Description
It’s rare for all of a company’s users to turn against it in such an intense way, but Reddit has managed to alienate all of their users at once. After a recent announcement that the company will no longer be offering their API for third-party apps, users have closed ranks and made the site virtually unusable. This week guest-host Haje Kamps talks with TechCrunch Sr. Reporter Morgan Sung about whether there is room for compromise between the moderators who keep the site running, third-party apps that users love, and the profit-motivated Reddit management team.
The TechCrunch team made the hard choice to stop production on this show but we encourage everyone who has enjoyed listening to Darrell break down the week's top stories to go check out Equity, which comes out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and covers the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
Published 07/14/23
Darrell called it last October: Meta has built their own Twitter dupe, Threads, and it’s going pretty well so far with 30 million signups in the first 24 hours. Of course, this is a Meta product, so the platform isn’t perfect with it’s non-chronological timeline and security issues. This week...
Published 07/07/23