selling.
Ads are not the product. Users are not the product. Those are byproducts. Content and moderation is the product without which a site turns into a chan board with a worse UI.
For me, MySpace, Yahoo, Friendster, even AOL have shown that sites need users more than users need sites. Elon is starting to discover that too. I don’t know if these moves are going to be enough to turn reddit into the next used-to-be social media site, but the moves they’re pulling seem to show they’re circling the drain. I don’t think we’re going to get the big flushing sound like we’re hearing with twitter, but I do think spez is going to find out that he has been confused about what he’s selling.
Ads are not the product. Users are not the product. Those are byproducts. Content and moderation is the product without which a site turns into a chan board with a worse UI.