The fall of Reddit: Why it’s quickly declining into chaos

Post by Akronymus » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 7:31 AM UTC

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I have a different take: The main problem with reddit is in how badly it's bungled its several different redesigns over the last few years, and how it's slowly ruined its users' experience in misguided attempts to drive mobile traffic to its app. Right now, here's the process for browsing a subreddit on mobile without the (ads and tracking loaded) reddit app: 1. Navigate to subreddit. Find out which of two (non-NSFW)…

I switched to using a self-hosted libreddit[1] instance for these same reasons. It's a death knell when someone creates an alternative frontend for your website because the usability is so bad. Libreddit did just that for Reddit. It fixes/removes all the bullshit that Reddit introduced in the last 10 years. [1] https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit

Post by Akronymus » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 8:02 AM UTC

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> I made a terrible life changing mistake by reading too much of these subreddits. I don't understand. How could you make a life-changing mistake by reading the news?

I don't know if it is the same person, but there was a quite disheartening story posted by a person who due to internally misunderstood depression transitioned at the suggestion of people on reddit, regretted it, then later went dark and everyone assumes took their life.

Post by Marsey » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 8:34 AM UTC

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This is pure FUD and very dangerous. Firstly, you're talking about a different sub that what I linked to, grouping these together. The subs I linked are female led and moderated, at least BFHS. Secondly, they also have large numbers of participants from a range of backgrounds with a range of motivations. The subreddits they are discussing tend to have 10s of 1000s of followers actively engaging in various levels of h…

Post by nchi3 » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 9:10 AM UTC

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https://globalnews.ca/news/8902503/us-capitol-riot-jan-6-cha... "More than 250 people have been charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement who were trying to protect the Capitol, including more than 85 accused of using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer. Others have been accused of assaulting members of the media, including one Associated Press photographer, or destro…

Typical deceptive article. It says “inside the Capitol or outside” and many paragraphs later concludes that none of the guns were actually taken inside. Also interesting that a handful of bad people carrying guns make everybody else a criminal. Is that the world you want to live in?

Post by tux2bsd » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 9:15 AM UTC

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It is a forgone conclusion that those with extreme wealth will have prime pick of location if they need to abandon their seaside locations. I'll repeat, I'll wait for that to happen (I don't have much choice but to do that, unless you assume I'm extremely wealthy). The BLM protests caused widespread destruction. Michael Jackson achieved worldwide awareness with Black or White, that was 1994 - things have only ever im…

You're dancing around it. Climate change is happening because human activity is causing it, and human activity can change to reverse it, just like we reversed our effects on the ozone layer. I know you know that's true, so don't lie about it saying it's the weather and make jokes about moving when it gets bad. You don't need to inconvenience yourself, keep driving that Dodge Ram 1500 for all I care, but don't fucking…