Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious
3 years ago by L4sBot to c/technology
Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious::undefined
I have 3 reasons I still visit... But I am cutting back.
My local subreddit is still way more active than the equivalent here in the fediverse (but I do get to interact with some familiar usernames in the local Lemmy community)
It's still a decent news aggregator, IMHO, ahead of Lemmy for keeping up with what's going on in the world at a high level
NSFW content is still lagging behind on Lemmy, as well .. I'm using a revanced app and I'm a mod of my own private sub so it still works but I fully expect this to be killed in the near future... In fact, I fully expect that by the time a reddit IPO happens they will have completely killed all the NSFW subreddits (even on the official app and desktop browser)
The site is definitely in a death spiral but, as of today, I still find it useful for certain things.
Fuck them though... They won't get a dime in ad dollars from me and the demise can't come soon enough at this point.
That #1 is close to my own reason - a few small communities I'm part of, with very little fediverse activity.
Always using an adblocker of course, having one is basic internet safety, and it reducing reddit's profits is a nice bonus.
Myself, I still see reddit when I'm googling for something (e.g., I used it yesterday to find where to go next in a game I was playing, as I was stuck and it seems many people got stuck in the same spot). Reddit is useful as an archive of information in that way and Lemmy isn't active or searchable enough for that yet (plus I didn't want to ask a question and wait -- I wanted to get my answer immediately).
As well as to read discussions of stuff like the ending of a video game or movie. Again mostly because reddit has dozens of threads for basically every single video game, movie, TV, etc (including those that predate Lemmy). I love reading user discussion after I finish something. But I am trying to start conversations about that here, too. If anyone wants to discuss Horizon Burning Shores or Final Fantasy XVI, I made threads about them (which... I was gonna link to, but I can't find -- the posts section of my profile is empty and I can't easily find them when searching...).
EDIT: the FFXVI post is https://lemm.ee/comment/940061
I am there only because I feel obliged to finish my artwork series for people- but after that, bye bye reddit.
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Dude, this is just laughable. For those who are left, what are you sticking around for?
Also, here’s my theory: these idiot product managers, fresh outta b-school didn’t think to interview their most engaged users. Instead, they randomly polled people. That’s the only way I can fathom their takeaway from users was “it’s too much clutter” instead of, “this drives engagement”.
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