Reddit is making a major change to how users access the platform - Dexerto
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Reddit is preparing to make a major change to how people access the platform, with plans to move toward a primarily logged-in experience.
  • Chick0nPlayz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    6 days ago

    It’s quite a shame that the vast majority would rather stay on a platform that hates its users than come here, but I guess that’s how humanity works

  • sicktriple@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    35·
    7 days ago

    it might as well have been already, if you use a VPN you’re surely accustomed to the Fedora Teletubby

    It’s a shame because it’s genuinely a useful repository of information. I wish infinite humiliation and discomfort upon Reddit’s leadership.

  • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.todayEnglish
    20·
    7 days ago

    “We’re making the change because it’s better for user experience, better for our ads business, is more in line with safety regulations, and more protective of Reddit data,” he explained.

    According to Huffman, Reddit has grown to the point where personalization is increasingly necessary to help users find relevant communities and discussions.

    In short- we can’t datamine you if you’re not logged in, we can’t build a behavioral profile on people without accounts, we lick the boots of governments that’ll demand ID checks age verification, and it makes it harder for AI bots to scrape the site without paying us. Really there’s no downside to anyone at all, it’s a win-win. Oh it’s bad for users and bad for the Internet? Is that important? Those groups don’t pay us, right?

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    7 days ago

    They are going to end up burning the whole thing to the ground in a bid to make investors money on something that never had hard quantifiable monetary value to begin with in a way that you could easily turn up the dial on “line go up” enshitification like Google can with ad impressions.

    Its a fancy web forum, a big popular one for sure, but there are God knows how many similar options out there already competing for users. There is a very low ceiling on just how profitable it could ever be as a business all on its own.

    There is a reason a lot of these websites, like Gamespot for example, ended up consolidating into holding companies that own a bunch of them.

  • NorthernCanuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    6 days ago

    Nearly 20 years on Reddit. I survived the Digg Wars, API/RiF fiasco, and the infiltration of bots.

    But I am so done with the anti-user direction Reddit has gone. So here I am.

  • SlayersFan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    7 days ago

    According to FediDB there has been a 1.7% growth this month. Meaning 244,051 new accounts have been created on fediverse on the past 30days. Almost 250thousand people in a month. I’m sure this is completely coincidental