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>something most people talk about shamefully, if at all Only if you go there for rage bait content. Small subs are better than ever. And no Lemmy is not an al

>something most people talk about shamefully, if at all Only if you go there for rage bait content. Small subs are better than ever. And no Lemmy is not an alternative.

karn97 1y ago
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- tomhow 1y ago
  Please don't fulminate. Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
whalesalad 1y ago
until you get shadowbanned. my 15+ year account is dead because I logged-out of the iOS app and logged-in to the web app on my phone, it triggered the suspicious/spam filter and boom I am dead. tried many times to get it restored, no dice. the funny thing is the only indication that this happened was keybase alerting me that my proof was gone. I can login and use reddit as usual, but nothing I do has any effect. It's like I am in a sandbox. Try to view my profile publicly and it does not exist.
- sigmaisaletter 1y ago
  I am a serial account-hopper, so this couldn't happen to me, so perhaps I don't understand the point at all. But what is keeping you from making a new account and rejoining the same subreddits, except perhaps losing a hundred million magic internet points?
  - 7speter 1y ago
    Usually, if you have an account that old, you built up enough karma, especially in subs you’re a regular on, to speak your mind and absorb being downvoted heavily multiple times over. Its not worth it spending time to be able to do that again on a site that is increasingly astroturfed.
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OsrsNeedsf2P 1y ago
> And no Lemmy is not an alternative. Which is sad - I've been using Lemmy exclusively for 5ish years now and the smaller communities haven't really taken root. Reddit still controls the long tail of internet discourse
bigyabai 1y ago
No, Reddit is still shameful. The central issue ruins everything, moderation is placed on a pedestal beyond reproach even when it's trying to sabotage it's own community! The only point Reddit staff will ever step in is when these subreddits try to protest and threaten their bottom-line. They would rather run a pyramid scheme that's profitable, than address the central governance crisis. You can't "no true scotsreddit" your way out of this issue because it's an overarching issue with the platform itself. Even 4chan has more better protection against influence campaigns, it's pathetic how Reddit's own administration lets itself be defined by it's lowest-common-denominator.
kjkjadksj 1y ago
Small subs are worse than ever IMO. Either totally dead or they hit a critical mass where product shills have come in and established the dogma of the subreddit.
ks2048 1y ago
I don't know if reddit is better than ever, but the continued existence and popularity of old.reddit.com seems to be a sign that it is not well-run. (in the sense of they wrecked their UX years ago and never fixed it).
boramalper 1y ago
> And no Lemmy is not an alternative. Depends on the community we're talking about here but I found Lemmy to be a great alternative for tech communities.
jrvieira 1y ago
> Only if you go there for rage bait content The app is not impartial in the content it chooses to push. I got identified as a target for very specific content and in the context of this discussion, it's the polar opposite of what reddit used to be.

>something most people talk about shamefully, if at all Only if you go there for rage bait content. Small subs are better than ever. And no Lemmy is not an alternative.

karn97 1y ago

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tomhow 1y ago
Please don't fulminate. Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

whalesalad 1y ago

until you get shadowbanned. my 15+ year account is dead because I logged-out of the iOS app and logged-in to the web app on my phone, it triggered the suspicious/spam filter and boom I am dead. tried many times to get it restored, no dice. the funny thing is the only indication that this happened was keybase alerting me that my proof was gone. I can login and use reddit as usual, but nothing I do has any effect. It's like I am in a sandbox. Try to view my profile publicly and it does not exist.

sigmaisaletter 1y ago
I am a serial account-hopper, so this couldn't happen to me, so perhaps I don't understand the point at all. But what is keeping you from making a new account and rejoining the same subreddits, except perhaps losing a hundred million magic internet points?
- 7speter 1y ago
  Usually, if you have an account that old, you built up enough karma, especially in subs you’re a regular on, to speak your mind and absorb being downvoted heavily multiple times over. Its not worth it spending time to be able to do that again on a site that is increasingly astroturfed.
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OsrsNeedsf2P 1y ago

> And no Lemmy is not an alternative. Which is sad - I've been using Lemmy exclusively for 5ish years now and the smaller communities haven't really taken root. Reddit still controls the long tail of internet discourse

bigyabai 1y ago

No, Reddit is still shameful. The central issue ruins everything, moderation is placed on a pedestal beyond reproach even when it's trying to sabotage it's own community! The only point Reddit staff will ever step in is when these subreddits try to protest and threaten their bottom-line. They would rather run a pyramid scheme that's profitable, than address the central governance crisis. You can't "no true scotsreddit" your way out of this issue because it's an overarching issue with the platform itself. Even 4chan has more better protection against influence campaigns, it's pathetic how Reddit's own administration lets itself be defined by it's lowest-common-denominator.

kjkjadksj 1y ago

Small subs are worse than ever IMO. Either totally dead or they hit a critical mass where product shills have come in and established the dogma of the subreddit.

ks2048 1y ago

I don't know if reddit is better than ever, but the continued existence and popularity of old.reddit.com seems to be a sign that it is not well-run. (in the sense of they wrecked their UX years ago and never fixed it).

boramalper 1y ago

> And no Lemmy is not an alternative. Depends on the community we're talking about here but I found Lemmy to be a great alternative for tech communities.

jrvieira 1y ago

> Only if you go there for rage bait content The app is not impartial in the content it chooses to push. I got identified as a target for very specific content and in the context of this discussion, it's the polar opposite of what reddit used to be.