• wicked82@universeodon.comOP
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    1 year ago

    @shua_too it really is the end of an era. It sucks, I remember the early Reddit days and how quickly it exploded after Digg imploded. That early Reddit community was freaking awesome. Over time though the site became more popular and slowly started to sellout. It’s been trending downhill for a while now though so I look at this as a sort of blessing in disguise. A chance to start fresh with a new community and establish new friendships we might not have otherwise.

    They really are doing Christian dirty. I think his app really did help #Reddit grow in ways they would never admit. I LOVE that he had the foresight to record those calls he knew they are shady to the core. He’s a smart guy and I have no doubt he’ll set out on his next great project. Really hoping he decides to tweak #Apollo for #lemmy just as a nice little 🖕 to Reddit. Lol.

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      1 year ago

      And the irony about the whole situation is that Reddit is taking the old stance of “let’s sell out our users that got us here in the first place in exchange for an IPO and make some money now.” Dude, if you didn’t have your current userbase you wouldn’t be thinking about doing an IPO because you wouldn’t be able to generate enough corporate interest to support it. And soon at least a portion of that userbase is going to leave because of your decisions.