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How Reddit Crushed the Internet's Largest Protest (youtu.be)

submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 136 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I havent used reddit at all since August and from June 12 to August i was on the site for ~10 minutes total. I am a total lemmy user now with no need to use reddit at all. I dont even miss it since i can get everything here i did over their.

[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 79 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same. I had an account that was probably 12+ years old. Reddit was a huge part of my recreational schedule.

I genuinely prefer Lemmy. The lack of algorithms pushing engagement is good for the soul. It's here when I want it and I can leave it whenever I'm done.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 27 points 11 months ago

Reddit was a big part of my day too. I had redreader easily accessible so i could just pop it open whenever i wanted to. Now Thunder has taken its place.

[–] vanveen@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I did the same, but athough I love this place, there's still a huge scarcity of contents. Sometimes, as a lurker, to find more stuff. Here we're just an handful, thus I cannot still find here what I used to find on Reddit.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 18 points 11 months ago

What is really lacking is all the very specific communities centered around common interests. The more specific the harder, especially if it's not a traditionally nerdy subject. I mean, there's an obvious bias, and I won't pretend I am not part of it.

Those used to have dedicated forums, but Reddit manage to capture them all for convenience, and now very few subsist. A good part of what's left has been abandoned to AI spambots.

Part of this activity is now on discord, but the invite structure isn't great for those. It makes this content hard to discover and impossible to search if you're not aware of it.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

I've only been there when DuckDuckGo has directed me there in a search.