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Reddit is in danger of a death spiral (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have to say, well written article (too bad they only mentioned Beehaw and not Lemmin). Reddit cannot exist without user content and more importantly the moderators who do a hard job for free.

Without moderators, subreddits simply become a free for all, the far west.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"We are not in the business of giving that [Reddit's content] away for free."

but...you are spez. That's what social media is. A useful medium with a value determined by the size of its network. Restricting access makes your network less valuable.

Honestly treating hosting like for-profit media company is the biggest delusion of the 2010s-20s. It really only works in a system like email (see:fediverse) or maybe a wikipedia and Internet Archive nonprofit model.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So they're going to pay mods and users then? Didn't think so.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

A reasonable and modest platform cost is what's in order not a SV unicorn IPO.