• Koa_lala [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Also

    Decentralise. Social. Media.

    He says. Not a chance in the world reddit will become like mastodon or lemmy. They present it as such, but that would definitely not fly given reddit's business model.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Like, what the hell even is their business model at this point?

      The site's clearly cracking up, as big bans result in people spinning up rival websites rather than trying to reinvent a subreddit community under a different moniker. Eventually, its going to rarify in the same way the individuals subs have done when getting heavy-handed with the ban hammer. Just a matter of time before people rediscover/reinvent SomethingAwful or ICANHAZCHEESEBURGER or 4chan or SlashNET or DeviantArt, and the only novel content left on the sub is indistinguishable from the Internet Explorer default news splash page.

      I guess they get points for not trying to do some dumbshit VR environment. But how in the hell does tokenizing user accounts accomplish any fucking thing?

      • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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        3 years ago

        You're gonna have to buy packs of upvotes, like posting awards. The "Blockchain" is just a way to make it happen.

          • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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            3 years ago

            You'll be able to farm your own upvotes though, encouragement for good posting. Plus, money burns a hole in your pocket. Never underestimate what people are willing to blow money on.