return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoHow Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protestyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1471arrow-down193
arrow-up1378arrow-down1external-linkHow Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protestyoutu.bereturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square130fedilink
minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up132·edit-211 months agoI mean, it’s a victory if they shout it loudly enough, right? A lie repeated long enough, so it goes: Company is going bankrupt, users are gone, laying off the bottom quartile of the company, but they stopped the protest! Etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/reddits-golden-geese-foul-up-its-ipo-plans-2023-06-16/ It’s like reading the top two lines of a disaster report and declaring victory. Fuck Reddit.
I mean, it’s a victory if they shout it loudly enough, right? A lie repeated long enough, so it goes:
Company is going bankrupt, users are gone, laying off the bottom quartile of the company, but they stopped the protest! Etc.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Reddit_API_controversy
https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/reddits-golden-geese-foul-up-its-ipo-plans-2023-06-16/
It’s like reading the top two lines of a disaster report and declaring victory. Fuck Reddit.