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Reddit got hacked, and that's not even the most ludicrous news about it today
honestly this isn't how the internet works no one cares if mods are paid even if those mods refuse to work u can find 100 people to replace them easily for free if the lock the subreddits to try and drive users off they can just be unlocked with mods removed and replaced the vast majority of users do not seem to care in the slightest about these API changes only users who use the 3rd party apps but in reddits eyes those uses are actively costing reddit money and not actually returning any ad revenue to reddit as those 3rd part apps don't make reddit money so why should they care if those users threaten to leave this wont "kill Reddit"chasm said:So, everyone seems to agree that Reddit can’t continue as-is, as it’s losing money. Fair enough, and I’ve heard no disagreement from Selig or indeed anyone at all about this.
The problem(s) seem to be:1. Reddit wants too much money, too quickly for developers to react.
2. Reddit exists because of Steve Huffman, but it has succeeded because of unpaid labour by moderators and posters, and they will continue to get nothing out of this. So if you piss them off enough, they’ll leave and the site will collapse.
3. Steve Huffman turns out to be a liar and jerk who acts as though the mafia has been funding Reddit so far and he HAS to get them their money by THIS THURSDAY or he’ll be wearing cement shoes in Hudson Bay. He has deliberately induced a panic situation and pissed of his unpaid workers, two HUGE mistakes he could easily undo except for what appears to be his ego.
If the board of Reddit were smart and independent, they would replace Huffman and open negotiations with developers to roll in these changes in a gentler, slower fashion with goodwill at the forefront of their efforts. I think they would find a cooperative community if they did that.
If they continue on the Huffman path, the unpaid labour pool and users will likely abandon it. Its bizarre that, having seen that this is what’s going to happen, Huffman would risk his entire business on his arrogant presumptions and false sense of urgency.
