It’s about using Reddit Enhancement Suite to delete data
Wish people wouldn’t do this, though I do understand the motivation. IMO it ends up punishing other Internet users (who are the ones getting value from years-old comment threads) vastly more than it punishes the owners and employees of Reddit, Inc. (who get most of their value from people participating in active discussions and seeing ads along the way).
The end result is that you search for “how to fix a broken curtain rod” on Google and the search results are full of comment threads like
- Anyone know how to fix a broken curtain rod?
- [deleted]
- Oh, that’s a good idea. How do you unscrew the end if you do it that way?
- Hello! I have removed my comment from reddit because I don’t like the way they’re running their company. You can find me on Lemmy.
- Thanks! That worked.
- Hello! I have removed my comment from reddit because I don’t like the way they’re running their company. You can find me on Lemmy.
- Oh, that’s a good idea. How do you unscrew the end if you do it that way?
- [deleted]
Reddit still gets the revenue from the ad at the top of the page, so the only person you’ve successfully stiffed is the person who was looking for an answer.
We are not punishing internet users like you wrote, we are punishing reddit users.
Yes, people get frustrated when reddit is not good anymore and that’s exactly what reddit deserves. A frustrated user will look for other places and not use reddit.
There has been many sites before reddit alienating it’s user base. Many are forgotten now by young people. Reddit won’t die over night, it’s a slow process of just losing more and more popularity.
- Anyone know how to fix a broken curtain rod?
