As someone who helped to generate those types of answers and then deleted them all.
Fuck Reddit, they didn’t pay me for that work and then they dicked me over in chase of a half penny. Sorry the rest of the world doesn’t get to use my work for free, but Reddit broke the agreement. I post content, they provide a good user experience. They failed their end, I rescinded mine.
Comments and posts that are just for entertainment, sure. But technical help isn’t a transaction between you and Reddit. It’s a friendly transaction between users purely out of the desire to help, and leaving it available to those who have the same question.
It’s like those posts asking for assistance on something extremely specific you also need help on, only for the next post to read, “never mind I figured it out” with no additional information.
Yeah, you might hurt Reddit by removing that information, but you’re also hurting everyone else that may need help in the future.
It’s a friendly transaction between users purely out of the desire to help, and leaving it available to those who have the same question.
Further, it’s a transaction that Reddit facilitated out of their own pocket. I think people are being extremely petty about it. It’s best to just mourn and move on, we can still appreciate the golden years that Reddit gave us.
As someone who helped to generate those types of answers and then deleted them all.
Fuck Reddit, they didn’t pay me for that work and then they dicked me over in chase of a half penny. Sorry the rest of the world doesn’t get to use my work for free, but Reddit broke the agreement. I post content, they provide a good user experience. They failed their end, I rescinded mine.
I never got paid for anything either, but neither did everyone else that helped me over the years.
Of course, the choice is yours, but it’s not OK IMO.
Comments and posts that are just for entertainment, sure. But technical help isn’t a transaction between you and Reddit. It’s a friendly transaction between users purely out of the desire to help, and leaving it available to those who have the same question.
It’s like those posts asking for assistance on something extremely specific you also need help on, only for the next post to read, “never mind I figured it out” with no additional information.
Yeah, you might hurt Reddit by removing that information, but you’re also hurting everyone else that may need help in the future.
Further, it’s a transaction that Reddit facilitated out of their own pocket. I think people are being extremely petty about it. It’s best to just mourn and move on, we can still appreciate the golden years that Reddit gave us.