Comment by DazedAndTrippy on 17/02/2022 at 20:05 UTC

5 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)

View submission: Reddit Community Values

I mean this isn’t technically true but I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. Entering the public market could be bad, Reddit may start making purely money motivated decisions at the cost of its platform. Maybe we’ll get lucky and it’ll stay the same. We’ll have to wait and see I suppose.

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Comment by InternetOpinion_ at 17/02/2022 at 20:28 UTC

7 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Historically and probabilistically yes, it is true. It’s the universal paradox of desirability to popularity then profitability. Reddit, being in the latter stage, staying the same is the best-case-but-still-horrible outcome. It will continue to be a bastardization of the original free flow of pure human dialogue that the internet desperately needs to reclaim.

Comment by foamed at 18/02/2022 at 21:21 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Maybe we’ll get lucky and it’ll stay the same. We’ll have to wait and see I suppose.

Look at who they've hired and some of the changes, restrictions and anti-features they've implemented over the past two years:

On November 8th 2021[1] users in /r/ModSupport noticed that Reddit is considering starting their own crypto currency[2].

Quote:

1: https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/qpdwt2/why_werent_mods_notified_about_the_new/

2: https://www.reddit.com/community-points?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=ModSupport&utm_content=t1_hjsy6g6

Community Points currently exist on a testnet version of the Ethereum blockchain, which uses similar technology to Bitcoin to validate ownership and control of tokens based on who holds them.

Community Points are distributed every 4 weeks based on contributions people make to the community.

**Who gets Community Points?**

Community Points are distributed across multiple groups.

* Contributors receive 50% of Community Points.

Moderators receive 10% of Community Points.
The remaining 40% of Community Points are set aside in a Community Tank, which supports the project in other ways (for example, by allowing users without Points to purchase perks like Special Memberships on-chain).

More info:

* https://www.reddit.com/community-points[3]

https://www.reddit.com/community-points/documentation/introduction[4]

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On November 1st 2021[5] Reddit announced a partnership with Riot Games[6] and they had released new Arcane/League of Legends inspired reddit avatars.

3: https://www.reddit.com/community-points

4: https://www.reddit.com/community-points/documentation/introduction

5: https://old.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/qkfod7/introducing_reddit_x_arcane_avatars/

6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_Games

On October 6th 2021[7] Reddit announced a new subreddit shop pilot program so that moderators can sell their own reddit approved merchandise. The reimbursement will be at Reddit’s sole discretion.

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/q2oz1i/sticker_tshirts_and_more_subreddit_swag_is_here/

On September 29th 2021[8] reddit announced that mod teams would now be able to decide for themselves if they want to automatically archive posts after 6 months or if they want users within their communities to be able to vote and comment on previously archived posts.

8: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/py2xy2/voting_commenting_on_archived_posts/

On September 10th 2021[9] Reddit released their app on the Microsoft Store[10].

9: https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/plrsdf/opt_out_of_followers_frontend_improvements_to/

10: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/reddit/9ns3rbq5hv5f

On September 9th 2021[11] Reddit rolled out moderator certification programs. Mentors (moderators) whom are accepted to the Reddit Community Contractor Program (RCCP) will potentially be paid staff[12].

11: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/pl3ka2/mod_certification_programs_are_open_for_testing/

12: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/pl3ka2/mod_certification_programs_are_open_for_testing/hc8hh88/

On June 22nd 2021 they rolled out a new algorithm[13] to the home feed for improved user retention.

13: https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/o5tjcn/evolving_the_best_sort_for_reddits_home_feed/

On June 17th 2021 they announced[14] that they will begin to remove ownership of inactive subreddits.

14: http://old.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/o18ct9/creating_new_opportunities_for_future_community/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=modnews&utm_content=t3_o5ymis

On June 14th 2021 they announced that deleted and removed submissions will no longer be accessible to regular users[15].

15: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/nzvq2t/limiting_access_to_removed_and_deleted_post_pages/

On June 9th 2021 Reddit announced that Secret Santa and reddit gifts would be permanently shut down.

Later the same month (March 21st 2021) they rolled out gender identity settings[16] to collect more personalized information from their users.

16: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/mawomr/new_option_to_add_gender_identity_during_account/

On March 5th 2021 They appointed Drew Vollero[17] to be Reddit’s Chief Financial Officer[18].

17: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-vollero-923aa1b

18: https://redditblog.com/2021/03/05/introducing-drew-vollero-reddits-cfo/

On March 3rd 2021 Reddit rolled out online presence indicators[19]. This feature is on by default and has to be switched off in the account settings.

19: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lx08r2/announcing_online_presence_indicators/

On February 23rd 2021 they announced that they would "simplify" the privacy settings[20], this also meant that users can no longer opt-out of personalized ads based on their Reddit activity anymore.

20: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lqtecn/update_to_user_preferences/

On February 11th 2021 they removed all NSFW content from r/all[21]. In 2021 Reddit banned exactly 2100 NSFW subreddits[22].

21: https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/lhnvok/removing_sexually_explicit_content_from_rall/

22: https://old.reddit.com/r/NSFW411/comments/qlw026/meta_all_of_the_nsfw_subs_that_have_been_banned/

Reddit announced on December 13th 2020 that they had acquired Dubsmash[23] and have since slowly rolled out a Tik-Tok-like video feature on their app[24].

23: https://redditblog.com/2020/12/13/reddit-welcomes-video-platform-dubsmash-to-team/

24: https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/13/reddit-is-quietly-rolling-out-a-tiktok-like-video-feed-button-on-ios/

On September 9th 2020 they announced their new political advertisement system[25].

25: https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/ipitt0/today_were_testing_a_new_way_to_discuss_political/

Comment by xelop at 17/02/2022 at 21:37 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Have you not seen the video player?