I mentioned yesterday that a Lemmy dev was busy plugging Lemmy in the Apollo thread about :reddit-logo:'s API pricing. The reddit admins r/apolloapp mods went and deleted 118 of their 120 comments:
As you can see on Lemmy dev parentis_shotgun's profile, they were very active plugging Lemmy and answering questions in the Apolo dev's thread about Reddit's API pricing, with 120 total comments made in that post.
They were well-received, with 3 of their comments getting over 400 upvotes. However,
reddit adminsr/apolloapp mods must have noticed that reddit is bleeding users to Lemmy, because all but 2 of parentis_shotgun's 120 comments (one about Beehaw and one about Microsoft) in that thread are removed.
:reddit-logo: knows its days are numbered, their IPO later this year will fall flat on its face
Edit: Someone @ImOnADiet on Lemmygrad says it was just r/apolloapp mods
Edit 2: @dessalines posted about it
VC money dried up and the founders want an "exit point" aka lottery money to sell out their baby. You'd think the ads and :reddit-logo: :cryptocurrency: would be "enough", but :porky-happy: is never satisfied. They want to be all billionaires like the PayPal Mafia. All their "friends" are doing it. :powercry-2: It just isn't fair to settle the lowly life of a 100 millionaire.
God forbid you make a consistent profit year after year. No no, it always has to be bigger. That can definitely continue forever don’t worry about it.