That rollout further cemented the superusers dominating the front page issue, who were likely already being paid to promote certain sources/topics. Half the front page was dominated by mrbabyman.
Ha! I had forgotten about mrbabyman, thank you for that reference!
I think we are kind of splitting hairs, myself included.
I believe we kind of all collectively share an understanding that Reddit is controlled and users are shown what the powers behind the curtain want the users to see.
Something about the way Digg went about announcing how the front page was literally for sale, as a good thing, seems like a very quaint memory. From a naive time when somebody at the c-level literally thought it was okay to broadcast to the entire user base that now the site is for advertisers and whatever messaging was bought & paid for.
No that happened because they rolled out a completely new method of submitting posts where paid partners could have direct access to the front page.
That rollout further cemented the superusers dominating the front page issue, who were likely already being paid to promote certain sources/topics. Half the front page was dominated by mrbabyman.
It just made it more official.
Ha! I had forgotten about mrbabyman, thank you for that reference!
I think we are kind of splitting hairs, myself included.
I believe we kind of all collectively share an understanding that Reddit is controlled and users are shown what the powers behind the curtain want the users to see.
Something about the way Digg went about announcing how the front page was literally for sale, as a good thing, seems like a very quaint memory. From a naive time when somebody at the c-level literally thought it was okay to broadcast to the entire user base that now the site is for advertisers and whatever messaging was bought & paid for.
I mean…
I’m deleting this message with this edit because it was ill-conceived and hastily dashed together and submitted without appropriate thought and care
Your message just killed my parents.