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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible(www.theverge.com)

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Boozilla@lemmy.world
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More hilarity: as of about a week ago, it appears the reddit algorithm has also started boosting posts with negative karma on their horrible mobile app. Guessing it’s a move towards ‘negative engagement’. I have not seen it myself (I don’t use the reddit app) but I see users complaining about it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1frcdxs/it_looks_like_reddit_is_currently_trying_new_ways/

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akvgergo@lemmy.ml
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So that’s what happened?! I rarely come here, but last weekend was so bad that I started updating my subscribed communities here.

I thought I interacted with too many downvoted posts, and screwed up what reddit thought were my main interests. Guess I was expecting too much from reddit…

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Boozilla@lemmy.world
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At reddit, line must go up. So user experience must go down.

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dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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I have to imagine that when some c-level suit saw that term in his moth-eaten copy of “Social Media for Dummies,” I don’t think it was intended to be taken quite so flagrantly visibly literally…

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Vahtos@programming.dev
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This isn’t limited to the Reddit app. You can see it on the desktop and mobile website too.

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