Reddit was a living thing. An ecosystem of interaction which was so robust it frequently generated content that was useful in Google search results. The shitposts were essential to that ecosystem. There were also bots, which is inevitable.
That ecosystem has collapsed.
I’ll have to disagree, reddit is not a living thing, it is made up of users and creators, the good 10% of which you speak. Although I’ll agree reddit went through many phases, some better than others. The end result though is what I am describing.
Shit posts are not necessary and bots are not inevitable, they are are allowed. I’ll confess, I do enjoy both occasionally. But, real people make these decisions, they are not generated automatically. A real person clicks the button, for lack of a better phrase, and they can just as easily not click it, philosophically speaking.
Humans will be humans though and it’s only a matter of time before even lemmy will be ruined. That’s what we do best, for better or worse.
You’re not describing how Reddit has no value. You’re just saying that you don’t like it, or it’s not valuable to you.
When I think of value, it’s something that is needed. If reddit disappeared right now, nothing would change. Everyone’s lives would continue on as normal, and what information that is on reddit can be found elsewhere. It’s entertaining, yes, but not valuable.
