When I first learned that Reddit would be pricing out third-party apps I was angry and upset, but I still entertained the notion of maybe continuing to use old.reddit on the desktop (until they inevitably killed that). I like many of the communities there and didn’t want to give them up.
But then came the AMA and the leaked memo and the crushing of the protests with threats and strongarm tactics. Everything spez wrote dripped with contempt for the community and the moderators that had made the site what it was through their unpaid labor. The message became clear: “Let the little users cry it out. They’ll have their little tantrum and then they’ll settle down and accept that the reality is that we can do anything we want to them and they have to just accept it. Their communities, their conversations, their culture, it all belongs to us, not to them. We have everything and they have nothing”.
Basically same idea here. After the AMA I was basically totally done. Fuck Spez and everything about how they’ve decided to run their site. I’m hoping that Lemmy ends up being a better version of reddit. I understand that not everyone wants reddit 2.0, but something like that but better would be amazing.
Yeah, I completely agree. The main app I use didn’t even shut down (Relay) but the AMA convinced me to leave anyway. Spez and the rest of the admins came across as simply vile.
He fantasizes about owning slaves in a post-apocalyptic feudal society. The fact that he makes those sort of statements about the community, us, is just creepy as hell.
It left such a bad taste in my mouth realizing that they were absolutely just going to let people get their rage out, and then rely on the good ole human nature of just going with the flow. I mean realistically, once you have the momentum of a site like Reddit, you can do some pretty shitty stuff, and not get canned for it. I’m fairly certain they’re just going to rely on that, and then make money on what’s left after that.
I’ll probably still keep using old.reddit.com, but making an account on Lemmy has like 0 opportunity cost, so why not right?
When I first learned that Reddit would be pricing out third-party apps I was angry and upset, but I still entertained the notion of maybe continuing to use old.reddit on the desktop (until they inevitably killed that). I like many of the communities there and didn’t want to give them up.
But then came the AMA and the leaked memo and the crushing of the protests with threats and strongarm tactics. Everything spez wrote dripped with contempt for the community and the moderators that had made the site what it was through their unpaid labor. The message became clear: “Let the little users cry it out. They’ll have their little tantrum and then they’ll settle down and accept that the reality is that we can do anything we want to them and they have to just accept it. Their communities, their conversations, their culture, it all belongs to us, not to them. We have everything and they have nothing”.
I’m not going back to that.
This x1000.
The complete disregard and disrespect to the people that made Reddit what it is was just downright awful. I’m not supporting that shit.
I loved Reddit… spend much of my free time on it, but I absolutely hope it all comes crushing down and takes spez with it.
Basically same idea here. After the AMA I was basically totally done. Fuck Spez and everything about how they’ve decided to run their site. I’m hoping that Lemmy ends up being a better version of reddit. I understand that not everyone wants reddit 2.0, but something like that but better would be amazing.
This is a fantastic way to put it and I feel the same way.
Their sheer arrogance.
Yeah, I completely agree. The main app I use didn’t even shut down (Relay) but the AMA convinced me to leave anyway. Spez and the rest of the admins came across as simply vile.
He fantasizes about owning slaves in a post-apocalyptic feudal society. The fact that he makes those sort of statements about the community, us, is just creepy as hell.
It left such a bad taste in my mouth realizing that they were absolutely just going to let people get their rage out, and then rely on the good ole human nature of just going with the flow. I mean realistically, once you have the momentum of a site like Reddit, you can do some pretty shitty stuff, and not get canned for it. I’m fairly certain they’re just going to rely on that, and then make money on what’s left after that.
I’ll probably still keep using old.reddit.com, but making an account on Lemmy has like 0 opportunity cost, so why not right?
Mods power-tripping. All the other shit put the nails on the coffin.