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Well, looks like this is the end of any social media use for me. Reddit was already hanging by a thread for me. Not being able to use Apollo for this will be th
by Banbeck 3y ago
Well, looks like this is the end of any social media use for me. Reddit was already hanging by a thread for me. Not being able to use Apollo for this will be the last nail in the coffin.
- BlackjackCF 3y agoSame. I only find Reddit tolerable because of Apollo. The official Reddit app pales in comparison. I hope they can come to some sort of agreement or find a way to acquihire the Apollo developer (though that might kill the app with crappy features as well).
- galangalalgol 3y agoI've always just used the web, is there some reason to use an app for it? I liked it as a place to look for people talking about things I might want to buy. I'm sure it is full of fake comments, but the ones that make verifiable claims for or against are useful.
- alpaca128 3y ago> is there some reason to use an app for it? Yes, the obstructive popup when you visit reddit on a mobile browser to force you into installing the app. Other than that only if you want to do more than read.
- cmh89 3y agoIt makes me laugh that reddit's mobile site will let you view NSFW content but wont let you go to the contents of a NSFW post without downloading the app or signing in. Reddits main function as a porn facilitator will really hamper its desire to make lots of money as a publicly-traded business.
- bongobingo1 3y agoMy understanding is they're actively working to minimise NSFW communities in lede to the IPO.
- numpad0 3y agoIt’s funny they’re still pushing it after Tumblr, and also considering 5ch.net always had the NSFW part in a different domain(not subdomain). It’s as if everyone knows and some always knew…
- cmh89 3y agoThe NSFW content feels like its just ads for OnlyFans accounts at this point. The NSFW subs suffer from the fate that all the other subs do, Reddit is too large at this point to cultivate any real, organic community.
- galangalalgol 3y agoMy experience is that subs subdivide themselves at some size to become fractaly specialized. Like dnd 5 optimizers, dnd5 powergamers, dnd5 roleplayers, and when those get too big, dnd5 players that like to optimize wizards in the ravenloft setting while listening to lo-fi. There is an obligatory xkcd but I can't be bothered.
- rattus 3y agothey're starting to featurewall more actively
- Eji1700 3y agoI've used RES + web + adblockers forever. Any app i've looked at is usually more cluttered than that.
- goodmachine 3y agoAnother happy Apollo user here. Reddit is painful without it.
- thewataccount 3y agoSerious question and I don't mean anything negative - Do you consider HN to be social media? Using it as just a news source seems really valid. And it feels different from other social media platforms because of the focus on full discussions. But surely this still counts as social media? Genuinely asking because I see you made your account just to post this comment - why did you do that? It's not a bad thing (I'm here too), I'm just curious why you felt it was important to do?
- yamazakiwi 3y agoI think the main argument is to avoid Social Media that comes along with the baggage of the big platforms. I think the downsides to HN are so much smaller and few, that it's easy for me to consider "forum-like" social activity completely separate from typical Social Media.
- nottorp 3y agoI've noticed that everything that allows interaction between users is social media for the younger generation. They have no notion of forum, chat app or... social media organized like facebook or tiktok.
- adastra22 3y agoI don’t consider HN a social network anymore than I consider my local news website (which also has comments) to be social media.
- zeekaran 3y ago[flagged]
- go_prodev 3y agoJust out of curiosity, what do you plan to use for news/entertainment instead? I don't use Facebook, and generally alternate between HN and Reddit whenever I need a break from work and don't know any other good options.