Thanks for standing up for what you believe in. I’ve been a part of reddit myself for more than 15 years on different accounts and I just can’t continue to go down the rabbit hole into VC-funded junk. The site seriously started to degrade after the huge venture capitalist investment (from Chinese firms no less) in 2019 and it’s just gotten worse in the five years since then.
Well, that gave me some useful context, thanks! I was mew to reddit, having resisted all social media since the dawn of twitter until almost 2 years ago with reddit.
I started a Mastodon account late last year in response to twitter’s API madness, though I don’t use it much. Refit was the one that got me in the end.
I’m quite torn. The various gaming subs I mod have great teams, and are generally great communities. I legit feel like I am doing them a disservice by stepping down and closing accounts at the end of the month.
But doing the work for a company who has no regard for the reason it is a success stings more than the feeling I’ll be abandoning some teams of passionate individuals.
I love the ‘old’ feeling of the internet on here. What I miss from forums in the '90’s. I feel like this is the best decision.
But actions speak louder than words. They don’t deserve users who they abuse.
I’m waiting to see what the response is from spez about the API changes tomorrow. I expect a shit show that will piss me off enough to begin deleting content from the site, yes.
Thanks for standing up for what you believe in. I’ve been a part of reddit myself for more than 15 years on different accounts and I just can’t continue to go down the rabbit hole into VC-funded junk. The site seriously started to degrade after the huge venture capitalist investment (from Chinese firms no less) in 2019 and it’s just gotten worse in the five years since then.
Well, that gave me some useful context, thanks! I was mew to reddit, having resisted all social media since the dawn of twitter until almost 2 years ago with reddit.
I started a Mastodon account late last year in response to twitter’s API madness, though I don’t use it much. Refit was the one that got me in the end.
Will you close your accounts?
I’m quite torn. The various gaming subs I mod have great teams, and are generally great communities. I legit feel like I am doing them a disservice by stepping down and closing accounts at the end of the month.
But doing the work for a company who has no regard for the reason it is a success stings more than the feeling I’ll be abandoning some teams of passionate individuals.
I love the ‘old’ feeling of the internet on here. What I miss from forums in the '90’s. I feel like this is the best decision.
But actions speak louder than words. They don’t deserve users who they abuse.
I’m waiting to see what the response is from spez about the API changes tomorrow. I expect a shit show that will piss me off enough to begin deleting content from the site, yes.
I’m from the future and I’d like to congratulate you on your prediction! It wasn’t exactly a long shot, but… yeah. You got it exactly right.
I’ve deleted all of my alts. Main account goes June 29. You guys have made a house a home here at Beehaw.
Hahahahahhahahah, wouldn’t miss it for the world. But being admins, I imagine it won’t be fairly represented.
I’ll see you there, though!