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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • Decoupling from Reddit has been easier than I thought.

    Am actually rotating between Lemmy instances and Kbin to read the articles and thoughts in between my workday and it works like a charm.

    It also really helps that I pavlovd myself to associate Reddit with garbage and instantly make the connection to how they see and treat their userbase.

    It made me open reddit only once during the last days.

    • To run PDS after the blackout.


  • The relay creator did the math and came to the conclusion that an subscription model might maybe work but it would be to tight. It reads as the person is saying that it is unfeasonable.

    You say he gave in? As far as I can read that is stated nowhere.

    Even if the apps would comply;

    • Reddit will jack the prices again when they see fit.
    • Reddit also wins with this pricing because they are gonna pocket the cash.

    >Reddit will limit ‘Recommend’ and NFSW content to its official app. >

    And ohw yeah you are gonna get less content for your subscription. It is all in bad faith.









  • I agree. I never moderated a subreddit because I have seen what vitrol people spew at moderators.

    I actually thought that moderators were getting compensated and I was extremely baffled when I heard they weren’t. I cannot understand why someone would take that role to just get piled on day by day.

    The projection part is more focused on the people who scream (1 of my favorites); “What is gonna happen is that after 48 hours people come back, suck it up and install the new app”

    I can understand the sentiment and alot of people will probably do that, that is a choice one makes.

    I do think that the power users and/or people who contribute to the community are looking elsewhere at some point.

    I also don’t have an illusion that Reddit implodes overnight and I will be suprised if people will leave en masse after 48 hours.

    But I do know and that is a sentiment that I keep saying; Reddit will rail it’s userbase one way or the other. They already made it clear that they keep monetizing until they are profitable but companies always want more and more. So you are effectively getting railed eventually and continuously.