▲ 399 ▼ Reddit imposes new restrictions on Old Reddit - Engadget (www.engadget.com) submitted 1 month ago by ardi60@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 89 points 1 month ago (15 children) Why are we still caring what Reddit does? permalink fedilink source hideshow 15 child comments replies: [–] zd9@lemmy.world 109 points 1 month ago (6 children) Reddit is fantastic for certain niche communities. On the whole, it fucking sucks, but it does contain so much helpful info because it just brings people together over a specific topic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (5 children) There is literally nowhere else I can go for live game threads for sports as good as reddit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago I dunno, being in a reddit thread for a big game isn't really much of a discussion. It's just flowing text like Twitch chat. Exciting maybe, but I don't think it's all that valuable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) not that it's much of an improvement but there is Discord. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soggy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago It's not an improvement at all, Discord is actively terrible for any community bigger than about two dozen people and I hate that it has taken the place of traditional forums. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Glowstick@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 child) There are so many of those. Literally just search the term sports forum, and there are millions of them that have extremely active threads for all games permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago Millions of them? Give me your top 200,000 permalink fedilink source parent [–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago Because when Reddit fucks up those users will look for alternatives, like Lemmy. In this case it's important to highlight that Lemmy has many different front ends and apps available. Lemmy can look however you'd like it to look. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AgentSeven@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 month ago (3 children) Because realistically I can only scroll on Fedi for maybe 20-30 minutes in a day before I've seen everything and if I have more time to kill, Reddit is there. Although I don't comment there at all anymore, it's truly worthless for conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* You could always post content here yourself you know. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Muffindrake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* And the alternative to Lemmy is what? Viewing the same content of fifteen years reposted by a bot every once in a while, and having your discussion subverted by bad faith actors and bots? I definitely don't feel like using Reddit much anymore. Most of my time is spent in a particular programming subreddit to answer such fruitful questions as 'what is a function' next to master thesis-worthy posts, which is entertaining I guess. Reddit said a long time ago there were no plans to change availability of the HTML version of the website, and I suppose now there are plans driven by unscrupulous shareholder interests. The lion's share of people are still on that platform, and those should be slowly nudged away from that burning garbage heap. It would be both tragic and hilarious at the same time if the mention of Lemmy caused the platform to ban you instantly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago Why not try Duolingo or something? Or a crossword? The NYT app lets you play some games for free. permalink fedilink source parent [–] X@piefed.world 8 points 1 month ago Because to forget it is to repeat it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago I like to keep track of enshittification in general. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shweddy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Fuck reddit but r/gunpla is 100x better than c/gunpla permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zd9@lemmy.world 109 points 1 month ago (6 children) Reddit is fantastic for certain niche communities. On the whole, it fucking sucks, but it does contain so much helpful info because it just brings people together over a specific topic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (5 children) There is literally nowhere else I can go for live game threads for sports as good as reddit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago I dunno, being in a reddit thread for a big game isn't really much of a discussion. It's just flowing text like Twitch chat. Exciting maybe, but I don't think it's all that valuable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) not that it's much of an improvement but there is Discord. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soggy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago It's not an improvement at all, Discord is actively terrible for any community bigger than about two dozen people and I hate that it has taken the place of traditional forums. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Glowstick@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 child) There are so many of those. Literally just search the term sports forum, and there are millions of them that have extremely active threads for all games permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago Millions of them? Give me your top 200,000 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago (5 children) There is literally nowhere else I can go for live game threads for sports as good as reddit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago I dunno, being in a reddit thread for a big game isn't really much of a discussion. It's just flowing text like Twitch chat. Exciting maybe, but I don't think it's all that valuable. permalink fedilink source parent [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) not that it's much of an improvement but there is Discord. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soggy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago It's not an improvement at all, Discord is actively terrible for any community bigger than about two dozen people and I hate that it has taken the place of traditional forums. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Glowstick@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 child) There are so many of those. Literally just search the term sports forum, and there are millions of them that have extremely active threads for all games permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago Millions of them? Give me your top 200,000 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago I dunno, being in a reddit thread for a big game isn't really much of a discussion. It's just flowing text like Twitch chat. Exciting maybe, but I don't think it's all that valuable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) not that it's much of an improvement but there is Discord. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Soggy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago It's not an improvement at all, Discord is actively terrible for any community bigger than about two dozen people and I hate that it has taken the place of traditional forums. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago It's not an improvement at all, Discord is actively terrible for any community bigger than about two dozen people and I hate that it has taken the place of traditional forums. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Glowstick@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago (1 child) There are so many of those. Literally just search the term sports forum, and there are millions of them that have extremely active threads for all games permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago Millions of them? Give me your top 200,000 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago Millions of them? Give me your top 200,000 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago Because when Reddit fucks up those users will look for alternatives, like Lemmy. In this case it's important to highlight that Lemmy has many different front ends and apps available. Lemmy can look however you'd like it to look. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AgentSeven@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 month ago (3 children) Because realistically I can only scroll on Fedi for maybe 20-30 minutes in a day before I've seen everything and if I have more time to kill, Reddit is there. Although I don't comment there at all anymore, it's truly worthless for conversation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* You could always post content here yourself you know. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Muffindrake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* And the alternative to Lemmy is what? Viewing the same content of fifteen years reposted by a bot every once in a while, and having your discussion subverted by bad faith actors and bots? I definitely don't feel like using Reddit much anymore. Most of my time is spent in a particular programming subreddit to answer such fruitful questions as 'what is a function' next to master thesis-worthy posts, which is entertaining I guess. Reddit said a long time ago there were no plans to change availability of the HTML version of the website, and I suppose now there are plans driven by unscrupulous shareholder interests. The lion's share of people are still on that platform, and those should be slowly nudged away from that burning garbage heap. It would be both tragic and hilarious at the same time if the mention of Lemmy caused the platform to ban you instantly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago Why not try Duolingo or something? Or a crossword? The NYT app lets you play some games for free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* You could always post content here yourself you know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Muffindrake@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* And the alternative to Lemmy is what? Viewing the same content of fifteen years reposted by a bot every once in a while, and having your discussion subverted by bad faith actors and bots? I definitely don't feel like using Reddit much anymore. Most of my time is spent in a particular programming subreddit to answer such fruitful questions as 'what is a function' next to master thesis-worthy posts, which is entertaining I guess. Reddit said a long time ago there were no plans to change availability of the HTML version of the website, and I suppose now there are plans driven by unscrupulous shareholder interests. The lion's share of people are still on that platform, and those should be slowly nudged away from that burning garbage heap. It would be both tragic and hilarious at the same time if the mention of Lemmy caused the platform to ban you instantly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago Why not try Duolingo or something? Or a crossword? The NYT app lets you play some games for free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] X@piefed.world 8 points 1 month ago Because to forget it is to repeat it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago I like to keep track of enshittification in general. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Fuck reddit but r/gunpla is 100x better than c/gunpla permalink fedilink source parent