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I had also described it elsewhere as the "suck all the value out before it's dead" phase. They're clearly no longer interested about growing the site; they're just getting as much money as possible from their traffic and engagement history as possible now, because they know traffic and engagement is already declining.

As if there was any hint of an "image" left to lose.

God, that's like the mantra for all shareholders everywhere.

Probably got turned in by Steve too.

In the early years, I learned a lot of new things. The late 90's had so much hope for the web and learning new things. I remember falling I to rabbit holes a lot more often back then because it wasn't about video essays and persuasive videos.

I miss all of those old text based chatting and the friends I made on Yahoo local chat rooms. Somedays I wish the social media sites run by algorithms didn't surpass those old forums and chat rooms.

Internet is just a new form of mass media to control the minds of people who aren't paying attention

It's insulting to turds.

Yup keeps the lights on and makes sure Spez gets his yearly 200 million bonus. It's good that they are tightening the screw because 200 million is clearly not enough, he deserves double that at least.

You see what happens, Larry?

They are not responsible for what people post, nor do they pay anyone to post, therefore I do not see how they can claim the data as "theirs".

They have their own self-regualted rules, but ultimately most anything is fair game for reddit to point at the user and say "we take no responsibility for what an individual may post on this public form".

The only thing they will have a problem with is CSAM, but even then as long the volunteer mods remain effective at removing it, reddit will not be responsible for anything users post.

Sort of, but not really. From the Reddit ToS (emphasis mine):

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