It is so frustrating seeing how people received the protest.
“it’s not working” “Reddit doesn’t care” “they can do whatever they want”.
Well yeah, if that’s the attitude!
How do people not see that the protest disrupted the entirity of Reddit? Just about every weekly active user felt it.
How do they not understand the impact on revenue (especially ads), and how Reddit cannot feasibly sustain it, and were banking on the idea that it’ll eventually die down?
The fact of the matter is, if Reddit became worried that the protest will continue in strength indefinitely, they would be forced to roll back. The loss impact would greatly outweigh whatever measly profits they make from this API change that no one will buy.
Yes, this was a lot more for Reddit than just profits. If Reddit had backed down, it would have impact much greater than just third party apps. It remind people once again that users hold the power when they’re United. They can decide how to run their communities. But Reddit just could not afford this to happen, which is why they fought to convince you that the protest isn’t working and you should back down. And unfortunately many of us did…
You’re preaching to the choir here, but you are absolutely right. Reddit’s value comes from its users. If people remove themselves, as many here have already done, then Reddit would be forced to correct course or burn.
If I post this on reddit, will probably get downvoted. The support for the protest really died down. Not sure if because people gave up, or the ones who haven’t given up already left. Probably a mixture.
Some people just don’t care but there’s also a lot of propaganda to make protesters look bad, I don’t exclude there could be bots doing it.
I created one of the “big subs” on Reddit, and have felt particularly frustrated that whether I protest or don’t, I will still get angry messages from both mods and users either way. Which makes the whole “you’re not even paid for this” hit much harder. But here I am on Lemmy with a username different than my Reddit account breathing fresh internet air where no anonymous strangers yell at me