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It's a great time to do an ipo so people can cash out if they can (or just take a ridiculously sized salary). It's a terrible time to be a Reddit user. It seems

It's a great time to do an ipo so people can cash out if they can (or just take a ridiculously sized salary). It's a terrible time to be a Reddit user. It seems like there's almost nothing left of content. And if you look at the front page then you see mostly just rage bait, relationship advice requests that can't possibly be true, and whatever video games are currently the most popular. There's almost no content more engaging then anything in a tiktok or Instagram feed. Nothing is memorable or filled with discussion. It's mostly filler. Sad really. I used to quite enjoy having discussions on various topics there. These days it's all noise.

dogcomplex 3y ago
Reddit sells the illusion of meaningful discussion in an online forum. Too bad that illusion is transparent, but where else can you get one - besides maybe here?
- swed420 3y ago
  Agreed. I only tolerate reddit (for now) because it's always been better than Twitter/X and the alternatives haven't matured yet.
- Terr_ 3y ago
  It's not all illusion though, particularly in smaller communities.
  - pixl97 3y ago
    The big subs are seemingly filled to the brim with both post and comment repost bots. It's fun when they mess up and you see a few accounts post the same comments in the same thread then search and the comment was an actual users comment from days earlier.
  - mnky9800n 3y ago
    The smaller communities only seem to highlight that most of the users on reddit are bots.
    - mlrtime 3y ago
      I keep seeing this bot comment and i'm not fully buying it. I'm not naïve, I know they exist. But on the small subs I read, anything that goes against that subs hivemind are called bots... including my own replies. Am I a bot?
mettamage 3y ago
Hey, I know this is random but I'm a spontaneous fellow! Wanna meditate together online at some point? I see you're into it (I'm on HN searching particular comments atm). My email is in my profile.

dogcomplex 3y ago

Reddit sells the illusion of meaningful discussion in an online forum. Too bad that illusion is transparent, but where else can you get one - besides maybe here?

swed420 3y ago
Agreed. I only tolerate reddit (for now) because it's always been better than Twitter/X and the alternatives haven't matured yet.
Terr_ 3y ago
It's not all illusion though, particularly in smaller communities.
- pixl97 3y ago
  The big subs are seemingly filled to the brim with both post and comment repost bots. It's fun when they mess up and you see a few accounts post the same comments in the same thread then search and the comment was an actual users comment from days earlier.
- mnky9800n 3y ago
  The smaller communities only seem to highlight that most of the users on reddit are bots.
  - mlrtime 3y ago
    I keep seeing this bot comment and i'm not fully buying it. I'm not naïve, I know they exist. But on the small subs I read, anything that goes against that subs hivemind are called bots... including my own replies. Am I a bot?

mettamage 3y ago

Hey, I know this is random but I'm a spontaneous fellow! Wanna meditate together online at some point? I see you're into it (I'm on HN searching particular comments atm). My email is in my profile.