The moderator rebellion is crushed, there are no longer any third party apps competing with the official Reddit app and Reddit seems to be as popular as ever.“It’s a nice time right now,” he says. “I think we’re executing really well.” In 2024, the company plans to focus on three pillars. 1. Maximizing ad revenue 2. Charging AI companies for training on its data3 . Enabling users to make money from Reddit
Obligatory “fuck Spez.” I’m sure I’m not the first.
Points two and three break my heart, and exemplify why I have no interest in contributing content over there. I don’t go on sites like that to make money. There are a few - esp in niche hobbies - who do, and that’s fine, but it’s hardly the primary purpose and some folks from the FP sub have survived and thrived in the time since.
