Nearly 20 years on Reddit. I survived the Digg Wars, API/RiF fiasco, and the infiltration of bots.

But I am so done with the anti-user direction Reddit has gone. So here I am.

Thanks for curing my reddit addiction, spez.

It’s quite a shame that the vast majority would rather stay on a platform that hates its users than come here, but I guess that’s how humanity works

Time to log out from reddit.

Hello guys, thats why I got Lemmy since I have read that today!

Maybe don’t hand out bans like a single old lady on Halloween. I got banned for saying we need to punch all Nazis.

I can log and read a source for some tech help, then leave immediately. If you want engagement, unban everyone and return to the wild west.

“We’re making the change because it’s better for user experience, better for our ads business, is more in line with safety regulations, and more protective of Reddit data,” he explained.

According to Huffman, Reddit has grown to the point where personalization is increasingly necessary to help users find relevant communities and discussions.

In short- we can’t datamine you if you’re not logged in, we can’t build a behavioral profile on people without accounts, we lick the boots of governments that’ll demand ID checks age verification, and it makes it harder for AI bots to scrape the site without paying us. Really there’s no downside to anyone at all, it’s a win-win. Oh it’s bad for users and bad for the Internet? Is that important? Those groups don’t pay us, right?

You can’t even find news on reddit anymore. Who gives a shit.

According to FediDB there has been a 1.7% growth this month. Meaning 244,051 new accounts have been created on fediverse on the past 30days. Almost 250thousand people in a month. I’m sure this is completely coincidental

It’s becoming a “fuck this I’m going somewhere else” experience.

As crazy as it may sound, Reddit is a treasure trove of information, especially when it comes to niche technology stuff. Would be a shame for them to lock it all behind accounts, and in my case age verification.

it might as well have been already, if you use a VPN you’re surely accustomed to the Fedora Teletubby

It’s a shame because it’s genuinely a useful repository of information. I wish infinite humiliation and discomfort upon Reddit’s leadership.

A moment of silence for those gooners who, for one reason or another, need to goon anonymously…

I just came here from there. Reddit is getting weird AF

I guess I kind of understand why companies want you to be logged in to engage with their platform, as the user metrics are the main selling point to advertisers, but man do I really fucking hate it when a platform forces me to log in by preventing me from using their website. So much so, that I haven’t made an account on Instagram or X or Facebook or whatever dumb social media platform specifically because I can’t browse without signing up. Well, that, and also the greed, the lack of privacy, the tacit endorsement of fascism, et. cetera.

No, I don’t want to make an account.

No, I don’t want to download your app.

No, I don’t want to turn on notifications.

Gah, fuck off with all this horseshit. The internet used to be fun. Now everything is a chore and nobody does anything unless they feel like they can make a profit off of it.