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[–] PenguinJuice@kbin.social 121 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I bet reddit paid for that article.

[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 73 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They probably paid for the title but the article isn't actually that peachy, I'd say its assessment is accurate. The Reddit sub protest is over, and technically spez got his way, but the platform has been damaged and may recover or may begin to die out and be replaced.

[–] spider@lemmy.nz 18 points 1 year ago

but the article isn't actually that peachy

i.e., clickbait

[–] idle@158436977.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, time will tell if the users that left were the quality users.

[–] GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh they were. Because they are us.

[–] KKriegGG@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

Stop! You're making me blush 🤭

[–] fraydabson@sopuli.xyz 31 points 1 year ago

100% Made the title and everything

[–] TheGoldenGod@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of course it did, spez has been unsuccessfully trying to spin this. He assumed since he’s a sellout who has sex with cats, we’d all bend over.

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

...what the hell am I looking at??

[–] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What a miserable day to have eyes.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

!imsorryjon@lemmy.world

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

This is the third time this week someone has linked me to this cursed image, make it stop

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 14 points 1 year ago

I doubt it given the way the article ends- it suggests that while reddit's leadership got it's way, that the incident might still have damaged the platform's reputation and that in the long term reddit might not be successful in it's attempts to be profitable either. I'd imagine a paid article would have a more positive or confidence-inducing message than that.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago

I mean it's pretty damned true though. Reddit won their stupid fight. They were always going to. Yeah they lost a lot of users, but there still a ton of users left.

[–] Obsession@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tell me you didn't read the article without telling me you didn't read the article

[–] knexcar@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who needs an article when you have a headline and expert commentary in the comments?

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Wow, this place truly is the Reddit replacement we've all been looking for