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Dear User,

We will soon begin rolling out changes to Reddit's User settings. It is getting a refresh that includes changes to ad personalization, privacy preferences, and location settings.

As part of these changes, we are retiring a setting that you have previously turned on that limited how we used your activity from the Reddit platform to personalize ads. We have replaced the setting with a new option to select categories of ads that you may not wish to see.

More details are available in our announcement and help center.

These changes are rolling out starting today and you may see the changes over the next few days.

Users will be tracked with no opt out. Posts may be monetized, which will make content even worse No refund or any type of usable credit for users that spent hundreds on Reddit coins The entire vibe has done a 180° since all these new "positive changes" are rolled out.

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[–] Smacks@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, this won't kill Reddit. If they can essentially remove every third-party app, they'll easily be able to start selling user data. Whether we like it or not, the majority stayed on Reddit.

Nothing short of somehow breaking through ad blockers like Twitch did will make people stop using it, even if that.

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whether we like it or not, the majority stayed on Reddit.

The fight may not be over though.

Where people didn't really care about an API change for third party apps, they may care a lot more about having ads shoved in their faces whether they like it or not.

It's all about breakings their inertia to change.

[–] Sunroc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

People en mass make "economic" decisions. If they view an alternative such as lemmy as too difficult to use, or their communities are not here they will rather tolerate the ads. Learning to use a new app or having to start the community themselves is too much effort for most people.

[–] thisisthelastonebtw@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If there are still Facebook and Twitter users, of which we know there are, nothing will kill Reddit.

However, I'll say I'm someone not good at change but am agoraphobic, so my only "connection" was Reddit, and I finally gave in and deleted for good.

Still getting used to this platform, but hopefully can find less toxic users here. Social media seems to be made special for bullies.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's a pretty great place. Glad you're here.

[–] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I think I will be okay as long as there is content on Lemmy

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for bringing up Twitch. I'm one of the folks who quit using the site after the ad block changes. Did an alternative ever come along?

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)