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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (75 children)

You literally left Reddit because of what capitalism did to it.

[–] dartos@reddthat.com -1 points 1 year ago (60 children)

Yeah but capitalism also made reddit great, before making it terrible.

There’s a balance in there somewhere. What we got ain’t it tho.

[–] Bobby_DROP_TABLES@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no balance though, the shit-ification that happened to Reddit is a necessary function of capitalism. What we saw as Reddit at its best was, from a capitalist's perspective, Reddit at its worst. I'm sure you've noticed a similar process taking place in lots of other areas as well.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

What we saw as Reddit at its best was, from a capitalist's perspective, Reddit at its worst.

And capitalists will allow this "at its worst" phase in order to capture the market, before squeezing it. This pattern is consistent in many industries.

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