GonzoVeritas

Yes, and it’s simple and effective - Tax them and limit the huge transfers of intergenerational wealth. When the US had a robust taxation system with high marginal rates for the highest income levels, we also had the strongest and most robust middle class. It powered the “American Dream.” Having individuals hoard billions of dollars and build familial dynasties isn’t good for society as a whole.
In my opinion, it all begins with ending the system of legalized political bribery, getting dark money out of politics, and making politicians accountable to citizens again.

@Burp
I like it! It’s so much faster than my other weather apps. I prefer the clean old school style.

I can’t imagine Spez having any fanboys, except perhaps some groveling sycophants on the Reddit staff vying for promotions.

Spez knows he can create ‘traffic’ of user comments and answers with AI. He also knows he can use AI to moderate subreddits. He doesn’t care about the quality of the site, just the numbers that get him his payday. He’ll burn it to the ground and cash-out, leaving a mess in his wake.

Spez clearly stated that he was going to follow Elon’s playbook, I suppose that includes losing his damn mind and calling anyone that disagrees with him a pedo.

@Books Thanks for that info. Yep, it doesn’t make sense to have them turned off by default, that will stifle interaction and activity.

What a whiny piss baby.

Reddit is already making liberal use of AI bots to post and reply, I suspect they will use them to moderate soon enough. After a while, it will just be bots talking to bots (self-generated content) and I think Reddit management will be fine with that as long as Wall Street doesn’t notice or care.

That’s a good idea, I have a small sub (only 20k subs) and I kept it dark till yesterday. I don’t want to give Reddit the satisfaction of taking it, but putting sticky posts for kbin/lemmy seems like the way to go. I think I’ll post a user guide, too.

On that subject, kbin reminds me of the Reddit I migrated to after Digg killed itself. It’s a bit trickier for novices to navigate, but the interface is starting to grow on me, and I suspect that will be the case for many.