Accusations of greed are funny things.
The #Reddit drama follows an all too common pattern where people are accusing others of greed because they want something the other has.
Yeah, Reddit is so greedy for charging for providing its service, but *I demand their resources.*
It's not exactly taking a high road to describe someone as greedy while claiming those resources for oneself.
@volkris as a longtime reddit user - it's much more the fact that the team provides a platform for wholly user-generated & moderated content, and has shown that they are not listening to said users in any meaningful way - eroding trust in them as a platform for that content.
The content creators & moderators are the most likely to jump ship, and that leaves reddit with no product worth selling. The dissatisfaction with their offering has been there for some time, just needed a push to leave.
@volkris to continue the thought - the feedback for far too long has been "the reddit app sucks, your mobile web interface sucks (and that gets you told "use the app"), and <insert third party offering> has things we'd really love to see in the official app."
They're now saying "use the official app" much louder to the user base. I'm not one of those users because I prefer the desktop web UI, but I can see a day soon when that becomes substandard as well. That's enough to get us moving away.
Sure that all makes sense.
My point is specifically about this argument, that comes up in far more places than just Reddit, that involves calling someone greedy while demanding their resources.
It's a much sounder argument to simply stick with the company not providing good service or listening to its users.
