To set the narrative, of course. Reddit made a big showing of putting their own choice mods on communities and is now beholden to Wall Street since the IPO
Same reason they nerfed the algorithm to change from having new posts on the front page every ~15 minutes, to keeping the same posts there all day long.
Costs too much to vet every popular post to make sure it helps support the establishment. Oh well, here’s “puppy sees her owner for the first time in 2 months for 48 hours” (part 2!)
To set the narrative, of course. Reddit made a big showing of putting their own choice mods on communities and is now beholden to Wall Street since the IPO
Same reason they nerfed the algorithm to change from having new posts on the front page every ~15 minutes, to keeping the same posts there all day long.
Costs too much to vet every popular post to make sure it helps support the establishment. Oh well, here’s “puppy sees her owner for the first time in 2 months for 48 hours” (part 2!)
is that why front page is always 2 or 3 day old posts these days
Lmao they’re doing a terrible job at that, they locked it after some comments already made it through, might as well just delete the thread.