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  • Well, I disagree. I didn’t touch Reddit for a year and finally went back about a month ago.

    • THE ADS. Fuck me, the ads now!

    • The corporate plug-ins. I had a legit, verified business comment on my post and then PM me after it.

    • The videos freeze more often than makes me comfortable clicking on them.

    • The pop-up trash now; “follow this”, “click here”, “did you know”, “ICYMI”. The U.I looks like Yahoo’s home page now.

    Is it dying? I don’t know. Is it exhibiting every square inch of desperation, turning the corner from what was once cool, to what is now every pixel monetised and sponsored? Yup!


  • If you stick it out here for long enough, three things will change.

    1. You’ll begin to really like it here. It’s different but it grows on you, and it’s growing with its users.
    2. Your addiction to these noticeboard-type socials will dramatically reduce. There’s something about Lemmy that’s less addictive in a good way.
    3. You’ll eventually go back to Reddit and see it with new eyes, realising just how quickly it’s dying.















  • Art35ian@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldReddit is a Dying Mall
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    1 year ago

    I started a new job a few months ago and was on my first business trip with four colleagues recently. To make conversation I asked if anyone used Reddit.

    • Two dudes had heard of it but never used it.

    • One dude said he uses it infrequently because it’s turned to shit.

    • One dude said fuck Reddit and it’s API bullshit.

    • I said fuck Reddit and it’s API bullshit.

    Thats my anecdote. 100% of the people in that car didn’t use Reddit or now hated it. Probably 3 months ago that same car ride would have had three people loving Reddit and advocating it to the other two.