Hi, cliff notes version due to limited time.
- admins/mods unreasonable, and in some cases corrupt dictatorial overreach censoring and banning people. Larger censorship issues are an issue with many, but that’s normal with the crazy crowd. They want completely unbridled speech, even including jailbait stuff.
- ignoring unpaid mods needs/concerns over several years.
- Firing important employees, without a replacement plan to keep commitments to outside parties. Not professional. In one case firing someone with leukemia, after making the commitment not to fire them. Plenty more stories like this.
- Completely ignoring users concerns and complaints. Sure it’s their job to run the site, but the users are the site, the community. Digg learned this lesson when they ignored their users, and lost 75% of their traffic.
- the monetizing thing is actually low on the list of most users complaints, if it’s done right.
Thank you for the list of ills despite lack of time. The Taylor incident seems to have triggered a significant uproar, so perhaps this was a watershed event of sorts.
When you have time to get back to this, I’d like your perspective on Reddit in general in terms of what it offers to the typical web surfer. My attention span with reading is not all that great, but I do like short articles of truth, virtue, substance, and interest. Being somewhat old I still cannot figure out the aim and purpose of Twitter. My take, in sum, is that it offers a window for one and all into the minutiae of deed and thought of anyone on board who cares to iterate remarks with a strict limitation on characters allowed. Could you summarize your take on Reddit in like manner?
Lastly, with all the word and text offerings emanating from tech media these days, it is as if a sanctuary is needed. A place where either there are no words, or the words are of such import that they impart rest and peace.