After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access...

After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access…

  • Vinnyboiler@oldbytes.space
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    2 years ago

    @pheen I never saw how a service like Reddit should look to advertisers as way to self sustain itself. Wikipedia has paved the way for a community sustained crowdsourced model.