Reddit’s getting more popular—and profitable (arstechnica.com)
from shish_mish@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 2024 20:47
https://lemmy.world/post/21455351

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1984@lemmy.today on 30 Oct 2024 20:55 next collapse

Bad guys always win outside of movies I guess.

Telorand@reddthat.com on 30 Oct 2024 21:03 next collapse

Yep, not an unexpected outcome. Enshittification usually has a direct correlation with profitability; most people simply love being the product, because the alternative takes a little effort.

Reddit is still hot garbage, though, and that fact is only growing worse according to my friend group that still goes there on occasion. I much prefer Fedi.

Gingerlegs@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 2024 21:05 next collapse

I was A member for well over 11 years. I handed off subreddits, deleted all my content, then deleted my account.

Never been back other than when it pops up to a very specific question I have. Even then, if I can find the answer somewhere else I will.

alekwithak@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 2024 21:08 next collapse

That’s lame

Badeendje@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 2024 21:12 next collapse

I have no clue how people use reddit anymore. If I open the app I am greeted with an unrecognisable mess of stuff I never asked for. Sorting is fucked, my frontpage contains stuff I don’t care for and everything seems to be yelling at me for attention causing me to close the app again.

helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 2024 22:40 next collapse

I remember trying to convince a book sub that “two weeks” is not enough time to stop putting everything behind a spoiler tag/spoiler free titles.

Their argument “don’t come here and you won’t be spoiled”

Meanwhile, Reddit is like hey you want to read this random post from a sub you unsubscribed from last month when the new book came out? its called “thoughts on Wally-Woo’s death”

pycorax@lemmy.world on 31 Oct 2024 03:18 next collapse

There’s still third party apps on Android that still work once you patch in your own API key and on the web, old reddit still works.

itsJoelle@lemmy.world on 31 Oct 2024 12:35 collapse

For me it’s the constant suggestions of other communities and posts on my feed of joined subs.

Next thing I knew my feed was slowly filling up with rage bait, which I never had a problem with a third party app, and I’d close the app angrier and outraged than when I started.

It’s nicer here, lol.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 2024 21:28 next collapse

No, it’s not. They are just making money by selling it to anyone who will buy. Any alternative that doesn’t do that will immediately take all their traffic.

mannycalavera@feddit.uk on 30 Oct 2024 22:21 collapse

Want this supposed to be that alternative?

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 2024 22:48 collapse

Not really. It’s not an easy barrier to entry.

atrielienz@lemmy.world on 30 Oct 2024 22:28 next collapse

How much of the traffic increase is bots. Because we still don’t have those numbers and I still don’t believe this is anything but bot influx and reddit grifting using ads.

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 31 Oct 2024 00:34 next collapse

I don’t care what they do as long as they do it over there.

capuccino@lemmy.world on 31 Oct 2024 00:39 next collapse

I thinks it’s because youtube, you know? Some guy with AI ‘write’ something, post it, and then another guy, with AI, takes that text and make a video with an AI voice.

reddig33@lemmy.world on 31 Oct 2024 00:48 next collapse

Proliferation of bots ≠ popular.

jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works on 31 Oct 2024 11:27 next collapse

Reddit was never “mainstream social media”. Annecdotally, I have heard more people referring to Reddit in casual conversation so maybe it is becoming more widely accepted.

If that’s true, then I still have no regrets about leaving. If I wanted to look at a news feed full of hot garbage I would have stayed on Facebook.

moseschrute@lemmy.world on 10 Nov 2024 15:43 collapse

For me, there are just a few communities that are missing (or too inactive) here. For example, r/homekit. That being said, I haven’t made much of an effort to post, so I’m part of the problem.