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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible
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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2024
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I feel like all the niches I visit Reddit for are being enshittified.
Small ones are floundering, apparently due to being deprioritized by the engagement algorithms according to mods I've talked to? And even worse, a lot of discussion is moving to Discords and X.
Big ones are getting more karma farm style posts. I know people have always complained about this, but its never felt this bad in fandoms for shows and such.
I can't comment with authority as I dont go there any more, but wouldn't part of the reason be that many of the quality posters have left and its more spambots and karma farmers and worse mods than before? You can't enshittify a platform and not expect it to get Whittier for users.
I'm surprised peopke are moving to x. Even public facing tweets from company's that use x are blocked behind a log in.
The movement to X isn't universal, it's more of a "last resort" where a few communities flounder.
Discord is the dominant destination though.
Discord is the cancer killing open discussion even worse than Reddit. Please stop putting your communities on Discord holy shit