n0cte to No Stupid Questions • 24 days agoIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockmessage-square152arrow-up1218arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockn0cte to No Stupid Questions • 24 days agomessage-square152file-text
minus-square@breadsmasherlinkEnglish51•24 days agonot really. earliest days of reddit didnt even have subreddits. lemmy cant be reddit 10 years ago, because the internet has changed in that time too
minus-square@givesomefuckslinkEnglish27•24 days agoYeah, but reddits more than 10 years old… Here’s an article from 2013 talking about subs https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a9623/10-curious-facts-about-the-birth-of-reddit-16123236/
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍linkfedilinkEnglish41•24 days agoSubreddits were added in 08. The great Digg migration was 2010. I feel old.
minus-squaredumpleslinkfedilink19•24 days agoI was part of the great Digg migration and now the great Reddit migration…
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍linkfedilinkEnglish2•24 days agoSame. I also remember when everyone moved to Digg from Stumbleupon
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•24 days agoSame here, my reddit account is 15 years old
minus-squaredumpleslinkfedilink2•24 days agoI liked stumbleupon. It feels like they are less website to stumbleupon anymore
minus-square@givesomefuckslinkEnglish11•24 days agoShit, I remember Fark. Which was basically what reddit was when it started, fark just stayed that way. I think it’s even still going…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•24 days agoWhat’s up with how toxic comments are on /. these days?
minus-square@givesomefuckslinkEnglish5•24 days agoTry to tell a kid about BBS boards nowadays and they start singing about something called a BBL Drizzy…
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-224 days agoMy local BBS was great, but when the provider became an ISP, the BBS became a ghost town because everyone went to IRC and Usenet. That ISP was also the local jerky company. Dad made the Jerky, son ran the modem pool. I miss the 90s.
minus-square@superduperpiratelink4•24 days agoI never had a Fark account but I remember following them religiously. I remember something about them crowdfunding an arena name for a day about an unsolicited finger in the ass.
minus-squareoriginaluciferlinkfedilink3•24 days agoremember when image macros took over the whole thing?
not really. earliest days of reddit didnt even have subreddits.
lemmy cant be reddit 10 years ago, because the internet has changed in that time too
Yeah, but reddits more than 10 years old…
Here’s an article from 2013 talking about subs
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a9623/10-curious-facts-about-the-birth-of-reddit-16123236/
Subreddits were added in 08. The great Digg migration was 2010. I feel old.
I was part of the great Digg migration and now the great Reddit migration…
Same here. Thought you looked familiar!
Same. I also remember when everyone moved to Digg from Stumbleupon
Same here, my reddit account is 15 years old
I liked stumbleupon. It feels like they are less website to stumbleupon anymore
Shit, I remember Fark.
Which was basically what reddit was when it started, fark just stayed that way. I think it’s even still going…
Pfft, kids these days - I remember usenet.
Damn, skipped right over Slashdot.
What’s up with how toxic comments are on /. these days?
Try to tell a kid about BBS boards nowadays and they start singing about something called a BBL Drizzy…
My local BBS was great, but when the provider became an ISP, the BBS became a ghost town because everyone went to IRC and Usenet.
That ISP was also the local jerky company. Dad made the Jerky, son ran the modem pool. I miss the 90s.
I never had a Fark account but I remember following them religiously. I remember something about them crowdfunding an arena name for a day about an unsolicited finger in the ass.
DAE member Digg? I member that.
remember when image macros took over the whole thing?