I left a couple of months ago. Couldn’t be happier.

The writing is on the wall. The leader thinks the Genius-with-hair-transplants is a superstar, despite destroying a globally recognised brand. Inspired by this, Spez is trying to get Reddit ready for an IPO. This means, maximise profits by any means.

  • @leanleft@lemmy.ml
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    gentrification of reddit.
    ‘you will all be replaced by yuppies who dont know what privacy is’

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    If they are storing a this data anyway to make the thing work (so you can go and un-upvote the thing you upvoted five years ago), how is “privacy” reduced if they also have the as system decide to show you an ad because people who upvoted that thing tend to click on the ad?

    No new people or businesses are being given any new information bout anyone. Is it because what used to be a passive database is now starting to think, and your privacy is infringed because the system itself is now looking at you when you didn’t expect it to?

  • @SBJ@sh.itjust.works
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    921 year ago

    I remember Reddit. It’s a shame what happened there. 🤷‍♂️

    I never thought I’d be talking about Reddit in the past tense like when I talk about Digg.

  • Fafner
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    231 year ago

    I’ve thought a lot about this, and I’d like to say: “Reddit can kiss my entire ass.”

    • Balthazar
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      I still had my Reddit account just for posteroties sake. I don’t anymore now. I refuse to accept changes or rules that allow for them to steal all my data. I’ve not gotten to this point with Google or Microsoft yet, but they’re not far off the chopping block.

      • @cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de
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        11 year ago

        BTW, because I use third party apps all my wall posts got turned NSFW even though none of them are. I wonder if it is indeed the end of time.

      • @cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de
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        21 year ago

        But there is a second option, the one I plan to do with this current Reddit account and my Facebook account.

        Dont delete, dont say you will delete. Just stop using. When its out of sight, it becomes out of mind. Maby deactivate Facebook account at most but I think it will be okay if it just stays there

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    I’ve wasted a lot of time. but not on reddit 🥀 These sites feel like the big 3 car co’s. future is hard. some looking to cash out

    • @blackn1ght@feddit.uk
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      301 year ago

      I still use it, just far less, only really for a couple of subreddits that just don’t have the same experience here. The mobile app is so shit though that it forces me not to use it on my phone!

      • @Senuf@lemmy.ml
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        21 year ago

        Same for me. But I don’t use Reddit’s own app on mobile. I use Boost, because it’s still allowed for moderators, since Reddit’s app is shit for that. Doesn’t matter if you aren’t yet a moderator. Go there on a browser on a PC or Mac. Create a new subreddit. Great, now you’re its moderator. Then enter with Boost (on Android), and that’s it.

        Anyway, the more people leave Reddit to cross the pond and get to Lemmy, the best.

      • bobalot
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        I still visit a few small subreddits for answers (for example, /r/unraid) but not made a single post since reddit effectively got rid of most third party apps.

        Once Lemmy (or anywhere else) can cover the questions I look up, that will be 100% the end for me.

      • Jojo
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        181 year ago

        These days the only time I use reddit is when I’m searching for some obscure question and that’s the only place with an obvious answer. Otherwise, Lemmy is doing everything I needed reddit to do.

        • @Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml
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          81 year ago

          Unfortunately, the more noche your hobbies, the less lemmy is able to replace Reddit. Stuff like news, gaming, politics? Lemmy is great. Do you want a community for an obscure martial art? Then you go to old school forums or Reddit.

          • Jojo
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            71 year ago

            It’s true I lost out on some of the engagement for a number of my hobbies. I’m less in touch than I was.

            Turns out I can manage like that just fine, though, so…

          • @BURN@lemmy.world
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            31 year ago

            Niche gaming is really rough too. I sim race, there’s maybe a million people worldwide who consistently engage with the hobby. The subreddits were already quiet, and on Lemmy there’s like 4 active users over the last few months.

            I’ve found myself on Reddit a lot more recently cause I want to be in the know about what’s happening.

    • Dynamo
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      21 year ago

      Not my fault stuff i’m interested in isn’t moving here

        • @pascal@lemm.ee
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          121 year ago

          On a second thought, maybe let’s not move stuff I like in a place with people so rude and obnoxious.

