4chan was hating on Reddit before it was cool
updoots encourages circlejerk
I mean, making a post about hating on Reddit, on Lemmy, is pretty circlejerky too at this point.
I mean, making a post about hating on Reddit, on Lemmy, is pretty circlejerky too at this point.
Thereโs a key difference, at least when it comes to hating Reddit.
Most [all?] users here have actual, informed reasons to hate Reddit, from past experiences with the site. They arenโt simply joining some bandwagon due to social expectations to bend to the crowd.
Yes, it is. I donโt disagree with thetreesaysbark and you on that.
However I think that a circlejerk formed by similar-minded individuals gathering into the same place is far, far more benign than your โtypicalโ circlejerk revolving around social pressure.
Also, let us [humans in general] not fool ourselves into believing that circlejerks are avoidable. Humanity boils down to โcirclejerking hairless chimpsโ anyway.
Itโs already dead. r/wholesomememes decided to allow only original content (no bots or reposts), and, after two days the only post was one begging human users to post anything original.
There are no users left. Itโs bots all the way through, like maggots in a rotting corpse.
Exceptโฆ it looks like people did start posting. So the users were crowded out by bots before and theyโre posting now. That just shows that Reddit isnโt dead, but it does have too many bots.
I mean, Iโm sure many people here wish there was more non-bot content. Itโs annoying to see something on Reddit and come back here and see the same thing.
Itโs already dead. r/wholesomememes decided to allow only original content (no bots or reposts), and, after two days the only post was one begging human users to post anything original.
Asking people to post on their sub is fuckin hilarious to me. Like thatโs some major, pressing issue in anyoneโs life.
โSorry, I canโt hang out today. Wholesome Memes subreddit needs me to post there! Iโm doing it for the shareholders! Without them, reddit would never survive!โ
Likeโฆ Is this how he expected that to goโฆ???
If you read it, the mod certainly didnโt beg. They just mentioned that theyโre still blocking bots and to not be discouraged from posting original content.
Also I find it highly doubtful that the mods of that subreddit are concerned about shareholders. Why would a mod care about money when theyโre not even getting paid? They most likely just care about keeping the community alive.
Not to take away the point. Which I think is something most Lemmy users have realized ages ago, reddit is so full of repost bots that it makes gallowboob look like a saint. So much in fact that after two days, not a single original post has occurred in a subreddit with a reported 17 million followers.
Why would a mod care about money when theyโre not even getting paid?
Better question, why the hell are they volunteering for free to moderate a paid multimillion dollar publicly traded company? The mods on Reddit have a God complex. They literally think that if they donโt do what they do then the entire website would fall apart. Like a nurse in a hospital. Itโs insane
It dies every time someone stops using it.
Iโd argue discord is even worse.
Id say discord is a good place for already enstablished friend groups to hang out
Itโs an excellent chat program (except itโs pretty buggy on mobile). But it doesnโt function well as a forum replacement. The lack of discoverability is a big problem.
Oh definitely. At least Reddit can be searched (letโs see for how long though)
Itโs a toss up, for me. Both managed to capture all discussion on major open source projects.
Yeah, I feel dirty for even saying thisโฆ
Reddit allows site wide search, and recently contracted with Google to make their content accessible. Also old reddit content is searchable and thread based conversations can be followed.
Discord is just a vast collection of independent black holes that gobble up information and data while its users collectively yell into the void of chat channels.
If youโre looking for a discussion board and end up in a chat room, of course youโll be disappointed. That oneโs on the user, not the service.
Yeah, itโs just that devs of games guide everyone there and try and shoehorn it in. I donโt know how or why devs do thisโฆ just run your own forum with a chat module.