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Comment by fritter_rabbit at 07/06/2023 at 15:11 UTC
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We should all quit the site and go somewhere else.
Depressing but true.
Sadly I think that's the only way forward at this point. The owners of reddit only care about the IPO right now, and then only the share price after that.
If the quality of the site goes to hell, they really won't care as long as they can convince the advertisers and the stockholders that a lot of eyeballs are seeing a lot of ads. Even if most of those eyeballs are actually shell accounts for bots and karma farmers, it won't matter as long as they can maintain the illusion through the next quarter. Typical short-term profits-over-all type of thinking. The disease that ruins everything on the internet sooner or later.
To the owners of reddit at this point on the game, maintaining a quality site is just too much expense and hassle, so they really don't care anymore.