Reddit CEO: Apollo-Related Subreddit Blackouts 'Will Pass,' No Significant Revenue Impact So Far

[Populus]

Serious question: how do we know he's not lying when he says there's no drop of revenue ?

Be it him or anyone else actually

Well, he literally said “Starting last night, about a thousand subreddits have gone private” when already more than 8000 subs gone dark. So, yeah, obviously if they have had a drop in revenue, they wouldn’t make it public. I think this is called damage control in English.

 

[GizmoDVD]

You think Netflix lied too?

All I know is the average macrumors poster all have MBAs in business and whoever runs Netflix and Reddit likely just passed 9th grade.

 

[jimbobb24]

I moderate a few subs on Reddit most notably for one of the major cell carriers and we have a group chat with the other cell carriers, Apple, and a few other tech-related subs and we are legit torn on this. We want to keep the subs closed because F this guy, but the amount of Mod mail we're getting every hour of people wanting in and needing help or has questions is legit tearing us apart.

Some people think Reddit mods are just trolls that sit in a corner, but some of them like myself love to help people, and seeing all the people messaging the mods needing questions answered or problems solved and not being able to get help is heartbreaking. We want to help but we also want to stand in solidarity with our other mods and the devs that have worked so hard over the years to create a better app. In the end, Spez knows we will have to open back up that's why hes being so smug about it, and just goes to show he doesn't care about the community 1 bit!

I now have severe cognitive dissonance because now I know at least one Mod is not a soulless monster.

 

[75Batt]

Haven’t even noticed a difference on Reddit. Nobody FORCED them to be a moderator. They took the decision based on their passion and interest for the Subredit topic now are mkaing themselves into martyrs for doing so. Very bratty.

 

[jz0309]

So he’s playing hardball… will be interesting to watch who can sit this out longer… I’m hoping the users…

 

[xxray]

Just when I thought I couldn’t hate Reddit more. This is such a smug response I can’t stand it.

 

[diamornte]

Maybe Reddits CEO forgot about...

Friendster
Myspace
Digg
Vine
4square
ping
Google+

There were many sites before Reddit, there will many after as well.

I remember joining reddit after the collapse of Digg.com around 11 years ago (https://www.failory.com/cemetery/digg)... this is cyclical & Reddit is not going to last forever. Nothing lasts forever. Reddit had a good run, and now is the time to leave it.

 

[Norco]

I’ve been trying to reduce my time on the site because it’s largely doom scrolling and I could be more productive doing other things. This blackout has been wonderful.

 

[Ludatyk]

This guy has proven over and over again he isn't fit to be CEO of a potentially billion dollar company. I don't know how any investors are looking at the way he's handling all of this and thinking to themselves, "yeah, that's a company I want to invest in and support, look at how well it's run!"

It seems everyone is reacting to decisions made by the CEO, but I can’t help but wonder… the why part of it. There’s discussion about how ChatGP and other AI application using Reddit API while profiting off it. And by offering such crazy expensive API access, they are terminating 3rd party app clients.

And who knows if it’s some AI investors behind the scenes offering Reddit billions to make unreallistic API access. Imagine being in the CEO position, take billions from these investors OR be reasonable about API pricing. I’m not saying he’s right, but for him to go down this path… there has to a lucrative deal in place.

 

[yurc]

Traditional xenforo based forum are much way better.

Reddit conversation style sometimes PITA to read on, onboarding for new user somewhat hostile, requiring to farming and grinding silly internet point called karma.

There's also discourse based forum, but discourse platform isn't my cup of tea.

 

[Corefile]

If say r/Apple is being squatted on then can't Reddit simply delete the subreddit so other new mods can start over?

 

[ricketysquire]

Alas I miss the days of forums, community boards and chat rooms run by volunteers for communities. Life was good in mid-2000s internet. Before the tech bros got obsessed with infinite growth and ran everything into the ground.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

I don’t understand… 🤦🏻

How does the CEO of Reddit not realize how passionate his own user base is?

Because Redditors never stand up to anything. They're vocal but rarely take action. The fact the blackout is just two days long is proof of that, as two days is nothing and Reddit Corporate can just ride it out. Then all the subreddits will be back up, they'll get over the loss of Apollo, then go back to whatever they do in their echo chambers fishing for upvotes.

 

[dgreene196]

If Reddit refuses to reverse course and Apollo has to shut down, I will delete my reddit account. One account wont matter much to them, but I know I'm not the only one.

I think Christian has committed to shutting down. Would you continue a business that relies on Reddit as currently managed?

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Traditional xenforo based forum are much way better.

Reddit conversation style sometimes PITA to read on, onboarding for new user somewhat hostile, requiring to farming and grinding silly internet point called karma.

What forums can you recommend please ?

Like if for example i want to ask some specific questions about a monitor, I found nowhere to go but reddit

 

[matthijst]

Spez is like Roman Roy from Succession.
What an idiot.

 

[GFLPraxis]

Spez forgot what happened to Digg.

 

[GizmoDVD]

As

I think Christian has committed to shutting down. Would you continue a business that relies on Reddit as currently managed?

Yes, he no longer is paying $0 to to make millions each year.

 

[dmr727]

All I know is the average macrumors poster all have MBAs in business and whoever runs Netflix and Reddit likely just passed 9th grade.

C'mon, seriously? Those guys are clearly friggin' kindergarteners!

 

[Apple Fan 2008]

Yeah. Very proud of my fellow vintage computer fans.

I'm a retro Mac guy too, specifically Power PC.

 

[0134168]

**** this guy. Another app wil cover the space left.

 

[mainemini]

Yeah, that's cool but someone will start /r/apple2 and that'll become the default apple subreddit.

Reddit for better or worse is going nowhere because there's no alternative and nothing to stop someone starting a new subreddit with the same aim as the closed ones.

Apple - kbin.social

A magazine for news and discussion about a small Silicon Valley fruit company....

kbin.social

 

[Nozuka]

Google often sends me to reddit... but i'm rarely getting good results. Mostly a bunch of people bro-sciencing about every possible topic.

 

[machpost]

These third party apps should get together and build their own replacement backend.

 

[azentropy]

I still say offering an alternative to the licensing is to just require users to have Reddit Premium in order to use 3rd party apps. That way Reddit doesn't lose revenue from those apps blocking ads while not putting a burden on the 3rd party app owners themselves. Sure it passes the cost onto the users directly, but still seems more fair than the license model they are offering.