cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65113208
I hate that is filled with bots and a lot of garbage and brain dead content from tiktok, instascam and fakebook where videos have added music for some reason with crappy edits where they have to "jingle keys" so they won't lose interest. A lot of people post content without a source "Source!? My dreams bro, that's the source" and karma farm, or posts that are clearly fake rage baits and now they combine all of it with AI to create the ultimate slop.
And on top of all they ban and shadow ban accounts without a reason while actual bots get a pass.
A couple of more reasons on why I hate reddit:
- It's centralized
- It has lots of bots and owners take no action
- Lots of creeps and owners take no action
- They can ban your account for any reason
- They push ads
- They train AI models on our content without giving us anything
- They removed free API access
- Their app is garbage and so is their website
- They can remove and reassign subreddit moderators
- They added karma points
- Lots of stupid achievements
- Non-bot new users get easily banned for being suspected as a bot while actual bots pass
- Their support is garbage
- They don't listen to the users
- Garbage algorithm for recommendations
- Shitty owners
- Garbage Reddit filters that shadowban
- Terrible app/website settings
- Added awards that cost real-life money
- They sell our data for money
- They don't care about fake information and AI content
- Limited settings for subreddits
- Reddit Premium
- Avatar customization that costs real-life money
- Limited accessibility for disabled people (there were apps that were accessible, but they charged money for the API so they shut down, and Reddit didn't implement those features)
- AI search in Reddit
- Ads disguised as normal content
- Buggy app/website
- Pushing games
- Lack of new features
- Private messages can be read
- Specific content can be deleted without reason and removed without prior notice
- Personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling, or AI training
- Personal data is used for advertising
- Data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world
- The stupid "Join the most real place on the internet" banner on the website that appears if you aren't logged in
- Reddit moderators (most of them)
- Reddit's garbage rules
- A lot of reposts
- A lot of AI posts
- They remove my comments without a reason
- Reddit bots
- Changing the UI often and mostly for the worse
- The owners are greedy bastards
- A lot of the community is garbage and supports a lot of AI slop content and/or fake information
- Hard to get API access
- They don't center my PFP, those bastards
- "We have encountered an error" — WHICH ONE?
- Automatically saving my comments or posts to drafts
- THEY KEEP CHANGING AND REMOVING STUFF FOR THE WORSE
Point 1 I'd say is the central point (pun not intended) of all of Reddit's posts.
Most other points you list, you can find on the fediverse too. But there, if a certain aspect displeases you, you either have to endure it if it involves an aspect you want to interact with, or you potentially need to sever a rather big chunk of their network.
Here, specially if you use hybrid platforms thanks to tags besides communities, you get to lose very little in comparison. At worse, make a secondary community if one's not around yet, use tags, and/or post to a miscellaneous/random topics community.
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