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I'm feeling a real positive energy and community spirit as a result of the sudden fragmentation of reddit's foundational use base.

And I love how chaotic it is! How there is so much to learn. How each new platform is separate yet somehow meshed in a way that will only become clear with time. I love the performance issues, even -- just because it feels new, like something exciting is happening.

It reminds me of what the net used to be like before everything became just variations of a single beige blob. Reddit's frontpage was essentially churn. There was value in its smaller subs, but after over a decade of use, everything became all too familiar. And looking back, I preferred reddit way more before they changed the up/downvote counter. But that's all in the rear view mirror now.

We're all participating in a huge shift, and it won't be the familiar, convenient, linear path we've all become accustomed to. And I love everybody's optimism and willingness to pitch in to build a better web for future generations.

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[-] SFaulken@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

For my part, I've only participated in the whole reddit thing under protest. I'm involved in some open source projects, and I felt it necessary to get involved there, just to fight the FUD.

I never liked it. Even before this whole API hullabaloo.

I've got my popcorn, and I'll be happy to watch reddit die in a fire. (One can only hope.)

[-] olrik@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It won't die, it will just become lots of cats videos and girls in bikinis doing hoola hoop, like a TikTok clone. Or maybe it'll turn full Voat and descend down into a fire pit of far-right racists fascists.

[-] SFaulken@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

They're welcome to it. I haven't deleted my reddit account yet, but I did kill the tab in my browser. I just don't care anymore.

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