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r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
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#62There’s a small but real chance that this movement turns into a mass exodus from reddit. Mismanagement can absolutely kill social media companies, and when it happens it happens fast. Take the mass exodus from FreeNode as an example. The thing to watch for is if the admins take control of any major subreddits. That’s what killed FreeNode.
Or, you know, Digg. Digg's demise was literally the birth of Reddit's popularity, but the lesson was seemingly lost on Reddit "leadership".
There's no equivalent to migrate to.
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#63I decided to use this as a good excuse to delete Reddit. I find myself going to it too often, and scrolling for too long, and afterwards I feel worse about the direction of humanity and down about the world. I’m not getting anything positive from it so for my own mental heath I’m deleting the app.
I quit Reddit half a year ago after 15 years of daily usage. 11/10, would quit again.
Did you go to extensive lengths to block yourself from easily getting there or just will power?
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#64HN might as well just run the headline that Reddit is shutting down permanently. All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest. Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet? Its the only way to ensure the community survives at this point; Reddit leadership has already proven they only wish to harm both shareholders and the community at large under the guise of…
This could be as consequential as the time all Reddit shut down to protest net neutrality.
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#65Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#66I decided to use this as a good excuse to delete Reddit. I find myself going to it too often, and scrolling for too long, and afterwards I feel worse about the direction of humanity and down about the world. I’m not getting anything positive from it so for my own mental heath I’m deleting the app.
I quit reddit a while ago and found it very rewarding. I used to argue with people all the time -- yes under subreddits like r/ProgrammerHumor because I disagree with other people's opinions or because their technical understanding is simply wrong -- anyway, it turned out to be a great decision. I realized that most of the time it is pointless to convince other people of anything (people won't admit you are right or don't have the background to understand it), and I should just simply spend my time elsewhere. Most of the memes on ProgrammerHumor are some form of reposts anyway. I spent time on my hobbies and actually reading/learning/trying out new stuff in programming, and my mental health is in a much better place now.
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#67These “protests” strike me as strange. Ostensibly, everyone’s goal is for Reddit to reverse their decision. However, I can’t help but think many users want to quit Reddit, and this is the straw that is breaking the camel’s back.
I hate what Reddit has become but there's no good alternatives, aside from rdrama.net
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's the public point system. HN identified this accurately and early.
I’m not sure what you mean about HN identifying this. Aren’t HN’s points public?
Points on individual comments aren't. But they are still ranked so in a way the effect is still there, just reduced.
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#69Re: r/ProgrammerHumor will be shutting down to protest Reddit's API changes
#70HN might as well just run the headline that Reddit is shutting down permanently. All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest. Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet? Its the only way to ensure the community survives at this point; Reddit leadership has already proven they only wish to harm both shareholders and the community at large under the guise of…
Is mastodon really even taking the spot of twitter?
It seems to have drained a lot of the more annoying people off Twitter, making it more fun.