Given how Reddit has responded to the whole API, community-mods, etc. fiasco, I felt like they’re doing some of the more effective things in not only destroying their communities but also their IPO valuation.
Everytime I feel they can’t make it worse, they just double down.
Out of pure curiosity, what do you think could be the next steps Reddit could take to make their future even more worse in the most effective ways possible? 😄
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Get rid of old.reddit (im not count that - it’s low hanging fruit)
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Block web access on mobile.
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Require non-VoIP SMS for signup and login
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Lock all content behind a loginwall, Pinterest/(& Twitter?) style
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Lock replies and posts behind a paid tier
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Lock content more than x months old behind a paid tier
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Eliminate all NSFW content
I can see 0,1 and 6 happening.
3 Wont happens since it would kill their google traffic, but considering how things have been going they might do it.
Kill off Old Reddit and force everyone to use the redesigned site. Lock as many useful features behind Reddit Premium as possible. Take a page from Tumblr and ban NSFW content to be more friendly to advertisers. Those are just a few things off the top of my head. Maybe do something with crypto and NFTs. People love that.
Ban NSFW posts entirely. Require subreddits to pay to be private. Take over/shut down subs that don’t make enough ad revenue for their subscriber count. Corporate sponsored/run subreddits plus taking over popular subs to hand over to corporate sponsors. New premium currency to spend on enhanced up/down votes (10x effect normal votes, no limit to use on posts/comments). Newer Reddit to replace old and new Reddit. Updated app required to browse on mobile, requires notification permissions to run. Ban subreddit customization. Subs must allow image posts and use chat. Block linking to 3rd party image and video hosts.
Following twitters current move (intentional or not) of requiring the users to log in to see or do anything
@swnt Spez will just keep doing what he’s doing because he doesn’t know how to be different. Who knows what new counterproductive idea he’ll force on the people there. Fidelity just reduced the valuation of the company - again. At some point between Fidelity and Tencen the investors may throw his ass out, which would be fitting. Eventually happens to people with Hubris like his.
And apparently the devaluation has lag-time and hasn’t even caught up the this whole fiasco yet.