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[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 146 points 11 months ago

I'm so tired of seeing people talk about this guy here.

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 66 points 11 months ago

Reddit is like the ex they cant get over. Lemmy is reddit now.

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 48 points 11 months ago

There was a lot of talk about Fark on Digg, and about Digg on reddit. It's just the Circle of Life.

[-] ProphetAlex2@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago

It was a lot like a proto reddit. They made a bunch of changes to monetize and there was a mass exodus to reddit

[-] Matt_Shatt@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

15 years ago it was THE place to mindlessly scroll and see cool tech articles and other things. Before they got greedy.

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Oh that I wish it were. Lemmy is improving, but it does not even approach the quantity and diversity of content Reddit has.

[-] yiliu@informis.land 16 points 11 months ago

I'm finding it better. Yeah, there's less content and diversity, but the quality feels a lot better. I'm interested in a much larger share of the posts I see.

[-] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 4 points 11 months ago

Same. I sort Lemmy by new and like most of the posts. On reddit, new is all AskReddit drivel.

[-] Nomadiscussion@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

True, l just post something to seed some data

[-] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I didn't care for it while I was a reddit user. The guy literally doesn't care if you post 'fuck /u/spez' randomly in a comment section. Why let the guy live rent free in your head when you can step away from his domain and influence and never bothered again?

[-] ellesper@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

I specifically joined Lemmy to get away from Reddit. Why does everyone constantly want to talk about Reddit? There are much more interesting topics out there, folks

[-] TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Catharsis and Schadenfreude (two very, very good words)

[-] Bonzo@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Remember to downtime the post. The doots work both ways.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Nah, I decided to not downvote anyone on lemmy. Only upvotes. We need more positivity in our lives.

[-] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Nah, it’s important to talk shit about people who suck that do corporatist shit like Spez. I don’t care about him but I’m just a sucker for anything like that.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

We all are.

[-] zav@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Yhea it just seems bitter

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 76 points 11 months ago
[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 63 points 11 months ago

For a person everyone seemingly hates you guys sure do talk about him a lot. I'd much rather have my feed filled with content that's not about Spez, Elon, Twitter, Reddit etc. Just move on already..

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Seriously y’all sound bitter as fuck. Like being obsessed with your ex.

The fastest way to kill Reddit is to stop talking about it.

[-] hanke@feddit.nu 17 points 11 months ago

I believe the people still ranting about Reddit just have not yet given up their hope in returning there some day when Reddit has "learned their lesson".

For some, Lemmy is just a temporary protesting statement.

[-] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago

Because I have my doubt that Lemmy will come close featurewise for now. The whole search engine issue for Lemmy content (right now it sucks to Google for topics) and lack of GDPR compliance (deleted isn't even deleted), as well as visible votes to everyone (it's currently only hidden in the UI but everyone could see the names of user who voted up and down), are three issues they need to solve.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

There's a bunch of schadenfreude in there, too.

[-] antygon@startrek.website 50 points 11 months ago

Why not start with editing this post and adding his name in brackets?

[-] dolla@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Lol the irony

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

Mod of /r/Jailbait?

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 22 points 11 months ago

Probably would have made sense to use his real name (Steve Huffman) in the title, Mr Jackmeehoff

[-] itsmistermoon@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Or at least in the post description lol, thanks to you I know his name now.

[-] lurkandtwerk@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Huffman is just an empty suit. His purpose is to take the flak for all the unpopular changes that the money people want him to make.

He'll probably be gone within 2 years, get a nice payday, and never have to work again.

Focusing your ire on Huffman specifically plays right into Reddit's hands. And spamming "fuck u/spez" everywhere just makes those of us who oppose the direction that Reddit has taken look like petulant children to neutral observers.

[-] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

He's the founder. He wants to cash out. He's doing anything to get there.

That's more than just an empty suit. Someone with a backbone would have gone a different direction

[-] lurkandtwerk@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

He's a founder who already cashed out years ago—before being brought back to give the money people a credible figurehead.

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

He doesn't deserve a real name.

[-] rusticus1773@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

Personally I'd like to thank Steve Huffman. Without him I would not have discovered Lemmy and I really like it here!

[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

We should forget about our ex (Reddit). Lemmy is our new boyfriend/girlfriend. We should cherish her/him and give her/him some good lovin'.

[-] yiliu@informis.land 13 points 11 months ago

Instructions unclear...I've made a mess of my phone

[-] unwinagainstable@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Forget everything about this guy

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Can we please get over reddit and spez and move on. All the reddit content is making Lemmy much less fun to be on.

[-] apex32@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

You mean like Brock Turner, the rapist?

[-] PhoenixRising@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Brock Allen Turner the Convicted Rapist. He's tried going by "Allen Turner" before.

[-] Xepher@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

Uh huh. So what's his name?

[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] megane_kun@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Also known as Scumbag Steve Huffingman.

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Fart Huffman

[-] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago
[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

His real name, Hugh Jarsol.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Samuel Pezmonger is a whole butt!

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago

People REALLY need to let it go.

this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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