Yesterday, I finally decided to cut ties with reddit, except for targeted web searches. First it was the constant attempts to force me to download their app. Then denying me access to certain posts and subreddits cuz I wouldn’t. Then the API debacle. Then few days ago, significant redesign that wasn’t for usability, but for money,. Corporate greed. Used to spend hours on reddit, but past few weeks, there’s hardly any worthwhile content. One has to be careful what one gets used to. Grateful I discovered lemmy yesterday.
I occasionally open RiF (logged out) and get to see the current “front page” that for everyone (no longer catered to me), and with all the subreddits that have stayed private, been banned, etc. all sorts of weird posts are surfacing to the top for everyone.
First of all, I see tons of subreddits I have no interest in, all about judgment of OP’s looks (/r/amiugly, /r/truerateme, /r/firstimpressions, /r/roastme, etc.), and I keep seeing /r/weddingdress posts trying to help people pick their wedding dress from multiple options. Such a hodge podge of disjointed and niche posts that certainly doesn’t feel like the broad “front page of the internet” anymore.
Oooh same. I just opened RiF the other day, and the front page is … yikes. Mostly the drama subs are trending and making it to front page - and almost all of them are ragebait fiction a la AITA, and most of the crowd seems to be teens? The teens are the majority.
It also seems the alternate subs are trending more - r/ask for r/askreddit, something called TwoHotTakes is trending more than UnpopularOpinion?
Yesterday, I finally decided to cut ties with reddit, except for targeted web searches. First it was the constant attempts to force me to download their app. Then denying me access to certain posts and subreddits cuz I wouldn’t. Then the API debacle. Then few days ago, significant redesign that wasn’t for usability, but for money,. Corporate greed. Used to spend hours on reddit, but past few weeks, there’s hardly any worthwhile content. One has to be careful what one gets used to. Grateful I discovered lemmy yesterday.
I occasionally open RiF (logged out) and get to see the current “front page” that for everyone (no longer catered to me), and with all the subreddits that have stayed private, been banned, etc. all sorts of weird posts are surfacing to the top for everyone.
First of all, I see tons of subreddits I have no interest in, all about judgment of OP’s looks (/r/amiugly, /r/truerateme, /r/firstimpressions, /r/roastme, etc.), and I keep seeing /r/weddingdress posts trying to help people pick their wedding dress from multiple options. Such a hodge podge of disjointed and niche posts that certainly doesn’t feel like the broad “front page of the internet” anymore.
Oooh same. I just opened RiF the other day, and the front page is … yikes. Mostly the drama subs are trending and making it to front page - and almost all of them are ragebait fiction a la AITA, and most of the crowd seems to be teens? The teens are the majority.
It also seems the alternate subs are trending more - r/ask for r/askreddit, something called TwoHotTakes is trending more than UnpopularOpinion?
r/all is slightly better but still a crapfest lol
Wait, they redesigned it again?