> and why would I trust angry activists over Reddit's own internal analysis?
This is literally authortiarianism and the problem is that you can use it to justify any change by any company ever.
They're the owners so they know better because they're the owners.
No move can be criticized.
It turns out that you end, like many that defend this and is irrationally against others protesting, with a comment about how it doesn't affect "you".
Ok. So you don't get it. Good for you. Keep on doing whatever it is you're doing. Some people will absolutely quit using it with different UXs or decrease over time until they move elsewhere.
It's a risk and a decision and we will see what happens down the line.
But it'll be fun if other sites get much of the traffic and they likes of you come out with "it was obvious this would happen".
>This is literally authortiarianism and the problem is that you can use it to justify any change by any company ever.
If trusting people with the strongest financial incentives to have the correct beliefs is "authoritarianism", then I'm an authoritarian. If there are betting markets out there that say that Reddit is going to crash and burn, then I'll trust them too. But the rando with an angry, self-interested opinion on the internet? Yeah they'll have to satisfy a pretty strong evidentiary burden before I trust them over someone with actual skin in the game.
>If trusting people with the strongest financial incentives to have the correct beliefs is "authoritarianism", then I'm an authoritarian.
They're not the correct beliefs. They're just actions that they're doing and knowing the inner context would allow you to glean whether it's correct or not. I think you probably have not worked in big organizations and had enough insights on how decisions are made, even in self professed data driven companies. People and politics matter. The best decision is not always taken or not always clear. Sometimes it's all about someone's short term or their ability to sell something to someone with power.
You're authortiarian through and through though and it's good you admit it frankly because it means that there's no need to try and debate you further. "They're right because they're right".
> If there are betting markets out there that say that Reddit is going to crash and burn, then I'll trust them too. But the rando with an angry, self-interested opinion on the internet? Yeah they'll have to satisfy a pretty strong evidentiary burden before I trust them over someone with actual skin in the game
Lol at the C.R.E.A.M attitude without a bit of nuance.
In any case, you've ruled yourself out as someone who can talk about this issue since you have "no skin in the game". You have nothing to contribute except "trust the experts".
This is literally authortiarianism and the problem is that you can use it to justify any change by any company ever.
They're the owners so they know better because they're the owners.
No move can be criticized.
It turns out that you end, like many that defend this and is irrationally against others protesting, with a comment about how it doesn't affect "you".
Ok. So you don't get it. Good for you. Keep on doing whatever it is you're doing. Some people will absolutely quit using it with different UXs or decrease over time until they move elsewhere.
It's a risk and a decision and we will see what happens down the line.
But it'll be fun if other sites get much of the traffic and they likes of you come out with "it was obvious this would happen".