This drama seems huge. Just checked and it looks like subs are going private all over the place. I don't want to say that its another Digg Exodus, but this is one piece of major drama after another. Things aren't looking too good for reddit right now.
I think reddit is starting to crumble. The admins are trying to make it a 'safe for everybody' sort of place as opposed to a free speech sort of place. As comments above have made clear, it's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out.
I agree. You cannot please everybody, someone's going to get offended anyways. People need to learn to be tolerant of other opinions, and accept that the "safe for everybody" will not work. But still, it's going to be interesting seeing where the members will go. My first guesses would be Voat and here.
We are free-speech oriented but harassment against. You shouldn't ever have any fear of being suppressed if you have a controversial political opinion, but if you start harassing people who disagree, you're out.
Reddit is trying to make it "safe for the advertisers". They wanted to turn IAmA into a video interview thing (even hired a crew to do it, which did an AMA about it, in which they answered no question).
Victoria opposed this and this is probably why she was fired.
You should also plan for the September 30 influx. Why September 30? Because it's the deadline they gave /r/AskReddit for the new mod tools. The mods took it very seriously and put that deadline into their sidebar.
If things aren't delivered by September 30, /r/AskReddit is going dark again, others will likely follow, and it'll be harder for reddit to cajole the mods back into reopening shop.
It's inevitable for these kinds of sites. I mean, what came before Digg? Fark? But, the fall of Reddit isn't matter of if, but when.
Personally, due to the subreddits I subscribe to, I still enjoy my Reddit experience. However, I can see why a lot of people are having issues with Reddit's management, because what Reddit Corp. is doing obviously isn't for the greater good.
True. I just try to avoid saying its an exodus because every reddit drama people say its an exodus. However, now that its been about 24 hours, I can definitely say its some sort of exodus. Maybe not Digg-level, but its like somebody poked a huge hole in the barrel that is reddit.
This drama seems huge. Just checked and it looks like subs are going private all over the place. I don't want to say that its another Digg Exodus, but this is one piece of major drama after another. Things aren't looking too good for reddit right now.
I think reddit is starting to crumble. The admins are trying to make it a 'safe for everybody' sort of place as opposed to a free speech sort of place. As comments above have made clear, it's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out.
I agree. You cannot please everybody, someone's going to get offended anyways. People need to learn to be tolerant of other opinions, and accept that the "safe for everybody" will not work. But still, it's going to be interesting seeing where the members will go. My first guesses would be Voat and here.
If you've been here for a while, can you comment on whether or not the snap community is more free-speech oriented?
We are free-speech oriented but harassment against. You shouldn't ever have any fear of being suppressed if you have a controversial political opinion, but if you start harassing people who disagree, you're out.
Reddit is trying to make it "safe for the advertisers". They wanted to turn IAmA into a video interview thing (even hired a crew to do it, which did an AMA about it, in which they answered no question).
Victoria opposed this and this is probably why she was fired.
Indeed. I guess we (and other sites) should prepare for an influx. I guess now the time's to start more heavily promoting our tribes?
You should also plan for the September 30 influx. Why September 30? Because it's the deadline they gave /r/AskReddit for the new mod tools. The mods took it very seriously and put that deadline into their sidebar.
If things aren't delivered by September 30, /r/AskReddit is going dark again, others will likely follow, and it'll be harder for reddit to cajole the mods back into reopening shop.
Darn, you are right. We better prepare our servers for a potential influx after that date. And of course, prepare the welcoming committee.
They recanted the date today, saying that had no internal talk about what to do and no idea when it'll be done.
It's inevitable for these kinds of sites. I mean, what came before Digg? Fark? But, the fall of Reddit isn't matter of if, but when.
Personally, due to the subreddits I subscribe to, I still enjoy my Reddit experience. However, I can see why a lot of people are having issues with Reddit's management, because what Reddit Corp. is doing obviously isn't for the greater good.
True. I just try to avoid saying its an exodus because every reddit drama people say its an exodus. However, now that its been about 24 hours, I can definitely say its some sort of exodus. Maybe not Digg-level, but its like somebody poked a huge hole in the barrel that is reddit.