I have been on reddit for just about 12 years now. Something I’ve noticed over time is just how hateful the place has become. A complete outrage machine. Every single sub became filled with it. I’ve filtered so many subreddits over the last few years, it’s insane. I don’t know enough about this place to be sure, but I do hope it doesn’t become the same type of echo chamber of anger.
12 years as well. It’s a different place, and lemmy feels a lot like old Reddit. I will miss the endless stream of content but this is healthier, and your voice isn’t drowned out like it was in the later years of Reddit. There was a massive shift in 2016. So much angrier.
11 years for me. 2016 was when I made a fresh account with only niche hobby subs. Everything else just felt like it was swimming in Russian election interference and neo-nazi on-ramping. It all just turned so quickly I thought.
The Russia thing is overstated, the hatred and fear was inborn and whipped up by shadowy domestic forces (corporate money) not shadowy foreign ones. Occasionally they collaborate too but ultimately it’s all very American.