- An Internet insurrection is taking place on Reddit, where moderators have shut down many of the social sharing site's most popular sections in an apparent protest over the dismissal of Victoria Taylor.
Taylor was a key figure in Reddit's extremely popular r/IAmA (Ask Me Anything) section, which brought in celebrities of all stripes — from actors to musicians and even President Obama — to answer questions submitted from the vast community. Taylor's role was often organizer, mediator and even transcriber for many of the AMAs.
#ohmygodwhocares might have become my new favorite tag even if it's never used again. Don't really care for all this Reddit drama. Especially since I (and everyone else except Reddit's admins and Taylor herself) am ignorant of the actual details. Great for this site, though, if new users can be gained from Reddit's problems. As always, I hope the new users are quality.
I agree the popcorn is growing stale. I feel bad for Victoria I guess. I do worry what this means for social media in general. I love Hubski but isn't it inherently doomed to suffer the same maladies?
Say it aint so mk.isn't it inherently doomed to suffer the same maladies?
You mean that Hubski is going to take on VC, get bought buy a huge media corporation and then get a HUGE VC infusion and then mk is going to fire me and you are all going to revolt?
I'm not worried about all that here really. I have nothing but love for you guys. I just worry about entropy inherent in the system.
Yeah, I think Reddit may be the nail in the coffin that proves that open internet forum communities are not a viable business model. The only way to maintain such a community would be as non-profit oriented projects funded by a combination of donation drives, ads, and "freemium" perks.
I think it's getting the right amount of attention. If there was a huge influx of people at once, the core of the community would just get overshadowed by the ideology of the new people. It's possible to ignore those people, but at a certain point, it would just be too much effort to do so. However, it's still getting enough attention for at least a few people to have a go at it. Hell, it brought me here. Sure, a few bad apples will come here, but they'll quickly be shown that their behavior isn't acceptable here. Others might realize that Hubski isn't really the site that they want. However, some will come here and like it a lot better than Reddit. It's a good amount of attention, and could benefit from maybe a little bit more exposure, but everything's healthier in moderation.
It's a lot less content, but I've had more back-and-fourths with people today than I have in all my time in Reddit. It's nice actually having a conversation, rather than talking loudly in a room full of people shouting.