        • @Senuf@lemmy.ml
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          131 year ago

          Not the one you’re replying to, but sometimes you’re just a follower of some community, because you lack the knowledge to be more than that even when you are interested in the subject. To create/moderate a community, or even to be quite active in it, isn’t for everyone, I guess. No need to insult someone because they can’t do more than they’re able to.

          In my opinion, that is.

        • @fsmacolyte@lemmy.world
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          201 year ago

          I was kind of with you until saying they’re “being a fucking idiot.”

          Encouraging someone to help out? Great.

          Browbeating someone for voicing the viewpoint or experience a lot of users are facing? We can do better than that.

  • @Chickenstalker@lemmy.world
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    151 year ago

    Step 1: reanimate your old reddit account

    Step 2: post inane borderline degen shit

    Step 3: get every former redditor on lemmy to upboat your post

    Step 4:???

    Step 5: get rich

  • @A2PKXG@feddit.de
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    -101 year ago

    whats wrong with personalized ads? is it much different from booking different TV channels for different audiences?

    • @shyguyblue@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      Personalized ads would be fine if it had a checklist or tag/category feature. This is straight up data mining.

  • @Fullest@sh.itjust.works
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    411 year ago

    Ars and Reddit are under the same parent company, conde nast or however that’s all structured. I also have noticed ars seems to write very frequently about Reddit, even if it is usually in a critical light.

    I get mixed feelings about articles like this one.

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        31 year ago

        It’s at the bottom of the article:

        Advance Publications, which owns Ars Technica parent Condé Nast, is the largest shareholder in Reddit.

      • @Thetimefarm@lemm.ee
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        31 year ago

        No they got bought back a few years later. They’re majority owned by the same parent company as Ars. Tencent also has some pretty big investments in Reddit.

    • @Raxiel@lemmy.world
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      171 year ago

      I wouldn’t say they have a disproportionate amount of Reddit coverage, spez’ shenanigans are well within their usual scope. Before the api-pocilipse I don’t remember the last Reddit column they put out.
      It think the editorial direction follows the interests of the kind of readers they get. Not so many Facebook or Tiktok stories unless there’s particularly egregious behaviour. Their readers are too young to care as much about the former and too old to care about the latter.
      Out of all the social media, xitter gets the most, but then every day is clownshoes there. As Reddit started aping them, they got more coverage.

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      91 year ago

      They spell the correct relationship out clearly in the article:

      Advance Publications, which owns Ars Technica parent Condé Nast, is the largest shareholder in Reddit.

  • @debuglazy@lemmy.world
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    251 year ago

    They haven’t been trustworthy in years! Reddit is heavily astroturfed by government agents. Ft Elgin was the “most reddit addicted” city and it’s also where they conduct propaganda ops. They quietly scrubbed that fact. If you like reddit you must be waiting for your pension from uncle sam otherwise you’re a zuck style dumb fuck

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      261 year ago

      Don’t act like Lemmy can’t be immediately astroturfed as well.

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          It absolutely is, even if your particular instance hasn’t been. Lemmy.world probably takes the brunt of it.

        • phillaholic
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          11 year ago

          You don’t need to, you only need to go after the large ones. I’m already on my third instance, and having to move is such a giant pain in the ass, I don’t think I’d do it again.

          • quicklime
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            11 year ago

            What motivated you to switch instances? Did your early ones fill up with junk posts etc? I was thinking that since I use a reader app (Boost for Lemmy) and everything is federated it wouldn’t matter much if I joined one of the large and general-purpose instances.

            Or was it more about performance issues… service/instance traffic overload leading to slow response time?

            • phillaholic
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              11 year ago

              Performance issues, which of course is the issue with federation. Sometimes it was my instance having issues, other times it was the instance I was posting too. One of them defederated from a large one and didn’t allow downvoting, which I would forget via a third party app and it would hang before erroring out.

              • quicklime
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                11 year ago

                Thanks for the info! Yeah, it’s going to take the fediverse in general some time to get smoother. I’m excited to watch it improve even if the pace is slow.