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0 pointsraydev2y ago0 comments

That's the thing, because of Huffman's instability and childish behavior in previous years, his words have no meaning here.

Reddit is still a decent-sized company with a whole team of people who've likely been running the numbers. Third party apps like Apollo are a nerd concern anyway, and nerds are outnumbered on Reddit these days; I'm sure most users are happily poking away at the first party apps.

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theturtletalks2y ago

It doesn’t matter if the “nerds” are outnumbered. Lurkers outnumber actual content creators by insane multiples, yet everyone knows that the content creators are the ones that keep people coming back.

What about mods? Looks like many of them use 3rd party apps to help moderate their subs. They are outnumbered too, but are they worth less than millions of lurkers? I think not.

Reddit is betting that the loud minority are not the ones bringing value to their site. If they are wrong, it may be too late.

linuxftw2y ago

Content creators want their content to be viewed. They're not going to just go away, they want the internet points.

idiotsecant2y ago

Content creators on digg wanted their content to be viewed too. Every social media org should have a framed copy of ozymandius on the wall.

heisenbit2y ago

Comments are content too and often more insightful. Moderators for all the bashing some deservedly get are key to keep content creators happy. Each forum is a small organization. The sum of the heads of these orgs. and the identities of users is what makes Reddit valuable. We are however entering an age where identity becomes more portable so mess with all the leads of your teams at your own peril.

roblabla2y ago

The problem is, a very very very large portion of the mods are using third party apps. If the mods go away (because their tools don't work anymore), reddit will have a very big problem on their hands.

donnythecroc2y ago

Yes people are missing the point here. I'm in Australia and I know when I check reddit groups moderated in other countries they are full of hate - like 4chan when the mods are asleep. I've seen an unmoderated reddit even just for a few hours, the site will be destroyed if people give up their unpaid voluntary work. They need the tools because it's not their fulltime job.

dbg314152y ago

Exactly. Reddit without auto mod tools (that require API access) gets over run with hate speech and incels.

Reddit won’t work without API access… it just turns into a 4Chan-like cesspool over night without auto moderation.

ronsor2y ago

I honestly hope so. A 4chan-tier cesspool would completely ruin their IPO.

ShadowBanThis012y ago

Based on many of the mods' behavior, that might actually be a big win for users. Their persecution and abuse of users makes Reddit the cesspool that it is.

After all, Reddit is so shitty that HN will ban you for pointing out behavior here as "Reddit-like."

dang2y ago

We don't ban accounts for that sort of reason, so I'd like to know which account(s) you're talking about.

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JohnFen2y ago

> Their persecution and abuse of users makes Reddit the cesspool that it is.

That's not what made Reddit seem like a cesspool to me. It was the commenters.

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brookst2y ago

Is your comment here more Reddit-like, or more HN-like?

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theturtletalks2y ago

What about mods? Looks like many of them use 3rd party apps to help moderate their subs. They are outnumbered too, but are they worth less than millions of lurkers? I think not.

Reddit is betting that the loud minority are not the ones bringing value to their site. If they are wrong, it may be too late.

linuxftw2y ago

Content creators want their content to be viewed. They're not going to just go away, they want the internet points.

idiotsecant2y ago

Content creators on digg wanted their content to be viewed too. Every social media org should have a framed copy of ozymandius on the wall.

heisenbit2y ago

roblabla2y ago

donnythecroc2y ago

dbg314152y ago

Exactly. Reddit without auto mod tools (that require API access) gets over run with hate speech and incels.

Reddit won’t work without API access… it just turns into a 4Chan-like cesspool over night without auto moderation.

ronsor2y ago

I honestly hope so. A 4chan-tier cesspool would completely ruin their IPO.

ShadowBanThis012y ago

Based on many of the mods' behavior, that might actually be a big win for users. Their persecution and abuse of users makes Reddit the cesspool that it is.

After all, Reddit is so shitty that HN will ban you for pointing out behavior here as "Reddit-like."

dang2y ago

We don't ban accounts for that sort of reason, so I'd like to know which account(s) you're talking about.

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JohnFen2y ago

> Their persecution and abuse of users makes Reddit the cesspool that it is.

That's not what made Reddit seem like a cesspool to me. It was the commenters.

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brookst2y ago

Is your comment here more Reddit-like, or more HN-like?

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