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“They’re shooting themselves in the foot,” Mir says. “The content of the users is what makes the platform worth visiting. These hosts kind of run into this confusion that their hosting is the reason people are going there, but it’s really for the other users on the medium.”

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[–] xc2215x@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

Glad it is doing something.

[–] RadioRat@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] runarskoll@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not trying to sound like La Palice but in all the articles and posts about this issue, they seem to miss the core of what is making users mad (the mods fight is different, although in the same direction, but solvable).

The thing to the user who's generating content and not only swiping their finger is: they don't want to experience Reddit as other users experience Instagram, Facebook, TikTok or Twitter. They follow issues, not people. If you get in the middle of this relationship between the anonymous user and their discussion on an issue, with your tricks to track them, to show them your promoted content, etc. you'll be told to fuck off.

There's nothing to improve in the Reddit Official App. Everybody hates the principles it's created on, much ahead of the poor design choices and lack of features. That's what's being taken from us, by hijacking third-party apps: the possibility to focus strictly on what's being discussed.

[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

For Reddit, it is not even specific people. It is people interested in a topic. So easy to go elsewhere.

[–] sourcerer@fosstodon.org 2 points 2 years ago

"Your API is a hall of shame!"

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