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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

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[–] moonburster@lemmy.world 56 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I only use reddit for tech related inquiries, but besides that I quit it.

I went from 8 hours of screen time a day to an average of 2 to 3 hours and Lemmy often isn't on the top. For me it has to do with a lack of content at some point, but I started enjoying it like that. If there's nothing new, I shouldn't have a reason to stick around in an app

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Exactly. I still occasionally land there due to google searches for obscure tech issues, but that’s only to read and lurk. I used to be a regular poster, (I had ~1.2m karma between all my various accounts) but haven’t even commented since the API lockout.

[–] sndrtj@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

Same here. Spend several hours a day on reddit since 2014, but haven't logged in since the API shutdown. Only the occasional Google search brings me there.

[–] moonburster@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Damn! That's an insane amount of dedication lost to greed :(

[–] stackPeek@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Reddit having a huge audiences feels more like a disadvantage than a advantage

[–] CyberDine@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I was on reddit for 12 years. My time spent on that platform and posting directly correlates to when I first found it (posted a lot) vs. when I quit earlier this year.

Reddit in it's infancy was great and the users and the subreddits, with a few notable exceptions were great too.

Once it got too big/popular... About 6 years ago you could note the decline and quality of the posting

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Weird how it feels manageable to keep in the loop on Lemmy compared to Reddit. I like it a lot more.

[–] smolyeet@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well that’s the issue. Reddit as a tool/service is fine. The only thing that I have an issue with is the api / third party app stuff and their leadership. Subs like Homelab , league , etc are ones I used heavily and they still function the same more or less. I just lurk more and use Reddit in browser with an extension that helps.

Lemmy and the various instances and apps are cool, but the lack of content(or content creators rather) is what makes it a little depressing. Outside of memes and discussions like this, it doesn’t replace Reddit because the user base is like 10+ years behind. I can show up and find posts from days ago which just leads me to keep using Reddit and rss for new content

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Same. The UI got so much worse on mobile.

[–] moonburster@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That's why I use boost for Lemmy as well