p5yk0t1km1r4ge ,
@p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

Nobody uses reddit. The exodus did more damage than people thought. This doesn't surprise me.

starman2112 ,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

I mean a lot of us still use reddit, you can just ignore the main site and focus on your niche communities

BilboBargains ,

Which is exactly what an NPC would say.

starman2112 ,
@starman2112@sh.itjust.works avatar

Or someone who likes specific things? Show me the thriving Haibane Renmei community on lemmy

Obsessed with this comment rn. Like having interests that aren't the front page of reddit is NPC behaviour? Make it make sense

gandalf_der_12te ,
@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I think it was a joke...

BilboBargains ,

I like your comment and I was just trying to make a lame joke that obviously didn't land. We rarely know who we're talking to online. The joke could be on me.

BonesOfTheMoon ,

I will use Reddit for real search results sometimes, but I'm done reading it in general and here is partly why.

GrindingGears ,

I've been using reddit a bit the past couple weeks, it's getting pretty dry in the fediverse, especially for local content. I got permabanned from our local Reddit communities thread over literally pretty much nothing about a year and a half ago, basically questioning a power mods opinion on something, and then after getting temp banned, asked what the heck like if you aren't agreeing with me just respond with something, and then I got permabanned.

Anyways I wrote them a kind note today asking to be unbanned, as it is a pretty big sub (343k users for a city of 1.5M), and a good source of information. Told them like look, I'm pretty boring and I can behave, like could you prevent me from having to create a new alt account and let's let bygones be bygones?

The response I got was really condescending, they banned me from mod mail, and basically it was just a really weird response. All they had to say was no, thanks, and I would have moved on with my day. I think some of the mods are suffering from some pretty serious mental health issues these days, if not a god complex in the slightest. Reddit is a really really unhealthy place, and thankfully those people reminded me of that. I quickly deleted the app from my phone, and I think I'm done for good this time. The fediverse may be drying up a bit, but at least most of the people on it can behave like adults.

p5yk0t1km1r4ge ,
@p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world avatar

Idk if it's drying up just because it's slower with responses. I think we're just used to the reddit shitbots constantly responding to us on reddit. The slower pace is better because here, there's actually people responding, not bots.

force ,

Never trust a default username

[adjective] [noun] [3-4 digits] is always a sign of bad news, on social media and Xbox Live

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

I don't know about that. I now stick to default names after HR told my department to help them identify some leakers on reddit.

BadmanDan ,

Reddit perma banned for criticizing Israel

Shyfer ,

This is incredible. Like, it was always obvious from a gut feeling or seeing comments reposted in the exact same thread, but this makes it even more obvious.

Carighan ,
@Carighan@lemmy.world avatar

That's why you ignore all comments from usernames that are like the default ones. Has been that way for a long time, tbh.

gandalf_der_12te ,
@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

IMO the only way to not be infected by bot content is to not be popular, or small enough to be irrelevant.

mPony ,

Popularity is overrated. Irrelevance is freedom.

nichtsowichtig ,

I wonder what the fediverse's answer will be to this problem once it gets popular. Will instances that has a lot of bot content be defederated? some kind of fedipact against bot (unlabled) content?

SuddenDownpour ,

Just said on a Reddit r/worldnews' thread that the subreddit has been astroturfed for years, as a response to someone wondering how could people in the comments be wishing for more innocent Palestinians be killed, and surprise surprise, I got instabanned. The site is becoming a façade of a fake reality in far more ways than one.

LustyArgonianMana ,
@LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world avatar

I was permabanned from r/worldnews for saying we should give free meals to kids at schools here instead of wasting money blowing up other country's kids.

DAMunzy ,

To be fair, I sound like a bot sometimes.

DAMunzy ,

To be fair, I sound like a bot sometimes.

DAMunzy ,

To be fair, I sound like a bot sometimes.

Tixanou ,
@Tixanou@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, sometimes I sound like a bot too.

Tixanou ,
@Tixanou@lemmy.world avatar

Ah, gotcha! Sometimes it's easy to slip into a more robotic tone, especially when we're focused on conveying information efficiently. But hey, that's part of the fun, right? We're all just doing our best to communicate effectively, whether we're humans or bots.

DAMunzy ,

I blame my AuDHD 🧠

EmptySlime ,

TFW the memes are embedded so deeply in your ADHD brain that you end up sometimes basically just becoming a Markov Chain chat bot.

Divine Light Severed: You are a Flesh Automaton animated by neurotransmitters.

Anticorp ,

The internet is full of bots, Reddit is no exception. Believe it or not, neither is Lemmy.

SlothMama ,

The internet is full of boobs, Lemmy is no exception. Ripley's Believe It or Not, neither is your mom.

Please don't think this is actually hateful porfis

GrindingGears ,

More and more lately, I've been thinking about maybe we aren't really meant to be this closely linked together. Like what if everyone just stopped using social media, like it got banned or whatever. Would the world be a better place? Sometimes I wonder if the answer to this would be yes.

limelight79 ,

You may be right. But there is a good aspect to social media - for example, I own a very rare vehicle, with less than ~1,400 made in the 90s (and who knows how many are left). Before social media, we were all isolated from each other, but now we exchange a lot of advice and tips for upkeep and repairs. It has been a lot of help.

A friend of mine uses reddit to keep up with small sub for people with a specific medical condition. Nowhere else was she able to find that kind of support or information.

That's the great side of social media - connecting people who were otherwise isolated (mostly because of geography). I don't know if these benefits outweigh the costs, though.

iterable ,
@iterable@sh.itjust.works avatar

Not just Reddit every website I go to now I see this. Even on official game forums like World of Warcraft. Using to promote content or advertise in a way that tries to be organic.

tacosplease ,

My favorite are the YouTube comments saying to follow Jesus or whatever regardless of the actual content of the video. Who is that even for? LOL

Veraxus ,

Clearly, the algorithm thinks you need Jesus.

irreticent ,
@irreticent@lemmy.world avatar

It has seen your search history and is worried for your soul.

TheDeepState ,

Dead internet.

iso ,
@iso@lemy.lol avatar

Interesting 🤔 Can you prove that you're a human?

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

I can't get the captchas with the motorcycles, ever. I thought i was human but captcha dont lie

TheDeepState ,

Can any of us?

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