"It's as if the CEO is purposefully being as belligerent as possible to rile people up."
That *is* kind of a Reddit thing. We should be surprised that the CEO does it too?
@Obdurodon Why I just want the whole hellsite to burn.
@dalias @Obdurodon It's not as if that's not repeatable behavior literally anywhere else.
@lispi314 @Obdurodon What I mean is that there's an obvious need (from how many people use it) for something functionally like Reddit, but that Reddit fills the functional need precludes displacement and lets an utterly toxic culture thrive. Yes that's repeatable, but I think much less likely in a federated scheme.
@dalias @Obdurodon I honestly don't get how #Reddit caught on when it's just a crummier ripoff of #Usenet.
Then like any big tech site that wasn't like the other guys, they became like the other guys and kicked the ladder down. Reddit's powermod problem made the site worse than the competition as well.
@PurpCat @dalias @Obdurodon @lispi314
>forums had some of the worst, most power hungry/ban happy admins online
Fucking this. I never get why so many forums banned users for merely dropping f-bombs while also requiring their users to be at least 13 years old to register. Forums would probably still be relevant if they were more relaxed on their rules. They don't have to be like imageboards but at least not require users to act like they are on FCC regulated radio.
