• Pendulum
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      And it was a barebones alternative to Digg when the exodus did happen.

      It grew, and it did good things. But yeah, Ozymandias happens again and again

  • Rentlar
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    499 months ago

    My crystal ball tells me that removing old.reddit.com will be Reddit’s digg-v4 moment (that is if management doesn’t dream up a reddit-v3 with the same original taste but more ads).

    Any long time users of Reddit I will continue to welcome with open arms to their new home they may find in the Fediverse.

  • @[email protected]
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    289 months ago

    I watched five minutes. That, and the few minutes I’m taking to write this, is about all the time and mental capacity I can care to afford Reddit now.

    I’m so glad to have places like Lemmy and Mastodon and the individual forums where I can exchange ideas with others. Reddit has become a pile of dung over the past five years. It’s just full on nonsense and lies and rage bait. I was tired of calling people out for their misrepresentation of the facts and their twisting of the truth to fit their narrative. Although, I realize this is certainly not a Reddit-centric problem. It’s just the place I hung out the most where I was most exposed to it.

  • @BonesOfTheMoon
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    It’s unfortunate it went this way. I don’t know why these sites always end up eating themselves but I’m very glad not to be there anymore.

      • @Stovetop
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        229 months ago

        The need for infinite growth and the capitalistic drive to ensure that happens at any cost.

  • @[email protected]
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    “Eventually, everything becomes a crab”

    Carcinization is an example of a phenomenon called convergent evolution, which is when different groups independently evolve the same traits. It’s the same reason both bats and birds have wings. But intriguingly, the crab-like body plan has emerged many times among very closely related animals.

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-animals-keep-evolving-into-crabs/#:~:text=Carcinization is an example of,among very closely related animals.

    It seems to apply to social networks as well 😀

    • @kometes
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      Yeah, if you are going to hold a mic, get a real one that is meant to be held. I don’t know what that mic in a cup thing is even.