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And this bumps up against another part of Cory’s enshittifcation concept: it only works when switching costs are high. Social media can make that work. But I’m not so sure that Reddit has the sheer gravitational pull that social media has. Yes, there are social media-like communities on various subreddits. But, on the whole, the communities are built around topics, and it’s kind of easy to just move elsewhere (again, fediverse options Lemmy and Kbin are already looking pretty nice for that).

  • The Doctor@beehaw.org
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    Techdirt isn’t really afraid of being punted from their usual social platforms or losing access for interviews.

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        We try our best. But, yeah, I don’t really need “good” relationships with any company, and calling it like we see it has served us well all these years.