The arrow of enshitification flys in one direction only. the people that are still there will migrate out eventually. spez was right when he said the majority of users don’t care about the api, but fails to realize that the majority of users don’t generate content. The users that do generate content are jumping ship.
Yeah, the majority of users don’t care about the API because they don’t know what it means - that it’s the interface that enables not just third party apps, but also moderation tools.
The same users that will tell you that they don’t care about the API will start whining when the moderation of their favorite subs turn to shit, when they get overrun by trolls and spammers and bots and advertising.
To me the enshitification is the real reason I’m here. The API changes are just the catalyst. At the end of the day I think the protests with a goal of enacting change at reddit is kinda silly. They are free to run their business poorly, whatever. I do support the protests but for my own reasons because I want to see reddit fail and a new evolution of the medium to arise. Reddit will continue to get shittier, let’s convince people to move elsewhere.
The arrow of enshitification flys in one direction only. the people that are still there will migrate out eventually. spez was right when he said the majority of users don’t care about the api, but fails to realize that the majority of users don’t generate content. The users that do generate content are jumping ship.
Yeah, the majority of users don’t care about the API because they don’t know what it means - that it’s the interface that enables not just third party apps, but also moderation tools.
The same users that will tell you that they don’t care about the API will start whining when the moderation of their favorite subs turn to shit, when they get overrun by trolls and spammers and bots and advertising.
People just fail to connect the dots.
Do you have any statistics though? Or it’s just something you want to believe in?
To me the enshitification is the real reason I’m here. The API changes are just the catalyst. At the end of the day I think the protests with a goal of enacting change at reddit is kinda silly. They are free to run their business poorly, whatever. I do support the protests but for my own reasons because I want to see reddit fail and a new evolution of the medium to arise. Reddit will continue to get shittier, let’s convince people to move elsewhere.
I’m just tired of being at the mercy of wacky CEOs with “visions for the future” where that vision is always somehow worse for everyone.
Here we are!!!