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I haven’t been back to Reddit since June. Am I missing anything?
Yeah. You're missing bots regurgitating old posts into new ones, and ai bots responding to that. You're missing the thousands of samesies "What [movie/video game/song] do you like but everyone hates" You're missing obvious troll posts like "AITA for defending my 6yo from nearly being a rape victim?"
I have been back occasionally when searching for some specific thing, and sometimes I checked r/all and my former favorite subs. My overall observation:
Overall, reddit is still useful as an occasional information source for checking public opinion/sentiment on specific things, but for me, it’s appeal as a general “time-waster” social media, where I keep scrolling for an hour and leave comments is gone.
No.
Lots of bots. Lots of reposts. Subs still on lockdown…
Nope.
Reposts, outrage bait, horny bait (98% of OldSchoolCool) and whOleSomE bait
Fuck no
I still use a modded client to lurk on niche subs, but I completely avoid "all"