Exactly. It was dramatized and way more entertaining than reality but the premise was based on very realistic scenarios.

Their lighting app is a steaming pile of shit as well.

Now I learn this, 2 months after tossing that platform in the bin.

After years of wondering where the hell the breaking news went…

Good writeup, but a few things I’m taking away from it.

1. I’ll say it again, fuck RedditCorp.

2. A recurring theme I’m seeing in these articles is the framing of it as a RedditCorp vs mods issue. I was just a user. Yes, the mods got screwed hard here, but so did any casual user who relied on well-designed apps to allow them to access and participate in the discussions they cared about without being clotheslined by an ad every 5 seconds. This is as insulting to the users as it is anyone else.

3. It’s been mentioned by a few others but why did they choose Discord? This article points out the flaws with it, all of which would be resolved by migrating to Lemmy/Fediverse. I’m not a user of Discord or Reddit, so I’m not tuned in to their reasoning.

4. Related, another article that gives no mention to the incredible growth that’s happening over here. Maybe that’s for the best, but a little exposure couldn’t hurt. I know all of my niche equivalents over here are silent.

5. Shoutout to Guy in the article, most of the things he said are 100% spot on for members of any passionate community. I hope more people who continue to use that one outdated site read this article and finally ask themselves, “Why the fuck am I still sticking around this place?”

We did it Reddit!

/s

I guess I beat reddit then.

I wonder if the people who either linger out of hope or don’t realize what is going on have been around the internet long enough to have seen this happen before.

Many of us have seen this happen over and over and over. There’s nothing surprising about it. Yes, your go-to favorite website will fail you.

Decentralization helps, but I can’t imagine shit won’t hit the fan at some point in the future.

13 or 14 years here. I didn’t delete my account but I don’t even want to give them the traffic from going back to see my join date.

Agree completely. It just makes it all sound much more complicated than it is in practice. I’m used to the fediverse now and my eyes glazed over reading all that.

Another issue I have with the article is that he doesn’t even touch on third-party apps, which are abundant and pretty damn robust considering how new they are. The fact that much of Reddit’s self immolation was directly due to their treatment of third-party apps. At least worth a paragraph in my opinion.

Otherwise, nice write up.

Good on ya for never using the app. Only reason I did was because I was an Alien Blue guy. They gave free premium to all AB users for a long time so I never saw the ads and didn’t know any differently.

When that expired I def got punched in the face with subversive ads and it was bullshit. That was when I switched to Apollo.

These ads I’m seeing now are the modern equivalent of popups. It’s Reddit’s fuck you to me which I’ve returned in kind.

Totally hear you and maybe that is the case. It was just jarring seeing an ad the size of my phone screen every time I went into a sub to leave.

No thanks. Good riddance.

Tidal has been doing that for a while. The hi-fi option is/was double the price of the standard.

Really. The linked thread has so much, “If you don’t do these x things, we’re going to be really upset.”

Come on. Cut the fucking cord.

I’ve yet to see an instance owner/admin behave in such a way to deserve such a gesture. It’s nice.

Meh, never seen it so less inclined, but I still like the idea. Thanks for the heads up.

According to the website, it’s been completely drawn and is done.

Either Lemmy is late to the game or ai knocked it out before we could contribute.

That’s a big one. Good for them but I do hope they find their way to a federated instance eventually.

Well, with many of the site’s top contributors having left, much of the more informative content can then be written by Reddit’s own AI. Throw in a few bot upvotes for visibility and watch the tips come in from the remaining people who don’t have a clue what’s going on.

I could see that bringing in revenue. That’s money straight from the users into Reddit’s pocket.

I gave up on the article halfway through due to the monitor punching and obnoxious ads.