How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though?

3 years ago by Frost Wolf to c/technology

Users were outraged, but Reddit mostly won.

How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?

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BobosGonnaeGetYe6 63 points 3 years ago

The fact that the Reddit API scandal has now been spun into some 'battle' of salty users vs Reddit is, in microcosm, a win for Reddit. By all appearances, when viewed under that lens, they 'won'.

It was never a struggle, it was a statement of intent. And that statement of intent has, in my opinion, been actioned because here we are now, with a promising alternative.

Reddit will probably flourish under its new guise, accepting that isn't a sort of capitulation. Just move on.

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Steamymoomilk 22 points 3 years ago

Reddit is now DIGG

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wholeofthemoon 3 points 3 years ago

Their traffic went down 3% so not really

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