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Reddit no longer the front page of the internet (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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along with the strong censoring that has occurred on reddit throughout the years, they have now removed r/all from the app and while using a desktop/laptop browser. instead of being able to stumble upon new subreddits you never knew existed, it wants to curate what you're allowed to see

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[–] 106 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Using a direct link stopped working today and redirects to your subscriptions. The only reason I looked at Reddit was to go to r/all and sort by new to see what was out there.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I've quit it for all except my reading and writing communities at this point, and only because I haven't found anything comparably sizable. If and when I can, I will be trying to help build up alternatives for those, though. Fuck reddit.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Reddit slowly migrated away from being informational, to being identity based political vitriol. Want to know what's currently happening with the president outside of biased left and right wing media? Too bad, but here's an unflattering picture of him playing golf that we can all rage at, or get banned from 5 different subreddits at once because you don't agree all cops or landlords are "bad".

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    • [–] 43 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    In their path of killing their own brand, amazed they didn't yet fuck over Old Reddit's RSS feeds, or even ax those completely.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    The problem with old.reddit is that it had this Damocles sword hanging over it for almost a decade - it could stop working any day. Plus, many subs don't even cater to old.reddit anymore. It doesn't just magically take over sidebar blurbs, this has to be done manually by mods. Etc. etc.

    Well, thankfully we're all here now.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    reddit/spez probably knows the APP and the new UI is shit , probably why they havnt changed it yet. dont think they even improved the new one at all, if you are using it on your phone/tablet/

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    I'd be willing to guarantee that any Reddit employee uses the old interface when utilizing the site themselves.

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    • [–] 36 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    This is the reason I am trying Lemmy. I just want some un-algorithmatized internet please. Not sure if this is it yet.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I prefer lemmy more than reddit. My biggest complaint is Lemmy can be a bit of an echo chamber, but idk if there's anywhere I can go that isn't

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I think echo chamber is the wring word here so much as humans naturally gravitate into communities and tribes.

    In fact, that was the exact appeal of reddit and Lemmy now. People could foster communities and find likeminded people.

    Survival by the numbers exceeds the fittest.

    One advantage Lemmy has for now is that it isn't under the same corporatisation Reddit fell under.... for now.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I dont have a problem with like minded people. However the echo chamber is the word I meant. Valid criticisms of the popular belief are often downvoted or dismissed. Misinformation is more likely to spread without correction. Sensationalized article titles are likely to be taken at face value without reading even the first paragraph of the article, let alone different spurces of information. People will dog pile and agree with something that isn't even true because it aligns with their existing beliefs. I recognize that's human nature, but that's why it's important to not be so echoey

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    misinformation is more likely to spread without correction

    This hasn't been my experience on Lemmy at all. Misinformation here is usually called out in the first comment, which is counter to what I've seen on Reddit, Facebook, twitter, etc. where people are more interested in making funny quips than actually engaging with the topic.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I don’t have that in Voyager. Maybe try a few other apps and see what speaks to you.

    Reddit was good for niche subjects (certain type of workout, specific sports team), but the overall page became intolerable. I opened it the other day for the first time in a month and didn’t enjoy being fed content and realizing how much of the interaction is just bots.

    Lemmy is quieter, and you’ll get fewer responses. However, the responses you get are generally thoughtful and more likely to lead to a functional conversation. Quality over quantity in my experience so far

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Never heard of Voyager, i'll check it out.

    Was banned on Reddit a few weeks ago and have been trying out Mirage since that but thought i'd give it a go on here also. Can't lie though I don't like the fact I had to hand over my email to get on here. Almost stopped me from going ahead with it. Mirage asked for nada. Prefer it that way. But still keen to see what it's like here too!

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Same here!

    Although i've been trying out Mirage a lot also and been enjoying it. Got banned on Reddit a few weeks back. Seeking a new home. Have been on Mirage since that but thought i'd try it out here too!

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    • [–] 34 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    curate what it wants to show you

    Ads. This means ads.

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    • [–] 32 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It will be a slow and painful death. I abandoned Reddit last year because enshittification. However, some great stuff from there lands here in Lemmy.and my search engine seems to like Reddit info. Not going back, but sentimental thoughts exist.

