It doesn't feel as bad when they're optimizing for future value extraction, but that time is past, and Reddit is currently squeezing value out of its cattle-base. To them, it's an optimization problem, and it's been apparent for a long time now that the optimum point is usually "the most shitty and abusive possible version that still clears the 'fit for purpose' bar" (the end point is more obvious when you look at goods and services that have been around for a couple decades or more, and thus subject to decades of "value engineering"). They care about the value extracted from us in aggregate. Nobody at the top cares if you or me are having a nice experience with the site/app. Even worse than that - they're stochastic cattle. For Reddit (as well as Meta and other social media platforms), the users are cattle. Why do people assume Reddit C-suite and investors are being stupid or narcissistic here? That would make sense if the relationship between them and the users was a friendly one. They'll then discuss all the advancement in cattle fencing and barn construction that happened in the 30 years since. What they'll be talking about is how Reddit had too many holes in its fence, and all its cows escaped. Someone may have had the same question, or you can ask a new one and a Reddit administrator or one of your fellow redditors will help you out.> Then, 30 years from now, people will still talk about how Reddit self-destructed when they decided they needed to control the user experience and forced everyone to use their app. If you have more questions that aren’t covered in these FAQs, check out r/help. Select Settings, then under Support, tap Delete account.Tap on your avatar to open up your profile menu. ![]()
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