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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

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[-] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

reddit is just a frame. it always was and will always be, despite the efforts of a few dumb cunts.

the content is the people. that's the secret sauce. just provide people with a framework, and they'll fill the empty space. try to monetize that, and you're just a dick.

i have faith in defederisation. my autocorrect says that isn't a word. let's make it a word.

[-] DriftingDeep@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The thing is, they COULD’VE monetized it and still kept it alive. What they’re doing instead is killing the golden goose for a quick cash-out.

Edit: I hate your username. A lot of trauma associated with that failed tongue-twister.

[-] Naia_Elwyn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

As crappy as it would be, charging users a couple bucks a month for ad free and the ability to use third party apps would probably have been the best move they could make.

[-] Labotomized@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It’s not defederated it’s federated and decentralized

[-] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

oops. don't drink and post, y'all.

[-] Naia_Elwyn@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I've hoped for decentralizing a lot of stuff over the years and every time the clunky nature prevented them from taking off.

Sadly, until there were centralized spaces the average person didn't really get into the internet when it was IRC chats and disconnected forums.

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