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Hey there, friend :)

I just wanted to mention to you directly that you are a human being and you have choices here.

First acknowledging that you do need to stay employed of course and I don't blame you, as the worker, for helping Reddit during this moment. But there are these few moments each day at your work where you can make small, deliberate decisions on behalf of your fellow human beings over hollow corporate furtherance.

Just do a bit less each day. Forget to send an email here and there. Copy the wrong "Debbie" or "Todd" in that email that you do send - honest mistake. Forget to ban that mod you are asked to ban, or forget one in the group. If you're feeling bold, get off of your work machine and reach out to those mods on a dummy account with a heads up.

Again, not your fault as an individual either in a broken system, but you probably have small opportunities every day to help the world (and hurt Reddit a bit). Embrace those opportunities.

We believe in you.

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[–] jcc@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why do you people care about Reddit so much? Let them do their thing. Let’s just enjoy what we have here.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because a lot of people just recently broke up with Reddit and the breakup was rough.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it is closer to an addiction for many.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago

Por que no los dos?

[–] Kalothar@lemmy.fmhy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Probably because I spent 12+ years actively promoting Reddit to people, talking about various things I’ve read, interesting subreddits, drama all the way from unidan, cumbox, Boston bombing, original r/place, and so much more.

I was on Reddit starting around 2008 or so, before it was quite popular and a lot more wild. so ya know, it’s like saying goodbye to an old friend really, but all things pass eventually. Im excited to see what’s next.

[–] c0mplexx@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd say majority of the people on here are going to go back to reddit and this is just virtue signaling honestly
I already see a lot of these "lemmy says fuck you" on reddit

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 year ago

I can see some going back; Lemmy isn't a perfect replacement for Reddit despite what some say.

I'm honestly on here more so that I have something when Baconreader dies as I'm not going to use the official app; but I'm still going to use Reddit.

[–] redcalcium@c.calciumlabs.com 3 points 1 year ago

I'm still going back from time to time to promote fediverse and participate in the protest posts. I'm still spending more time here though.

[–] Dusty@lemmy.dustybeer.com 30 points 1 year ago

Why is this posted to Technology? This has nothing to do with Technology, and belongs in one of the many reddit threads or communities that already exist.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or just start lining up work elsewhere. I'm not convinced we need sabotage at this point, but Reddit probably isn't going to get better for users or employees.

[–] unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly … don’t destroy your reputation… just find a new job if you hate the company you work for.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Also, you should probably avoid trash-talking Reddit when interviewing. I hear potential employers hate that.

[–] unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

well yea any employer really. never bring any toxic energy... they'll see it as a red flag.

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I keep saying I think it's going to go the facebook route. I don't think we're going to see them change on this, I think we're going to see a slow gradual death of a social media space. No one can pinpoint when Facebook became less cool, but everyone agrees it's not cool like it was in the early 2010s/late 2000s. People will follow the content, when content stops being as good on Reddit people will go elsewhere.

All we need to do is keep the communities going and have fun content.

[–] realitista@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

maliciouscompliance

[–] Ragnell@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd add "Update your resume" and start looking because if Reddit holds to the pattern of enschittification, then layoffs are coming. Pointless, stupid layoffs that don't care how important your job is.

[–] CoderKat@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They've had one layoff, but have they had second layoff? -- Merry (or Pipin? Idk the difference)

[–] Zana@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It was Pippen.

[–] BuddhaBeettle@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Anyone working on reddit might benefit from contacting some of the people that used to work on twitter, just so that they are prepared for what's to come y´know.
I mean spez already said he admires Elon Musk's directive of twitter, it doesn't take much to know that its going to turn into a very shitty place to work for if it hasn't reached that point yet.

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

If you're browsing this and work for reddit, I'm sorry you're caught up in all this bullshit. I love you guys and the work you've done but hate what's coming from the ceo amd other executives through inaction.

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