Bozicus

joined 2 years ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In case you haven't seen it elsewhere yet, I think the main source is this AndroidAuthority article:

https://www.androidauthority.com/reddit-contributor-program-3343397/

It's a leak rather than an announcement (I saw someone mention an announcement earlier, but couldn't find it), but IMO it is made more likely by Reddit's hints in the post about getting rid of gold, and it's also similar to something that has been done in a few crypto subs for a while.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I think it's Lemmy lemons at the moment. ๐Ÿ‹

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The real business model here is to win the race to the bottom, and stream re-enactments on Twitch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why? I mean, technologically, why couldn't a more standard payment platform work, and then just pass around those payments among instances? PayPal is not crypto, but you can use it almost anywhere online.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You've lost me on the precise breakdown of growth types, but I don't think there's any kind of growth that can be sustained indefinitely without fundamental changes to a business. If you sell widgets, you are eventually going to hit the limit to how many widgets are going to be purchased anywhere, by anyone, and then you're going to have change something in order to grow.

And sure, I'll accept that it could be all right to grow past the point where your business model has to change. Some businesses do spread into multiple fields and do reasonably well in all of them, although at a certain point it might start violating anti-trust laws. My point is just that "infinite growth" as a long-term strategy can go down some bad roads, regardless of how innocent the starting point is. Even a benign tumor can be life-threatening if it grows in the wrong place, and I think that can apply to growing businesses as well.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I feel personally attacked.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The posted content is almost all backed up elsewhere, iirc. My understanding is that the risk is less having a huge amount of content being generated on specific servers than it is having a lot of users concentrated on those servers. Restoring data from backup or migrating communities (from a content perspective, as in, rehosting) is a lot easier than having people locked out, or, worse, losing accounts altogether.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Depends on whether you are trying to reduce the likelihood of people tracking you across instances (for example, if one account is for porn). If you just want duplicate accounts on which you'll do the same things, I don't see why it would be a problem to use the same name.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I think part of the solution is to normalize the idea that you subscribe to all the communities on a topic you're interested in, even if they're small, so wherever something gets posted, you see it. Eventually some of those communities may be closed in favor of the more active ones, but as a subscriber, there's no opportunity cost.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If they want to pretend they're not doing it, sure, I'll pretend I don't see it. If I think they're fudging the dice too much, and it bothers me, I might bring it up with them privately, or I might suggest a group discussion, or I might just leave.

In general, I try to evaluate a GM as the whole package, rather than just the individual choices they make. If I like their campaigns, there's no point in picking on individual decisions (beyond obligatory mild grumbling, of course, lol). Sometimes, they're going to get results using techniques I wouldn't choose, which is fine. If I don't like their campaigns, there's still no point in picking on individual decisions. I would rather drop out as soon as I realize something isn't working out than stick around, lose my temper, and say something I will regret.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I think all the companies in that field are equally shitty, it's just a matter of what your (least) favorite kind of shittiness is, and/or who has the monopoly in your area.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yeesh, this just gets worse and worse. :-(. I have zero respect for a company that can't even make it easy for you to pay them. It doesn't even benefit them to make it hard to pay. It's just a failure.

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