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[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Called it - content quality is dropping down considerably. Eventually not even your typical user (who doesn't really care about API, mod revolts, etc.) will stay. They'll simply leave.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Reddit shat on their content creators and organisers. What did they expect? Reddit could and should be profitable, the fact it's not shows what a total shitshow it is. Spez clearly lost the poop challenge.

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I can't stop laughing at the idea of Spez trying the poop challenge. (And failing it every five minutes.)

I'm pleasantly surprised though that the content quality is dropping really fast. I seriously wish for a failed IPO - Reddit is lost either way, but a failed IPO means that other businesses will think twice before doing the same.

[–] welove2play@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there a way we can create a failed IPO?

[–] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Raising distrust among investors on the platform's ability to generate profits. Making it look like a risky but not profitable investment. Making it look like "if you invest your money here, consider it gone".

In large part, the protests, exodus, content deletion, spam/botting, and spez himself are doing this. We just need to do it harder.

[–] RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I said it from the beginning -- the prolific content posters, the ones in it for the lulz and the community, will be the first to exit when you take away their mobile apps and such.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

They broke our toys.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

The bots that have been clamouring to repost garbage will be unleashed with fewer moderators too

[–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago

"I lasted three days."

[–] HereWeGo@lemmy.one 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] DarkDarkHouse 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Thurgo@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

You are supposed to say "questionmark".

[–] Zatore@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

damn, reddit is making ifunny look good. I miss the days that people would downvote a post just because it was posted 3 years ago in a different sub

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Remember when Reddit's whole thing was pointing out how much better it was than 9gag and ifunny? How the mighty have fallen

[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Turning Lemmy into Reddit I see...

[–] sycamore@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Needs more tiktok

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

My expectations for r/all were low, but damn

[–] Yadaran@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

It's free real estate

[–] Klame@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Yep, this has become reeeaaally visible since a week or two.

I used to regularly browse reddit without being logged in, it was a way to experience the default reddit experience for my region, see what people from my country would discuss as many French speaking subs were included.

I could scroll a couple of pages worth of moderately interesting and quite diverse content.

Now it's mostly garbage, I barely reach the end of the first page. The diversity and the quality has gone way done, it's like a distilled facebookesq version of summer reddit.

[–] lwuy9v5@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

"Here's my lemmy account"

[–] pollocks@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

The dishes are done

[–] toomanyjoints69@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I love you darling.

Yes. Every woman. From you. Don't get to know them first.

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

It is unequivocally Facebook now, both Twitter & Reddit are a barrage of Facebook users and it shows.

Reddit literally made their newReddit interface to look like Facebook, because their users are worth more money. Spez knew that Reddit would turn into a copy of Facebook, quality and all and decided it was worth it years ago.

The Reddit we used 10 years ago, the one with it's own unique culture, is half dead and it's only going further in that direction.

[–] llamatador@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

I cleaned the litterbox.

[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I didn't do it

[–] possum@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Has r/all ever not been shit? Just shit with a different target audience, I guess

[–] renlok@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Back when Reddit was smaller it's was pretty good, for the last 5 or so years it's become too big so all the default subs are just Facebook memes and boomer humour.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

The children are missing