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Reddit banned me for developing Geddit

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Re: Reddit banned me for developing Geddit

#4

Post by Iulioh »

Man, i just hate the new reddit, but in a way i appreciate the fact that the update literally stopped me from continuing to use it.

It was my togo app, i spent hours browsing and reading random comments and articles, my English got surprisingly better than most of my peers and all it took was a mild internet addiction.

Now it's short form content for me. YouTube mainly (premium helps a lot, tiktok enshittified a little with shops and the slideshows).

I mourn RIF and count the days untill old.reddit is no longer supported.

Re: Reddit banned me for developing Geddit

#5

Post by seydor »

Iulioh wrote: post #4

Man, i just hate the new reddit, but in a way i appreciate the fact that the update literally stopped me from continuing to use it. It was my togo app, i spent hours browsing and reading random comments and articles, my English got surprisingly better than most of my peers and all it took was a mild internet addiction. Now it's short form content for me. YouTube mainly (premium helps a lot, tiktok enshittified a litt…

> Now it's short form content for me. YouTube mainly

Videos take much longer than reading text . And they mostly say the same things. It's just that the better content has moved to youtube, where it can be monetized better

Re: Reddit banned me for developing Geddit

#6

Post by azalemeth »

Geddit still works and it's a great app (it can read posts labelled nsfw without an account). The other working one I know of is RedReader, which Reddit have left unbroken due to its advanced accessibility features for disabled readers (but it cannot access nsfw things -- you get a message saying to use the website).

My shared IP has been network blocked by Reddit and anonymous browsing is disabled. I also see about fifty captchas per day. I really, really miss the old web and plain text too...

Re: Reddit banned me for developing Geddit

#7

Post by Iulioh »

Another point i would like to discuss, if someone has more knowledge than me:

How the fuck was reddit not profitable?

The founder said it but i still don't belive it.

Was all the money spent in bullshit features no one still uses or it was before that?

Re: Reddit banned me for developing Geddit

#8

Post by Iulioh »

seydor wrote: post #5
Iulioh wrote: post #4

Man, i just hate the new reddit, but in a way i appreciate the fact that the update literally stopped me from continuing to use it. It was my togo app, i spent hours browsing and reading random comments and articles, my English got surprisingly better than most of my peers and all it took was a mild internet addiction. Now it's short form content for me. YouTube mainly (premium helps a lot, tiktok enshittified a litt…

> Now it's short form content for me. YouTube mainly Videos take much longer than reading text . And they mostly say the same things. It's just that the better content has moved to youtube, where it can be monetized better

I had that realization recently when a younger friend of mine used tiktok as a search engine to find a restaurant in a city....

"This is so ridiculous and funny " was my first reaction but then mind broke at the realization that this is the new future.

The same with ChatGPT...it's sad that it answers better than Google for generic information search, especially if you aren't familiar with specific terms in that field.

Text is dead

Re: Reddit banned me for developing Geddit

#9

Post by silisili »

Iulioh wrote: post #7

Another point i would like to discuss, if someone has more knowledge than me: How the fuck was reddit not profitable? The founder said it but i still don't belive it. Was all the money spent in bullshit features no one still uses or it was before that?

Reddit has way less users than it claims. I don't know what percentage are bots, but I'd guess it in the 30 to 40 percent range. It's not uncommon at all to find identical comments, or to reverse search any upvoted post and realize it's a repost, with many identical comments from the last time.

The real users probably aren't worth much, advertising wise. The key young demographic doesn't use it, and only a small portion of the next most valuable does.

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