My crystal ball tells me that removing old.reddit.com will be Reddit's digg-v4 moment (that is if management doesn't dream up a reddit-v3 with the same original taste but more ads).
Any long time users of Reddit I will continue to welcome with open arms to their new home they may find in the Fediverse.
I watched five minutes. That, and the few minutes I'm taking to write this, is about all the time and mental capacity I can care to afford Reddit now.
I'm so glad to have places like Lemmy and Mastodon and the individual forums where I can exchange ideas with others. Reddit has become a pile of dung over the past five years. It's just full on nonsense and lies and rage bait. I was tired of calling people out for their misrepresentation of the facts and their twisting of the truth to fit their narrative. Although, I realize this is certainly not a Reddit-centric problem. It's just the place I hung out the most where I was most exposed to it.
Carcinization is an example of a phenomenon called convergent evolution, which is when different groups independently evolve the same traits. It's the same reason both bats and birds have wings. But intriguingly, the crab-like body plan has emerged many times among very closely related animals.
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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works · 54 pts · 2y
Reddit didn't kill Digg, Digg killed Digg.
pendulum_@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
And it was a barebones alternative to Digg when the exodus did happen.
It grew, and it did good things. But yeah, Ozymandias happens again and again
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 49 pts · 2y
My crystal ball tells me that removing old.reddit.com will be Reddit's digg-v4 moment (that is if management doesn't dream up a reddit-v3 with the same original taste but more ads).
Any long time users of Reddit I will continue to welcome with open arms to their new home they may find in the Fediverse.
Blaze@dormi.zone · 14 pts · 2y
Definitely. I guess they are still refraining from killing it as they know it might be the last straw
ardi60@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 2y
if they delete old.reddit.com and new.reddit.com by make sh.reddit.com as a default UI. I might need to leave reddit
oxjox@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 2y
I watched five minutes. That, and the few minutes I'm taking to write this, is about all the time and mental capacity I can care to afford Reddit now.
I'm so glad to have places like Lemmy and Mastodon and the individual forums where I can exchange ideas with others. Reddit has become a pile of dung over the past five years. It's just full on nonsense and lies and rage bait. I was tired of calling people out for their misrepresentation of the facts and their twisting of the truth to fit their narrative. Although, I realize this is certainly not a Reddit-centric problem. It's just the place I hung out the most where I was most exposed to it.
loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 2y
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
It's unfortunate it went this way. I don't know why these sites always end up eating themselves but I'm very glad not to be there anymore.
Cowbee@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 2y
Capitalism, and the profit motive. Pretty clear.
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 2y
lemmy and mbin will benefit from this
pivot_root@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
DaveX64@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
"Eventually, everything becomes a crab"
Carcinization is an example of a phenomenon called convergent evolution, which is when different groups independently evolve the same traits. It's the same reason both bats and birds have wings. But intriguingly, the crab-like body plan has emerged many times among very closely related animals.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-animals-keep-evolving-into-crabs/#:~:text=Carcinization%20is%20an%20example%20of,among%20very%20closely%20related%20animals.
It seems to apply to social networks as well 😀
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
Taleya@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
You know what else looks like a crab?
ephrin@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
Gotta put that mic down, bro.
kometes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yeah, if you are going to hold a mic, get a real one that is meant to be held. I don't know what that mic in a cup thing is even.
PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks · 4 pts · 2y
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/watch?v=KMdgNlB7MjM
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 2y
Cant see the video