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[–] 146 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thank fuck Lemmy exists. Reddit has been a shell of its former self for a very long time but in the last two years or so it’s gotten awful. Things will only get worse once Reddit goes public.

Lemmy reminds me of what Reddit was when I joined in 2011. Much smaller user base that tends to be tech savvy. It’s an old school forum vibe I thought was gone forever.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    plus it doesn't have that whole half-the-userbase-is-US-Military-bots thing goin on

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    There were definitely more than just US Military bots on that site.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    yeah i'm just referring to the study that was published and then hidden. but i think if you scroll through anything stock-related you'll notice lots of bots too. i think Citadel plays a huge role here

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Instead we have half a userbase of hardcore leftists. I'd really like to have a solid non-political platform instead.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    did you just say you don't mind capitalism destroying all semblance of life

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  • [+] -17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    No, I said I don't want to talk about politics and politicize every single discussion.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    And yet here you are… the only person in the comment section mentioning politics.

    In my experience people like you who take every opportunity to complain about a site/user base being “too political” are only upset their own views are unpopular. Political discussion tends to magically become acceptable when they agree with the prevailing sentiment.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I agree with you.

    The people who say, “I don’t like to talk about politics” are the ones who have the worst opinions about shit and know they will get called out and god forbid anyone not like my opinions!

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago

    It's a fair criticism and on topic, you are allowed to disagree without jumping down his throat.

    Left leaning people are more likely to be adventurous and educated, too things that would lead someone to a new site with a tech savvy user base.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You shouldn't have mentioned it. They're like the infected in TLOU. If you make a sound, you done for!

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s insufferable. Originally Lemmy looked promising but it’s basically just r/Politics everywhere now. If I wanted r/Politics I would have stayed on Reddit.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Which Lemmy? The code was made by Marxist–Leninist, or at least people claiming to be. One of the largest instances is lemmy.ml and they're filled with tankies/vatniks/commieboos. lemmly.world being left leaning is just a happen stance of anti authority and educated. The culture reminds me a lot of old slashdot that had a mix of socialist/communists and libertarians.

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  • [–] 128 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    Work harder unpaid mods! Spez needs a bigger yacht!

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  • [–] 57 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can't believe this idiots still on reddit believe it's "their community" in a publically traded company.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think they'll start to realize when Reddit starts posting quarterly profits/losses and we hear about spez's fat paychecks.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    $5 billion dollar valuation - never turned a profit ???

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Modern tech giants keep taking funding rounds to grow, because what's profit now when you can spend and get bigger, so profit later can be even more huge?

    Except investors are finally waking up to the fact that growth doesn't help much if the business isn't profitable, now or ever.

    Reddit can pound its chest about how much it thinks it's worth, but that's all it is.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm just curious how Reddit can get even worse, like everything after it goes public

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Probably killing off old.reddit.com.

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  • [+] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    Google is over-valuing reddit right now, and I sincerely doubt it will continue because their entire search platform is worse than ever.

    So this stock likely will not do well in the long run. It may be as simple as virtually all the search traffic being cut the minute they release generative search as a default option.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Wish in one hand, I'll fill the other for them

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I hope it destroys reddit...

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