I’m in the post-ban blackpilled mode right no so please forgive me. I know reddit is falling apart but it isn’t happening fast enough. Is there any hope that the whole site will be destroyed? I really just want the whole site / app completely destroyed and thew Vichyite mods unable to have their power trips anymore.

    • MonkeyScryer@lemm.eeOP
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      1 year ago

      It sucks that they won’t face any sort of consequences for destroying a wonderful platform.

      • JonEFive@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I’d say a significant decrease in valuation just before IPO is some consequence. Not enough to truly impact Spez personally mind you, but it’s something.

  • HipPriest@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Eh… It’s only a website. Believe me you’ll get over it quicker than you think. I go back to it every now and then to check up on some old subs and I can’t believe how much time I wasted on there.

    • JonEFive@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I’m more satisfied with my experience here personally. I don’t scroll for hours, I read a couple articles, maybe comment on them and move on. If I come across something interesting that isn’t already posted in my community here, I’ll actually post it because it might actually get some engagement.

      One reddit, my post would either be removed by overzealous mods or generally ignored. I had one instance where I posted a question on r/askScience. I searched before I posted but couldn’t find a post that asked the same question. A mod removed it saying that it was too similar to other posts. When I asked which post it was similar to, the mod said “You need to search for yourself, we aren’t librarians” then muted me for 10 days so I couldn’t respond. The sheer ego trip of the matter just appalled me. I thought that a community about scientific inquiry would be a bit more open, but nope - just as toxic as every other sub.

      • HipPriest@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I’m more satisfied with my experience here personally. I don’t scroll for hours, I read a couple articles, maybe comment on them and move on. If I come across something interesting that isn’t already posted in my community here, I’ll actually post it because it might actually get some engagement.

        This sums up my experience pretty well too. If I post something, it tends to get a good conversation going, which is nice. But overall I spend a lot less time. I read 3 books last month on my phone using the time I would usually spent on Reddit.

        • Temperche@feddit.de
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          1 year ago

          I’d say the only downside that I start feeling in the last days that especially in niche communities, there are hardly any comments or posts aside from my own. Feels a little lonely.

  • ezmack@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I say this with all sincerity; log off. Just for a bit to reset your relationship with sites like reddit. If you do you won’t care what happens on reddit

    • Bizarroland@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I left the site when they announced the API changes and honestly it’s kind of like coming down off of a drug. I was so used to filling my free time by just Doom scrolling through Reddit and without rif to make it easy for me it just isn’t worth the effort. I’m not going to use their shitty app, I’m not going to browse their mobile site, and I’m not going to support a company that doesn’t listen to its users.

      I don’t use Facebook or any meta products for that reason.

      I don’t shop at Walmart for similar reasons. I don’t shop at Amazon for similar reasons. I don’t shop at home Depot for similar reasons. Vote with your wallet, vote with your time, and that’s not just at the polls but in your daily life.

      You may be a drop in the bucket but don’t be a drop in a bucket of gasoline when the world is already on fire.

    • MonkeyScryer@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks. You’re right. I don’t have much of an option since I got the 7 day ban for calling the mods “pigs” and “cowards” for permabanning me from a subreddit. I need to touch grass, delete that account so Spez has less numbers, and then build up stuff on here.

      • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I got a permaban for “abusing the report button”, and you only got seven days for directly insulting the mods? This punishments aren’t even dished out in any sensical way.

      • ezmack@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yup I’ve been there. Any kind of ban or forum closing sucks just take a beat so you’re not all worked up