“They’re shooting themselves in the foot,” Mir says. “The content of the users is what makes the platform worth visiting. These hosts kind of run into this confusion that their hosting is the reason people are going there, but it’s really for the other users on the medium.”
If it wasn’t hurting them they wouldn’t be doing damage control.
It’s working, keep it up.
It’s seriously hilarious that the “damage control” has been more damaging than the blackout itself
Definitely I would have gone back if not for the complete and total disrespect spez has shown towards the community
Honestly I think every time spez says something stupid it convinces another wave of Redditors to check out Lemmy
The exit didn’t start with the API announcement, just gained steam. What’s truly baffling is that Reddit seems to want data on where users’ final straw is.
Who knew the best “celebrity” endorsement for the fediverse comes from the CEO of Reddit…
Ironically, if Reddit has been up front and said they were killing third party apps, and kept their mouths shut they would have faired better. For a stupid play like this, speaking only makes it worse. This is going to be taught in business school on how to kill a business.
That’s in the same vein as “it’s not the crime it’s the cover-up”
Haha yeah well I didn’t say they were doing a good job of it!
There’s a term for that. The Streisand Effect, I think.
“Damaging, controlling” behavior.
Its fascinating watching him keep digging. He bullshits, gets caught out, so he bullshits about a different dev. Rinse. Repeat.
https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/43599/Reddit-censoring-information-about-kbin
Thanks I’ve been trying to fill in those claims with links so this one is great :)
I want to know more about this, i haven’t heard of this yet.
This appears at the top of the page until you dismiss it (at least for me): https://i.imgur.com/Uo3t2TI.jpg
Here’s what it links to: https://mods.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/16693988535309
Yesterday they were linking to some much more blatant propaganda/history whitewash, here’s the link: https://www.redditinc.com/blog/apifacts
I got a bunch of that propaganda the other day even when signing in on old.reddit.
I like how it says their “updated” API rate limits but doesn’t mention when those rules went into effect or how much warning they gave developers.
Spoiler: the answers are “very recently” and “not even a month”.
I’m so glad that me deleting my account made them mad, I’m so glad it hurt them
I haven’t been to Reddit for a few days and they did these stuff already? Let’s keep this up.