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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)

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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

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[–] anonymouse@lemmings.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I scroll through all/hot a couple times a week and I don't find the content nearly as funny, interesting or engaging as it used to be. There's definitely something different about the algorithm that is making the content more sanitized for a wider audience.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

There’s definitely something different about the algorithm that is making the content more sanitized for ~~a wider audience~~ potential investors.