I think this plays a big part in it. Reddit is absolutely massive.
Other than a couple of comments about the policy changes I haven’t posted on Reddit in about a week. I haven’t deleted my account just yet and occasionally have checked in on a couple of subreddits that have reopened and noticed the shear number of comments from accounts saying they don’t care about third party apps or the changes being mad.
It’s a bit mind blowing that all it takes for a lot of redditors to openly support anti-user policy and dictatorial CEOs is losing access to their favorite subreddits for 48hs. The word addiction really is apropos in many cases.
It’s not addiction, it’s entitlement. The blackouts hit hard across the internet, a lot of people have gotten used to just dipping into Reddit’s knowledge pool when they want an answer. I’m not talking about people you’d really call Redditors. These are the friends who only show up when they want something. When they’re with their real friends, they don’t have much good to say about you.
So when they lost that for just a couple days, they got pretty fussy. I’m trying to find the right words for somebody who considers themselves pretty Lefty almost but not quite ripping off the mask when they are expected to show solidarity with people they don’t really like but have become entitled to as a resource, because that was the vibe.
The only thing I can compare it to is when the Uber drivers tried to strike, and old women were up in their Twitter mentions like, “You better not make me miss work!” Once they rely on you, they expect you as a sort of right, even if your service isn’t a right. If you stop being their appliance, they get mad. They never, ever want to place blame where it goes, either.
That’s the thing, and that’s why Reddit is trying to IPO. There’s more to it than just people having a dopamine problem. It’s more like you’re their Uber driver, and you’d better not mess up their schedule. Fuck your strike and fuck you. Get back to work.
I think a lot of the people who made Reddit what it is and was may have learned their lesson by seeing their needs treated so dismissively, so they’ll be pretty gun shy to put themselves in that spot, again. Figure it out yourselves if that’s how it is. You mod the fucking thing, then.
I think this plays a big part in it. Reddit is absolutely massive.
Other than a couple of comments about the policy changes I haven’t posted on Reddit in about a week. I haven’t deleted my account just yet and occasionally have checked in on a couple of subreddits that have reopened and noticed the shear number of comments from accounts saying they don’t care about third party apps or the changes being mad.
It’s a bit mind blowing that all it takes for a lot of redditors to openly support anti-user policy and dictatorial CEOs is losing access to their favorite subreddits for 48hs. The word addiction really is apropos in many cases.
It’s not addiction, it’s entitlement. The blackouts hit hard across the internet, a lot of people have gotten used to just dipping into Reddit’s knowledge pool when they want an answer. I’m not talking about people you’d really call Redditors. These are the friends who only show up when they want something. When they’re with their real friends, they don’t have much good to say about you.
So when they lost that for just a couple days, they got pretty fussy. I’m trying to find the right words for somebody who considers themselves pretty Lefty almost but not quite ripping off the mask when they are expected to show solidarity with people they don’t really like but have become entitled to as a resource, because that was the vibe.
The only thing I can compare it to is when the Uber drivers tried to strike, and old women were up in their Twitter mentions like, “You better not make me miss work!” Once they rely on you, they expect you as a sort of right, even if your service isn’t a right. If you stop being their appliance, they get mad. They never, ever want to place blame where it goes, either.
That’s the thing, and that’s why Reddit is trying to IPO. There’s more to it than just people having a dopamine problem. It’s more like you’re their Uber driver, and you’d better not mess up their schedule. Fuck your strike and fuck you. Get back to work.
I think a lot of the people who made Reddit what it is and was may have learned their lesson by seeing their needs treated so dismissively, so they’ll be pretty gun shy to put themselves in that spot, again. Figure it out yourselves if that’s how it is. You mod the fucking thing, then.