“It’s time we grow up,” says former moderator of jailbait subreddit.

  • LUHG@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m honestly shocked the redditors are so blind to this. Do they actually think it’ll just be plain sailing from here on out?

    Maybe in just to old skool and remember a time when Reddit would have really stood up.

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      1 year ago

      Reddit got so big it’s now the default, the masses are always looking for the simple default option.

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      1 year ago

      Reddit felt like it was going downhill for a long time. I think I just started scrolling it out of habit, only participating in a few subs for hobbies and games. This shitshow was the kick in the ass I needed to shreddit and delete my account.

      Also. I think more users need to do that. Make sure you shreddit your comments and posts so reddit can’t keep your content.

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        A switch flipped somewhere to whenever i logged onto reddit I would leave feeling worse. It’s for the best that I stopped using it i think

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          I agree. Everything was so much more depressing. Maybe it was the subs I subscribed to but I felt it was more than that.

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      It absolutely will not be plain sailing - I think that the protest is an early warning sign. People that stick to Reddit are going to be bombarded with ads, Premium features, and new programs after Reddit goes public.

      I am an Apollo user until the end - I think that after having such a good experience under Christian, I forgot how scummy a big corporation can be. Times are changing - we just saw some similar things with Musk taking over twitter.

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        1 year ago

        Well I had hoped, naiively that Reddit would respect the developer community that had helped make their website so popular. A community of developers provided apps and services for them for the simple price of a free API. I thought the APIpocolypse might happen, but I thought reddit was special somehow and they would see how beautiful and vibrant that community was and not damage it for fear of damaging the soul of the website. Yeah, that was pretty fucking naiive.

        Ah well, I’ll put my energy into Lemmy and Fediverse projects instead.

        • peef ಠ_ಠ@lemmy.ml
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          Ah well, I’ll put my energy into Lemmy and Fediverse projects instead.

          I think this is a better place than Reddit already. It’s fairly new and people are excited about creating content. But I think in reality, sooner or later every sub will be forced to open, and everything will go back to normal. Of course some of the users would’ve completely migrated to the Fediverse or other platforms, and it’s up to us whether the Fediverse survives or not.