Can Reddit survive as its volunteer workforce close down subreddits and walk away from the site in protest at the management's new policies?

Huffman has said, “We are not in the business of giving that [Reddit’s content] away for free.” That stance makes sense. But it also ignores the reality that all of Reddit’s content has been given to it for free by its millions of users. Further, it leaves aside the fact that the content has been orchestrated by its thousands of volunteer moderators.

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  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    91·
    1 year ago

    I was reading these comments on beehaw yesterday defending the defederation from shitjustworks because of T_D sub with like 10 subscribers and I was already getting a little worried thinking what I’ve gotten myself into. Glad to see the view on this on other instances seems a bit more balanced and reasonable. Beehaw seems toxic as hell.

    • Iapar@feddit.deEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Toxic? Do you know what this word means?

      They made it their stated goal to create a safespace for people who are, for example, in a vulnerable state.

      • eleitl@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        They should defederate entirely and become an island. The world is not a safe place.

          • eleitl@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            I see that their mass defederation is potentially temporary.

            But the point that hairtrigger defederation results in fragmentation, up to the point of insularisation remains valid. Islands naturally tend to become obscure.