• magnetosphere@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Looking back, I’m glad spez became such an antagonistic jackass. Otherwise, there’s no telling when I would have discovered Lemmy/Kbin, and I’m much happier here. I wouldn’t go back to reddit even if they undid all the recent changes.

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      I mentioned it in another thread, but I think that they’re using r/place to both 1) show engagement with the platform and 2) distract the users. Based on (1), in my opinion the best approach is to not touch it.

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        It’s working, too. Even some Lemmy users have logged back in to Reddit. They’re doing it to write protest messages, but that counts towards the monthly active users nonetheless.

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        I mean they gotta show face for the investors for being “open” and “friendly” to the community.

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          Ah, got it. It’s a really bad way to do this though - they’re also showing that the userbase is pissed, and has become a wasp hive towards Reddit. This sort of user is bad news when you’re an investor, as it’ll try to boycott your platform from the inside.

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            Honestly I’m just guessing, I have no idea what in the fresh hell they are trying to do. Best case scenario, it becomes a cash grab insta copy. Worst case scenario, the users migrate to other platforms. Rage for them is still engagement, and they probs cross their fingers thinking it will all blow over.

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              I’m also guessing, and also got no idea on what they’re trying to do. In a few situations it looks like they’re actively trying to shoot their own feet and ruin the IPO, and in some (like this one) they’re doing things that look good on paper but awful in practice.