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Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by johnnyanmac »

dimmke wrote: post #196
unshavedyak wrote: post #5

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I disagree, it was impactful. More than a fart. What we have to look at is the impact though, not some specific objective that was impossible anyway (ie killing Reddit). The impact was massive attention to alternatives. Tons of traffic testing on said alternatives. Tons of press to activity pub, etc etc. It’s just like Mastodon. Every exodus was big for mastodon and activity pub. It gained traffic, interest, devs and…

This was always what annoyed me about people who took this position before the changes. The goalpost was "Reddit is going to topple" - it turns out that the effect of these platforms is so strong that short of them literally going down you aren't going to see a full on collapse. I think it's surprising because the collapse of sites like Digg and Myspace in the past, but the internet is a bigger/much different place n…

People also seem to forget that it's not like Myspace or Digg literally died overnight. It still took a few years each, and each of them never fully died as in "the URL is down". They are shadows of their former selves and not at all what they were 15+ years ago, but they exist.

Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by Throwawayh89 »

Pathogen-David wrote: post #98
candiddevmike wrote: post #82

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What did you switch to?

Reddit was a bad habit for me, so I've resisted outright replacing it. (I basically haven't even looked at Lemmy.) I mainly read Hacker News more than I used to and started reading Ask a Manager[0] regularly. A big benefit of both is that they aren't "bottomless" like Reddit so I won't waste too much time on them. AAM fulfills my desire to learn about others' lived experiences, but the relatively narrow topic range m…

I like the idea of replacing the time I spend on Reddit with blogs that provide new insights.

One big place I’ve found Reddit helpful in recent years is a niche community about a chronic illness I have. Initially for collecting more information and insights than I can get in a 15 minute doctor appointment, then a sense of community and realizing I’m not alone, and then over time by giving me a chance to pay it forward by sharing information with others. Last few weeks I’ve realized ChatGPT can be helpful for the first one. The second I’ve started to shy away from because I’ve realized I don’t want the condition to be a core part of my identity, and the third there might be better ways to achieve (likely offline).

Think you’ve inspired me to get off of it for a while. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by [deleted] »

Pathogen-David wrote: post #135
johndunne wrote: post #121

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I don't think anyone was asking "What addiction did you replace your addiction with." I interpreted it as more of a "What better habit did you replace your addiction with."

I actually read it as the former, but I found it amusing more than insensitive. That being said your interpretation is much more charitable, although I also don't currently feel like I have a great answer to that variant. I've definitely made an effort to get out of the house more often, and I've been better at getting my less interesting house projects done. I have a few hobbies I want to explore further (especially…

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Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by Throwawayh89 »

bluGill wrote: post #235
sixothree wrote: post #136

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For me it is YouTube 100%. I really just used Reddit as a way to kill time. Now I just watch makers doing their thing.

I wish I could find a non google version. Peetube exists but needs more content. I check it often but. ..

Did you mean Peertube?

Peetube would be something very different which, to my surprise, doesn’t exist.

Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by Throwawayh89 »

Pathogen-David wrote: post #330
dv35z wrote: post #156

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Care to share strong recommendations? Interested in maker spaces, agile, entrepreneurship & prototyping.

Wanted to echo the suggestions of ThisOldTony, BenEater, and bigclivedotcom. ZackFreedman is another good marker, although he can be a bit goofy. If you like mechanical things in general, both SouthMainAuto and HVACRVIDEOS are fantastic.

I grew up with ZackFreedman. We were good friends as kids for a year or two, but then lost touch. Remember hearing vaguely that he had gotten into stuff like this a couple years back.

What a blast from the past! Thanks for sharing.

Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by tekknik »

denimnerd42 wrote: post #242
xyst wrote: post #230

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Now I’m addicted to TT :dead:

tiktok made tv shows and movies unwatchable for me haha. that kind of media is just too slow. only sports at this point. I would say I watch 45m/day of tiktok. 5m here and there.

So tiktok causes ADD and we’re ok with kids using it? Sounds like it needs to be used less by adults too.

Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by paulcole »

rickharrison wrote: post #411
paulcole wrote: post #19

No change for me. I had to stop using Apollo (and Narwhal sucks) but using the browser is fine with me. I signed up for the $60/yr. Ad-free version and Reddits still great IMO.

Hi, I'm the developer of Narwhal. I'd love to know why you think it sucks?

Too customizable for my tastes. I'd rather apps make the choices for me and I can decide if I like it or not. There's no customization in Narwhal that makes it feel anything but watered down and trying to please everyone.

I get it if that's your goal but it's not for me.

Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by dragontamer »

johnnyanmac wrote: post #442
dragontamer wrote: post #398

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> The answer is, obviously, "patches welcome." But this stuff is a bit janky. Yeah. I'm optimistic on this front. Bugs are one of those things that "everyone agrees upon", although you're right in that the Lemmy development environment hasn't taken off or expanded as much as it probably should have. Still, bugs will be fixed because its low-hanging fruit. Everyone gets bothered, someone will get bothered enough and t…

>I think the "Adults in the room" know about the problem. But there's also the need for the underlying community to believe in the problem and have an ideological shift to successfully keep the community in unison. much easier said than done. That's the one big issue on surges of traffic driven through controversy, you get "Witches": "The moral of the story is: if you’re against witch-hunts, and you promise to found…

This sounds like a libertarian-exclusive problem to me, and Lemmy's culture leans away from the Libertarian / Reddit style.

The overall plan seems to be: major centers of relative openness (sh.itjust.works and lemmy.world), a few hybrid locations, and finally well curated gardens (ex: Beehaw.org).

The different groups will federate, or de-federate, with each other as they see fit. You're right in that the more libertarian-leaning instances (ex: sh.itjust.works) are experimenting with lack of controls... but even they see various instances as toxic and are willing to ban them wholesale.

I don't think anyone is going with the extreme-libertarian Reddit style "everyone is welcome" anymore. There's too many shitty communities out there who are attracted by that.

The overall "Most are welcome" signposts are good enough for now.

Re: Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?

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Post by [deleted] »

tekknik wrote: post #456
denimnerd42 wrote: post #242

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tiktok made tv shows and movies unwatchable for me haha. that kind of media is just too slow. only sports at this point. I would say I watch 45m/day of tiktok. 5m here and there.

So tiktok causes ADD and we’re ok with kids using it? Sounds like it needs to be used less by adults too.

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