2y ago

Minecraft is leaving Reddit

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They wanted out anyway, Microsoft wants control and they were using Reddit just like DJI is using reddit: they were a bit forced to follow. This is a perfect opportunity to leave and make the support happen on their own platform. Other big brands will be inspired and will leave reddit too.
- the way I read it was that Minecraft is a community that holds the contributions of its base in high regard, and that's why they can't associate with reddit anymore because reddit now stands for shitting on its users and destroying their work instead of cherishing it.
  hence the comments about recent changes introduced by management affecting the community and how that's the reason they feel reddit is no longer an appropriate place.
  
  I mean, if that was their reasoning they should be leaving Twitter as well
  
  You're not wrong, but it's an interesting point you bring up. They were willing to stay on Twitter with Musk's antics, but it seems like they aren't willing to put up with another Musk and another set of antics.
  
  Twitter was already shit under Dorsey.
  
  This is a war of content. u/spez also holds the contribution of his users in high regard, to the point where he is undeleting it. They both want our content, I don't see how you cannot make the link.
  
  Microsoft doesn't make any money when I play Minecraft on my PC. I paid them once, 14 years ago, for an account.
  I have been receiving new content for free from them on occasion, and playing endless content from the community for mostly free. The community of content creators is what initially brought me to the game when it was in beta and it's what keeps me coming back.
  
  And you never paid anything to reddit either, still reddit wants you to spend your attention here.
  Microsoft doesn't want to bring traffic to reddit. They have everything to lose when your attention is away from their services. For example you won't bring your friends to them. You won't watch their add while you are on reddit. You don't use a Microsoft platform when you are on reddit.
  This is absolutely not a neutral choice for Microsoft: they want you, your attention, your friends and your content on their network. Why do you think they bought Minecraft in the first place? It's because it brings young customers in. Microsoft did not purchase Minecraft for the code (there are minecraft clones everywhere anyway), they bought the community. They want to pump their own numbers, not the competition's. If I remember correctly they also merged the Minecraft accounts with the Microsoft account, isn't it cute?
  It's a constant war for your attention time. Your login is the metric, it's everything to them.
  
  While I'm not op, personally for as long as I could remember, I paid for reddit premium. If I'm using a website, I'm ok with putting in support. (especially as much as I used reddit).
- Minecraft dev here: support on Reddit was always more of a passion project for a few people and not a hard mandate.
  Leaving reddit was the teams choice (I assume for the same reason some of you left, reddit went to shit).
  
  Have they considered going someplace else like Lemmy? I was a little disappointed that they didn't offer an equivalent alternative to go to.
  
  At a guess if something like here starts becoming popular with people I suspect they'll comment here for example. Kbin is growing, see what happens I guess.
  
  The "equivalent" is already / has been pushed hard in the launcher and youtube content. Mojang / Microsoft already has it's own Feedback forum-style thing.
  
  Yeah but that was the appeal of things like reddit. Not having to go to all manner of different forums for the specific interest.
  
  Any plans on moving to a different platform like lemmy here? Or is it something that might just happen organically?

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