Can Reddit survive as its volunteer workforce close down subreddits and walk away from the site in protest at the management's new policies?

Huffman has said, “We are not in the business of giving that [Reddit’s content] away for free.” That stance makes sense. But it also ignores the reality that all of Reddit’s content has been given to it for free by its millions of users. Further, it leaves aside the fact that the content has been orchestrated by its thousands of volunteer moderators.

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  • SkyNTP@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I do share the same view that GDPR is completely broken if it is interpreted in such a way that it breaks the social contract we agree to when we post in a public form. The concept of leaving public statements in the public eye is enshrined in millenia of precedent that public information remains in the public forever.

    However, I have to admit that it has tooth where it matters: consumer protection against large data processors who may be using personal information about you in ways that discriminate for the sole purpose profit.