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485 points dredmorbius | 1 comments | 22 Jun 23 16:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.569s | source

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nashashmi ◴[22 Jun 23 17:19 UTC] No.36435534[source]▶

This is lame. The poster made a good point. If it’s not your platform, then you don’t own it.

so if I started a new sub Reddit that was part of a particular company initiative and connected people with it, I would not own that sub Reddit because it is not my platform.

this is a problem.

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rootusrootus ◴[22 Jun 23 17:40 UTC] No.36435855[source]▶

>>36435534 #

> this is a problem.

How so? Reddit pays for the infrastructure and software, why would anyone expect they own their own subreddit? Are people really expecting Reddit to operate at a loss? If you want to own it, pay for it.

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1. nashashmi ◴[22 Jun 23 18:11 UTC] No.36436351[source]▶

>>36435855 #

They own the ad network running on those communities. They own the traffic. But why in the world are they interested in owning the community itself?

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Now Reddit are coming for the individual personal subreddits