The comments are so misinformed it’s confusing, is it astroturfing?
Honestly, it’s all for the best. Anyone who actually cares and not terribly addicted has moved on. Other then pro-spez people, those who changed their stance probably learned about the true cost of activism and realised they can’t live without their Reddit fix during the blackout.
I still read Reddit through a RSS reader but I don’t contribute anymore. I would feel more ok with them if they weren’t profiting off volunteer work, or at least take in the feedback about the shitty app make it better, e.g. accessibility issues
It is really weird to me that Reddit could be a money making venture at all. They can’t get enough money from ads or awards to actually break even. So that leaves selling user data. Ads might make more money for them if they could tailor them more to each community. I get that they want to be profitable but it seems they are really going about it in a backwards way considering all their content is from unpaid volunteers.
Costco is a weird sub anyway. I often picture the redditors there as obese folks trading tips on how to freeze massive key lime pies.
I doubt it. A lot of Reddit is for activism until it mildly inconveniences them. They probably had nothing to do but read shampoo bottles when they went to the bathroom once and decided the black out wasn’t worth it in their opinion
Trying to talk some sense into people but I guess it’s a waste of time in that thread. Effort is probably better spent in Lemmy.
