Reddit didn't kill Digg, Digg killed Digg.
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2024
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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
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.
Definitely. I guess they are still refraining from killing it as they know it might be the last straw
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
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.
I paused this video to go delete my Reddit account. It is done.
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.
Capitalism, and the profit motive. Pretty clear.
The need for infinite growth and the capitalistic drive to ensure that happens at any cost.
lemmy and mbin will benefit from this
"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.
It seems to apply to social networks as well 😀
You know what else looks like a crab?
Gotta put that mic down, bro.
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.
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Cant see the video