• Art35ian@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I started a new job a few months ago and was on my first business trip with four colleagues recently. To make conversation I asked if anyone used Reddit.

    • Two dudes had heard of it but never used it.

    • One dude said he uses it infrequently because it’s turned to shit.

    • One dude said fuck Reddit and it’s API bullshit.

    • I said fuck Reddit and it’s API bullshit.

    Thats my anecdote. 100% of the people in that car didn’t use Reddit or now hated it. Probably 3 months ago that same car ride would have had three people loving Reddit and advocating it to the other two.

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      11 months ago

      Despite your experience it’s alive and well. If reddit is a dying mall what is Lemmy? To scale it’s like an unmaintained Porta potty.

      I hate reddit, but let’s not be ridiculous. It’s more than fine. Google has really gone to shit. When people search for things they put in site=reddit as a more reliable way to find real information.

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        11 months ago

        Malls didn’t die overnight, you know. It’s a downward spiral that takes many years when it starts.

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          11 months ago

          Is there a downward spiral, though? Or did they just get rid of a bunch of (from their perpective) whiny, entitled, free riding, old-timers?

          • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org
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            11 months ago

            Have you been there lately? The content is garbage. It’s just barely relevant reposts and dying communities with nothing but anger threads.

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                11 months ago

                Every reddit thread is an anger thread. It’s just bots and the average idiot yelling at each other over nonsense and reposting the same tired joke from a decade ago.

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              11 months ago

              Hasn’t r/all always been like that? The subreddits that are more niche have stayed mostly the same in my experience.

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              11 months ago

              Yes. I was there just minutes ago, in the live threads for Formula 1 qualifying. All good, interesting opinions, and relevant links posted. No complaints.

      • ZodiacSF1969@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        Reddit is fine if you only look at user numbers.

        If you consider things like overall satisfaction with the site and profitability though, they are in trouble. That’s why they are introducing that embarrassing crypto shit, they are desperate to somehow monetize the site.