How do you feel about the massive influx of users?

    • fuser@quex.cc
      7·
      2 years ago

      Was originally introduced to reddit by a calculus professor who set up a sub for the class to collaborate - it was a different time.

        • fuser@quex.cc
          3·
          2 years ago

          reddit - built by the users, moderated and largely developed by enthusiasts, only to have the resultant content paywalled and mined by AI for the benefit of oligarchs. Truly a sign of the times.

          • Higante@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 years ago

            Oooohh … he said the O word /s.

            Seriously though, I think the best defence againt that is decentralization. It’s not just ok for this to not be THE reddit sucessor. It’s a positive good. Even more so now that I’ve realized you can follow most activitypub based things like mastodon from most of the others. Not only are none of the successors in completion, they’re in symbiosis.

            • fuser@quex.cc
              0·
              2 years ago

              right, which is how things would be if the overarching objective of all software was to serve the needs of the general public - and to improve the lives of the users vs the shareholders. That is is how we end up paying a hundred or so a year to use some shitty web site to file taxes. Sorry I didn’t know the o word was a no-no, I couldn’t think of anything else more apt without swearing.

              • Higante@lemmy.world
                1·
                2 years ago

                Sorry the o word bit was a dunp joke. I actualy prefer it over the usual coy alternatives like ceo.