obligatory fuck u/spez
this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2026
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This was the death knell for me. It's been slowly getting worse year after year and the change to disallow third party apps (and later changing it to allow API access with a payment) almost sent me off for good.
But like... without the r/all page, there isn't even a reason for me to go there anymore.
As far as I can tell, this is only in regards to the app. They removed the easy link to r/All (and in the post deliberately failed to capitalize "All" which will make the link fail in order to make it look actually gone to the more ignorant users. You can still access it via the app, but you have to set r/All as one of your social links. It is convoluted and annoying, but works.
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Yeah but at this point why even bother?
We have Lemmy. It's clean, open, simple. I've accidentally opened the new Reddit and it gave me nausea.
Hell this is exactly why I am here at all. I noticed it was harder and harder to use Reddit: algorithm taking over. All moving to harder to find places, and it seemed even then to be more flooded with what was recently looking at instead of just general community vibes.
Searched for Reddit alternatives…
I’m so tired of engagement algorithms.
and tends to be propaganda slop.
Yeah I think we take for granted that the replies/posts are mostly by real people here, or at least I do. It's like forgetting that you have to argue with your OS after using linux over windows.
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
Let it burn.
Can you play fiddle? Can someone play fiddle I feel like dancing all of a sudden
The front page of the internet has now removed their front page. Amazing.
You need to go through the backdoor now. What are they implying by this?
The last few years have really solidified Reddit's collapse. It's not going to happen overnight. In 5 years it'll be a shell of itself. It'll feel like Digg.
“The front page of the internet removes the front page of the internet.”
They’ve surpassed Digg levels of chicanery.
r/all is Reddit.
Are you guys dumb or something?
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel.
It’s the only part of Reddit I use anymore.
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Lmfao what. This is hilarious.
Another W for Lemmy
so instead of browsing /r/all, my mobile experience will consist of solely visiting the handful of niche subreddits i have favourited? thanks, I guess?
seriously this, it's dogshit if you only go to a few subreddits, even if they aren't favourited. I gues /r/random will have to do a lot of that heavy lifting now. It's going to be subreddit 50/50 - either you boring or great subreddits, or furry stuff.
I dont believe Random is a thing anymore. Its been a while but last I checked clicking on it said the sub had been banned.
edit: yup banned. It says it was banned 3 years ago due to being unmoderated. Whatever that means.
oh yea, reddit has a habit of "banning" a sub, if theres no moderation of it for a while, like 3 months? like if the mods disappear, it does happen.
dafuq? r/random used to just be a vanity link that redirected you to a random sub. how you gonna ban that… unless you know you've chased off all the people who do the work of making the site you run worth while and showing random subs will just put that on disply
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of course they got rid of the one non algorithmic thing they had.
/r/all was also algorithmically curated. Not to mention easily and heavily gamed by bots, trolls, and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns.
That's how we got Trump in the first place. /r/the_donald was constantly shoved in everyone's face, and even Reddit had to eventually admit the system was compromised. IIRC they adjusted the algorithm in an attempt to counterbalance it sometime around...2017? I forget exactly but it was definitely too late.
Lemmy's not structurally better in that regard, unfortunately. If we're not already inundated with bots and other malefactors (big if tbh), it's just because we're not big enough to attract them yet.
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reddit_enshittification++
A friend just sent me this video unrelated, but it was pretty good timing
wow that's awesome, a great introduction to the concept.
So is this so they can force an algorithm on you to show you content? Sounds like they want more direct control over what "new" things people see.
and we know what that "new thing" reddit wants us see. its endless slop, probably mostly AI generated.
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I wish any of the top comments had suggestions to join Lemmy.
Those who post links to Lemmy instances are quickly banned.
And how was /r/all an experiment? I thought it was there from the beginning. Or am I hallucinating?
Ahh yes, the 20-year experiment that the entire platform was built off of 😄
Lol could you imagine if Netflix was just like "Welp, the experiment of streaming content has ended."
TBF, Netflix did stop sending movies by mail.
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What the flying fuck. Jesus christ how can they be so brazen in their forcing people to browse how they want
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I think the average reddit user is capable of a lot of suffering. Good I dumped this trash site when they got rid of 3rd party clients.
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