How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

  • modifier@lemmy.caEnglish
    94·
    1 year ago

    In response to such critiques, Reddit spokesperson Rathschmidt said he did not “know of an industry benchmark for scoring content quality”

    Never before has the sheer inevitability of enshittification been so aptly summarized.

    • zbyte64English
      27·
      1 year ago

      What’s the saying? “You can’t control what you can’t measure.”

      • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        And the concurrent point : "‘If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.’

        If you dont measure your failure, no one can prove you failed. Its a win win.