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This internet started to suck a long time ago, but today was a red letter day. Reddit's been circling the drain for years, but today is the day it truly crosse
by mandmandam 3y ago
This internet started to suck a long time ago, but today was a red letter day.
Reddit's been circling the drain for years, but today is the day it truly crossed a line for millions of people at once (They killed Apollo and RIF).
Twitter's been getting rapidly worse since Musk bought it, but this is another red line.
We're not even allowed to talk about the influence of bots and astroturfers here. A popular post today was flagged within an hour, just for pointing out that a site claims to sell upvotes on HN.
I don't like it when the tech giants get in sync like this...
- davisr 3y agoYou can talk about the influence of bots and astroturfers...so long as you agree it's all one big conspiracy theory, like all the comments did on my post from yesterday [1], "The Gentleperson's Guide to Forum Spies". [2] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36526827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36526827 [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20221215015113/https://pastebin.com/raw/irj4Fyd5 https://web.archive.org/web/20221215015113/https://pastebin....
- SketchySeaBeast 3y agoI just opened up RIF to see it was dead. I knew it was coming but I wasn't ready for it. How infuriating.
- rafark 3y agoFyi narwhal got an extension.
- SketchySeaBeast 3y agoOh, I see that. Better than nothing.
- Unkechaug 3y agoI would say black letter day. - Reddit API lockdown - Twitter account wall - YouTube increases aggressiveness against Adblock This is on top of similar behavior from other sites that happened long ago. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. But drastic changes across platforms within 24 hours is unprecedented. This does not bode well.