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Re: An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice against SaveVideo

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Post by ajnin »

kevincox wrote: post #90

Once upon a time Reddit was a link aggregator. You would post a link and the author would get credit. You could save the link without Reddit. But Reddit is moving towards first party content. Not only has the site added native photo and video upload support but many communities disallow external content. Requiring a reupload or a screenshot. This not only removes the link to the actual creator but is also a nightmare…

> Not only has the site added native photo and video upload support

And it fucking sucks. It consistently fails to load, or stalls even at low quality. Even replaying a video often fails despite it already being in memory. And it degrades picture and video quality much more than other sharing sites. And all that without the convenient playback controls you can usually find. I don't understand how people put up with it

Re: An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice against SaveVideo

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Post by avereveard »

criley2 wrote: post #269
ses1984 wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's my anecdote to counter your anecdote. When I try to explain stuff like this to my family members, they barely humor me. Their eyes glaze over. They think I'm crazy. My sister-in-law works in marketing so she's kind of aware of it but has made zero changes to her behavior. Other friends tell me they get more benefit than cost and accept it.

Well here's some data to counter the anecdotes: - 80%+ of Americans agree that there needs to be Data Privacy legislation controlling big tech https://epic.org/privacy/survey/ - Americans are rather in favor of breaking up big tech and popular anti-trust action continues https://www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/2021/1/dfp_vox_tec... - Apple has pivoted their iPhone advertising strategy to promote privacy against Big…

> This poll was conducted between April 16-April 19, 2021 among a sample of 1992 Registered Voters

80% on an online positive-assertive survey ran on population that small it's a completely bogus statistic.

heck I can't even fathom how people would cite this, the methodological note is three lines, doesn't tell how the participants were selected, say votes were weighted but doesn't say the weights nor the weighted parameters; they have like 72 pages of demographics, probably a couple person for each, and say the error margin is 2%

Re: An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice against SaveVideo

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Post by nostromo »

kevincox wrote: post #90

Once upon a time Reddit was a link aggregator. You would post a link and the author would get credit. You could save the link without Reddit. But Reddit is moving towards first party content. Not only has the site added native photo and video upload support but many communities disallow external content. Requiring a reupload or a screenshot. This not only removes the link to the actual creator but is also a nightmare…

TikTok's meteoric rise has been because it's so easy to share the content you like, including exporting content.

You can easily download a video and re-host it on another platform. You can send a link to a friend and they don't need to install the app to view it.

TikTok is proving that walled gardens are counterproductive and that if you want your app to go viral, it should be easy to export and share across any platform.

Re: An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice against SaveVideo

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Post by e3bc54b2 »

slothtrop wrote: post #239
rchaud wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unless you click on a Reddit link while inside of old.reddit.com; it will then take you to that page, but show you the default 'modern' theme. Same content, just 10x slower.

You can also change settings while logged in to always default to old.reddit.com

..or a 3 line userscript that always redirects to corresponding old.reddit.com URL:

if ( window.location.host != "old.reddit.com" ) { var oldReddit = window.location.protocol + "//" + "old.reddit.com" + window.location.pathname + window.location.search + window.location.hash; window.location.replace (oldReddit); }

// sorry, I'm not familiar with HN md

Re: An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice against SaveVideo

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Post by dleslie »

Breza wrote: post #241
theshrike79 wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TikTok seems to be the #1 source for video content nowadays, the algorithm is just uncanny how fast it learns what you like.

Agreed! I downloaded the app, saw 10 minutes of teenage girls dancing, and deleted it. My friend talked me into giving it another chance. After a few hours, it was consistently delivering videos that were exactly my taste. I've never had such a good discovery experience.

How long does it take?

I got sick of seeing two kinds of videos:

1. Teenagers dancing to a specific song, always one of a handful of songs.

2. Teenagers performing physical feats to a specific song, always one of a handful of songs.

Re: An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice against SaveVideo

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Post by jedberg »

nostromo wrote: post #303
kevincox wrote: post #90

Once upon a time Reddit was a link aggregator. You would post a link and the author would get credit. You could save the link without Reddit. But Reddit is moving towards first party content. Not only has the site added native photo and video upload support but many communities disallow external content. Requiring a reupload or a screenshot. This not only removes the link to the actual creator but is also a nightmare…

TikTok's meteoric rise has been because it's so easy to share the content you like, including exporting content. You can easily download a video and re-host it on another platform. You can send a link to a friend and they don't need to install the app to view it. TikTok is proving that walled gardens are counterproductive and that if you want your app to go viral, it should be easy to export and share across any plat…

Are they though? Are they making enough money to be profitable? Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, reddit. They all used to be just as easy to share outside the walled garden at one point.

It's a constant push/pull of vitality vs profit it seems.

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Post by Igelau »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #109
kevincox wrote: post #90

Once upon a time Reddit was a link aggregator. You would post a link and the author would get credit. You could save the link without Reddit. But Reddit is moving towards first party content. Not only has the site added native photo and video upload support but many communities disallow external content. Requiring a reupload or a screenshot. This not only removes the link to the actual creator but is also a nightmare…

> I wonder why sharing of links is so unpopular It’s because the most active parts of Reddit’s user base prefer it this way. Reddit has become about rapid-fire content consumption without leaving the site. Following a link and actually reading an article for 5-10 minutes isn’t as exciting as rapidly consuming a few videos, a few screenshots, and a few self posts along with the top comments for the most interesting on…

> rapid-fire content consumption without leaving the site

Oh! So it's Facebook now?

Re: An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice against SaveVideo

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Post by wvenable »

MeinBlutIstBlau wrote: post #266
JulianMorrison wrote: post #155

Reddit has gradually pessimized everything about its design and function. I am reinforced in my decision to walk away.

Reddit is 9gag now. Nothing is ever original content unless it's from a non-default subreddit. I remember when top comments were at least a paragraph. Now I see 1 word comments everywhere. It's basically becoming a forum agregator much like YouTube is now just a video hosting service. The communities are wastes of time and not worth devoting effort into. Just use them to get info you need and nothing else.

The long tail of reddit is far larger than the default subreddits.
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