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    • [–] 31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    Intention driven media consumption is getting killed everywhere.

    YouTube hides your subscriptions from you, the public broadcasting institutions from my country recently netflixified the experience (they try to tell you what you want to watch).

    It's so stupid.

    I had to revive RSS for myself to overcome this. My feed, my decisions!

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    YouTube hides your subscriptions from you

    How do you mean?

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Perhaps they're referring to how YT will overwhelm the Home feed with tons of suggested crap and a few videos from your subscribed channels, instead of the other way around. You can click over to a subscription-only feed, but it's not the default.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Hmm... Fair enough, I wouldn't know because I have history turned off so I don't get a Home feed, I only use the Subscriptions view. That being said - wasn't the Home feed always supposed to be mostly for discovery?

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    • [–] 30 points 7 months ago

    Reddit is not dying fast enough

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (15 children)

    rage baiting on here is exploding. world news and news community are like 75% rage bait with editorialized headline nonsense the past month. and it gets tons of commentary, and if you point out the editorializing and the lies you get downvoted or reported by the delsuional nutbags.

    shit's wild.

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  • [–] -3 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    This comment ironically proves his point

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  • [–] -3 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    If you had a sliver of self awareness, you'll see why you're proving his point. But you don't and you won't, so you'll continue making up stuff about me, this further demonstrating the spirit of his claim.

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  • [–] -4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Lol you're lost

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Looks like I actually need to write it out, how disappointing.

    His point is that Lemmy is full of echo chambers that are filled with ragebait content and editorialized headlines that are hostile to criticism. This is a valid criticism, he's basically calling out disingenuous behaviors. Whether you agree or disagree with his claim is irrelevant, the point is that his claim stands on its own.

    Now instead of addressing his point directly, you decided to attack his character with no proof... which is the same type of disingenuous behavior that he was criticizing. Your own comments prove his point. I pointed this out to you, and you started doing the same thing to me.

    Squirming around about how you're a victim of my male observations is not going to change the fact your flawed counter criticism is just that nor does it invalidate what I said about you.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    I was banned from News, and blocking it was the best thing that's happened to Lemmy. My All feed went from 7/38 Trump posts to 1 out 38 Trump posts.

    The high frequency of simple two sentence comments like, "I bet MAGA is sad right now. XD. Those subhuman conerva-stupids are getting what they deserve," suggests that the perceived popularity might not be real.

    I think this platform would become more popular if political subreddits weren't automatically included in the All feed. There aren't enough people to dilute the propoganda. It gives a bad first impression.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    I just unsubscribed to News myself for the same reason. I do like keeping up with what's going on in the world, but what gets posted is WAY too much politics. It brings in the negativity, and in your opinion that negativity spreads. I read a thread the other day about the Artemis launch and the top comments were all negative. It takes me not want to post or engage.

    I'm going to start browsing only subscribed communities and see if that is any different.

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    • [–] 28 points 7 months ago

    Reddit and Microsoft, competing for the most anti consumer moves in a day. Hope they both lose their market shares.

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    [–] 72 points 7 months ago (12 children)

    https://old.reddit.com/r/all/

    Still working as of posting.

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  • [–] 36 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    I selfishly hope they remove that too. I was booted from Reddit a few weeks ago and now I can only browse old /r. If there is no old /r, then there is no Reddit for me, which would end up being a good thing.

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  • [–] 47 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Can barely even run their bloated modern interface without my tablet browser crashing, old is the only reliable way to use it.

    The modern web is so incredibly shit. I shouldn't need a high end device to browse a web page.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    I shouldn’t need a high end device to browse a web page.

    Some pages, maybe, I could understand. Perhaps an online game or something like google docs.

    But you should NOT need a high-end device to browse a web page of a fucking forum. (Guys, the modern internet was a mistake, let's go back to phpbb.)

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    I was still in that position last year so I get it. Saying I'd never go back if old reddit got shuttered. Don't even really have advice because I think my disgust with the platform eventually became strong enough to override my* habitual urge to keep visiting reddit on the regular.

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    • [–] 24 points 7 months ago

    Oops! All ads

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