Can Reddit survive as its volunteer workforce close down subreddits and walk away from the site in protest at the management's new policies?

Huffman has said, “We are not in the business of giving that [Reddit’s content] away for free.” That stance makes sense. But it also ignores the reality that all of Reddit’s content has been given to it for free by its millions of users. Further, it leaves aside the fact that the content has been orchestrated by its thousands of volunteer moderators.

touché

  • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sure - only people who create content give it away for free.

    Reddit is in the business of taking that free labor and telling people they own that data and set rules for it. Got it.

    • HerrLewakaas@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Personally I’ve left it for good. Lemmy is so active and diverse I don’t miss reddit at all. I’m still sometimes looking at it through Boost, but come July 1st I’ll be gone forever

      • Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I’m planning to stay active on Lemmy, but I am a bit worried. I feel like the engagement on here has dropped the last few days as Reddit’s traffic mostly recovered.

        July will be another big test, so we’ll see.