Is it me or Reddit is starting to malfunction and getting worse? More errors, bots, and the gradual decline of the platform itself. Parts of it don’t work on some days, and it’s starting to feel like it’s falling apart.
I dunno why y’all still use Reddit honestly. I follow this community to watch people slowly come to the realization it’s time to leave.
I do still search for Reddit posts when looking for opinions about products, solutions to technical problems, etc - much as I don’t want to use the platform, the quality of content is generally much higher than Quora, the Microsoft Forum, and other open discussion hubs.
I refuse to be an active user, though. I know it needs to make money, but fuck their attitude to their users and moderators.
let that hellhole fall apart
I sadly had to get a Reddit account just a few weeks ago, I am an IT technician and needed help from the sysadmin subreddit for a work question.
But after rejoining after more than a year away from the site, it has clearly seen a huge decline, way less people post less content, the content that is posted isn’t as interesting as it used to be.
These kind of comments remind me of the days before the digg exodus
No offense but I’ve seen this exact thing being said for like the past 10 years lol.
There was never a viable alternative before now.
I’m not convinced the fediverse is a practical alternative for the masses to move to, at all.
I think Lemmy is better anyway with a smaller user base.
lemmy is but one small corner of the fediverse
Yes I am aware of that. I was indeed talking about the fediverse as a whole and not just Lemmy. That’s why I said I’m not convinced the fediverse is a viable alternative.
i feel the opposite. the point of the fediverse is mass expansion.
youre right, the fediverse is not the solution for a small community. you want small, phpbb is ready for you.
The point is mass adoption. The reality is that it’s not ready or not current feasible for mass adoption.
Starting to? ROFL!
It’s like 75% bots and is mostly run by mods that didn’t want to give up that last sliver of authority they got to pretend to have.
Granted, lemmy is no better unless you like teenagers misinterpreting socialism and manufacturing outrage…
Lemmy is not malfunctioning like Reddit is. It is not reliant on a dogshit mobile app that constantly breaks down; it is not overrun by reposts; it has no excessive advertisements. And there is far less manufactured outrage and misinterpreted socialism on Lemmy. And that’s not even getting into the fact that is is an app. Hooooooooly shit, I just hate apps on a smartphone as a maxim. That tiny fucking phone screen makes writing comprehensively, and citing sources, like trying to stack d10s using woolen gloves. It has all sorts of trinkets and rewards for browsing the damn app too (I suppose the admins know they have to goad you in), and any third-party apps trying to solve these problems were left without support. “No better” my fucking ass.
