I have used reddit for over a decade but I stopped recently. It's turned into a bunch of political echo chambers. I have been banned from subs just for commenting in a different sub. I have been banned for saying slightly controversial things that subs don't agree with. Not to mention literally every single time I've ever tried to post to large subs like shower thoughts or whatever, I get blocked by a bot. Some times I've seen nearly identical posts submitted after I tried to submit mine, I have wondered if they just block everything and repost for karma farming or something.
Anyway, reddit has become a toxic shithole. Better to stay away.
And ublock origin always comes up as our only solution all the time. I really wish that one day it will be available on iOS (Still not working on Orion).
It's tyranny of the docile. The recent batch of user hostile practices adopted by Reddit and Twitter will become industry norms because they worked, too few people actually left those services. Network effects work more against us now than for us.
On the other hand, you can’t run a heavily trafficked website without any revenue. It’s very unlikely more than a tiny fraction of their users will pay any amount to use Reddit. They need advertising.
In that situation, Reddit has to be partially accountable to their advertisers. The advertisers will want some measure of control over who sees the ads and some reporting on performance.
I get that no one likes ads but I don’t think it’s that hard to understand Reddit’s situation. You would do exactly the same if you ran an expensive website. In 30+ years of the web no one has found another model which works.
[+] [-] sfn42|2 years ago|reply
Anyway, reddit has become a toxic shithole. Better to stay away.
[+] [-] elashri|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] gdulli|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] vlark|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] huitzitziltzin|2 years ago|reply
In that situation, Reddit has to be partially accountable to their advertisers. The advertisers will want some measure of control over who sees the ads and some reporting on performance.
I get that no one likes ads but I don’t think it’s that hard to understand Reddit’s situation. You would do exactly the same if you ran an expensive website. In 30+ years of the web no one has found another model which works.
[+] [-] mcbrienollie|2 years ago|reply
[+] [-] Nextgrid|2 years ago|reply
When Facebook and Google are dealt with, then Reddit will have to worry and will change course.
[+] [-] WentFullRetard|2 years ago|reply
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