The past two weeks have been largely normal.
I don’t think this narrative is truthful. Most likely is going to be a very vocal minority.
Not sure they can be called “landed gentry” but surely I’ve seen some shady behaviours (like silencing political opinions not liked by the mods).
on social / relationship / alt lifestyle discussion subs, hobby discussion subs, product review/discussion subs, etc. the balance is a lot more even.
the power users submitting all the posts to /r/mildlysupercringeinfuriatingontwitter will pack up their toys and leave but the people using subreddits to discuss their niche outdoor hobby, their home reno DIY project, their alt sexuality, etc. will just keep on chatting away.
would not mind at all if every sub with more than 1 mil subscribers just got wiped and had to be replaced with new ones (maybe go to read-only / archive for the google searchability). like a forest fire to clear up front page real estate for new growth.
Reddit believes that they make the communities, when in reality the communities make Reddit what it is.
I have much more time.
<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10794767>
As the link you give here has only 5 comments, it doesn't meet that threshold, and this post wouldn't be considered a dupe.
What Reddit makes and what Reddit sells are both made by unpaid users of the platform. If a company that is this beholden to the goodwill of its users can manage to piss off such a significant chunk of its users and still survive, then I worry about the how much we can influence larger companies through protest. Y’know, these companies that are taking over an increasing proportion of our lives
