You can be right and have a good idea, but you cannot make someone listen or believe in your way of thinking.
Reddit, being a private company, always meant they were going to do what they wanted, regardless of how the moderators cried foul. They had made up their minds before they informed the user base, and they were going to double-down no matter if people liked it or not.
I suspect, they believed most people used the main website (new or old) and the default app. I suspect their analytic data may even have suggested that fact. The mods who spoke out, may have not done so alone, but Reddit was committed, and I suspect they believe they will recover in due time.
The only solution was not so much to protest, but to leave. Those of us who joined either Kbin or Lenny, and who choose not to come back, is what will speak volume. As a corporation, numbers are everything. Even unhappy people who visit will mean success, as it means ad revenue and justification in their eyes.
At the end of the day, that is what it will come down to... numbers. Do people leave Reddit and stay gone, or do curious minds lurk in the shadows and in time rejoin?
Well, my 1st thread on Kbin, proves people do not understand business.
It is a numbers game. And my question is a valid one, meant to encourage people NOT to go back to Reddit.
The reality is simple. In business, it's a numbers game.
If people go back to Reddit, even as unhappy people, the numbers will still reflect people browsing, posting, etc... That translates into ad revenue.
Even if many of those people who joined Lenny or Kbin, lurk in the shadows, that will show traffic and be viewed in a positive light.
If you really want to hurt Reddit, stay away from Reddit. Anything less, and the CEO of theirs is going to laugh to the bank.
I get that's not the popular viewpoint...
There is something about the underdog taking on the big, evil corporation and shaking their fist and the big guy folding.
But this is The Internet, and traffic means money. Period.
Some people make money just holding onto a domain name with a simple cover page (domain parking). So long as the site is regularly viewed by thousands or millions, they'll turn a profit. Add in everyone anyone who still post, adding to that content, more profit.
Of course, the CEO and admins were going to de-mod anyone who did not play ball.
Is that fair? Of course, not! But business is not always fair.
The true "protest" was for people to leave. To pack your bags and go elsewhere without returning. To adopt sites like Mastodon, Kbin, Lenny, or what have you, and leave Reddit in the dust.
That was the only thing that was ever going to mean anything. The question is, will people keep away or not?
Huh? You got one response and blanket suggest people don't understand business?