How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
www.theguardian.com
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

Year-end recap from The Guardian.

  • NataliePortlandEnglish
    43·
    11 months ago

    I haven’t been back to Reddit since June. Am I missing anything?

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
      29·
      11 months ago

      Yeah. You’re missing bots regurgitating old posts into new ones, and ai bots responding to that. You’re missing the thousands of samesies “What [movie/video game/song] do you like but everyone hates” You’re missing obvious troll posts like “AITA for defending my 6yo from nearly being a rape victim?”

    • slaacaa@lemmy.world
      21·
      11 months ago

      I have been back occasionally when searching for some specific thing, and sometimes I checked r/all and my former favorite subs. My overall observation:

      • Top subs already sucked before the API changes, still looking bad. I don’t have too much comparison, as I wasn’t following them anyway, but I would be surprised if they improved
      • My former favorite niche subs went downhill, with lower frequency and quality of content. I assume this is due to some mods and powerusers leaving

      Overall, reddit is still useful as an occasional information source for checking public opinion/sentiment on specific things, but for me, it’s appeal as a general “time-waster” social media, where I keep scrolling for an hour and leave comments is gone.

    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      11 months ago

      Reposts, outrage bait, horny bait (98% of OldSchoolCool) and whOleSomE bait

      Fuck no

      I still use a modded client to lurk on niche subs, but I completely avoid “all”