• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    Founded in 2005 by web developer Steve Huffman and entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, Reddit became best known for its niche discussion groups and its users voting “up” or “down” on the content posted by other members.

    I appreciate this extremely sly shade at Steve Huffman.

    He’s not an entreprenuer because he didn’t do dick between leaving Reddit and coming back to Reddit whereas Ohanian had a few other companies in his back pocket.

    I mean, Ohanian sucks, too, but this sentence is just Reuters kicking dirt in Steve Huffman’s smarmy little bitch face and I’m fucking here for it.

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      8 months ago

      Shoutout to all the tip of the spear folks here on lemmy for devaluing reddits ipo. Even if it makes a minimal dent kudos for taking the more difficult road and standing on principle.

      • Match!!@pawb.social
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        8 months ago

        I’ve tried to go back to Reddit occasionally and it’s garbage, vastly more garbage than I remember last year, from the web design down to the userbase. Whereas I can’t recall a single time I’ve been on lemmy and encountered an [undeclared] bot

        • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          8 months ago

          Just today I noticed how low skilled the reddit base seems to be in my general meme/tech/piracy thrmed feed.
          So many basic questions that could literally be answered by or get a start on from ChatGPT etc.
          Instead they pollute the subs with their low effort requests for help or guidance.

          Example: How to get started on pirating anime.

          That was a legit title…

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            8 months ago

            The younger generation is less tech savvy than the millenial generation who were forced to figure stuff out themselves and didn’t have smartphones.

            I get the idea that a lot of people who emigrated to the fediverse are older and also more tech literate given all the linux memes.

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              8 months ago

              I don’t want to bash those folks that want to liberate themselve but this is either a designed request to engage discussions (state a correct fact, nobody responds vs. state a purposefully wrong fact and everyone and their dogs will come to correct them) or they are literally unable to search google on how to pirate.

              This is like being unable to look up porn by themselve searching “Woman tits naked”.

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                8 months ago

                You have a point. Helps increase engagement, like making a spelling mistake or rage bait.

                Tiresome, but common.