How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
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Users were outraged, but Reddit mostly won.

How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?

  • someguy3@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Too many want a 1 for 1 replacement at this moment. They can’t see that it will take some time to grow.

    Or they want/hope things to go back to normal. Change is hard for many. But more and more intrusive ads are coming.

    I think when the IPO happens and mods hear about how many tens of millions spez made off their unpaid labor, more mods will question why they are doing it.

    • Paradox@lemdro.idEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Also they can’t envision how it could be better

      As Henry Ford said, if he asked what people wanted they’d say a faster horse