Of course Reddit won. Not to diminish the efforts of everyone who participated, but all we’re doing here is sowing the seeds for something that might compete one day. There was never a chance of a full platform shift within the set two days of protest or whatever. Give it time, we’ll see Reddit squeeze every penny it can out of its users after IPO. Then, maybe as time goes on people will be looking for other places to go and Lemmy or some other platform will be a more viable option. It took Reddit over a decade to get to where it is, so of course we shouldn’t expect an equal competitor to pop up in a few weeks.
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Yea... won is a matter of opinion.
Did their evaluation go up? SERIOUSLY doubt it.
Did they lose a chunk of userbase? Not as much as we would have hoped. However, quality != quantity. And, I am willing to bet they lost a more vocal part of their userbase.
In the end, they will prob still push for IPO. In the end Spez will still be swimming in dollars. But, not nearly as many dollars as he could have had....
Yup, reddit never cared about the user. They're not a nonprofit. They're a business. So this wasn't a surprise to me.
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As a former Reddit user, I'd like to think I traded up to the fediverse.
Left reddit. Collected my pics, killed my account. I feel much better now. Reddit can die in a fire.
They "won" short term. Let's see what Reddit is like in a year.
But as other's here have pointed out, those of us that left are the real winners. While Reddit will always be around, it's already going through enshitification. It's only a matter of time of when the majority abandon it.
I guess. I only go back for a couple of niche subreddits that will never make reddit any money. And I canceled my Premium subscription.
So... they won, good for them I guess.
This is me. Had premium since .. well, since it launched. Going to donate the equivalent amount to my local Lemmy admins to help with hosting costs.
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Uninvestable
I'm doing my part!