Does anybody feel like the quality of reddit has already dropped massively?
I see a lot of comments from bootlickers on how the protests are dumb and stupid and dont work and engagement metrics are still holding but the quality of posts and comments has noticeably depreciated imo. So much so that whenever I visit the site Im actually shocked at how bad it is.
I popped over there after my suspension expired, and... yeah? A little bit. I don't know if that boils down to my resentment for Lemur Boy or if it just started to suck after we all left. The whole thing feels insincere, corporate. The heart's not there.
I've found that the quality of Reddit comments has degraded over the past few years, with lame jokes and low-effort regurtitated talking points getting upvoted to the top of most threads. Which is fine. I'm full of lame jokes. But it's just not what I'm (mostly) interested in.
KBin, Lemmy, et al. seem to be better but also suffer from a lack of any commentary, interesting or otherwise. I expect that'll get better as more people engage over here.
On the other hand, I haven't been back to Reddit much since the great unleavening.
I'm only still keeping my reddit account for one private sub and an ongoing commission, but I realized a couple hours ago that I'm so used to Boost and it's so convenient that I could not even find my messages to this guy.
They weren't in the chat window with everyone else. There was no other button that I could see. After some fruitless fumbling, I literally had to Google how to check my damn inbox on a site I've been using for nigh on six years and I'm very grumpy about that. So I have that to look forward to if they don't turn out to have a discord or something
I noticed the same thing. I was on Reddit for a good 12 years and the quality was getting worse for years, but it's really dropped off since May 30. There are noticeably fewer big posts on r/all and there's hardly any new or interesting stuff. It's reposts, Twitter screenshots, stuff from Tiktok and Discord, complaints (think mildlyinfuriating, AITA, Doordash), and rate me requests. And Facebook type things, like "here's what my kids did today." The bright spots in the sea of trash are gone.
Kbin, Lemmy, and Tildes have been filling up with the good stuff I missed from Reddit. A month ago, it was a little slow here, but not anymore.
Could be that the posts were always that bad, but now your perception is being colored by the current events. It's certainly possible that a lot of the better contributors have left, though, or at least are less active.
Havnt checked so honestly wouldn’t know. Now that I think of it, it’s kind of crazy that Kbin replaced it so easily for me and I am on it far less (which is a good thing tbh).
It’s also testament to how good the experience here has been so far. And how crap reddits response as been.
Bro I swear I have been going through a lightweight meltdown after quitting Reddit cold turkey. I’m glad I found this place.
It really wasn’t giving me anything other than a few cool random factoids a day and a lot of distraction. Those were really the only positives any more.
I can already tell that my overall mental health is getting better (you know with some rough patches of course). I’m reading and working on projects again. I accidentally beat the new Zelda game halfway through the game.
On another hand I’m actually sleeping properly… I’m reading real news during lunch, learning Spanish.
Reddit was fucking sucking my soul up or something. I guess it was just such an easy time sink to turn to that I never really got anything done anymore. It feels kinda creepy reflecting back. You’re giving them subscriptions and all that so that they can dark pattern you into sticking around.
Thats what makes this place special. For now it’s just social and people talking with people. Until the advertisers figure this out I’m gonna really enjoy it.
TBH, the only times I've visited since this whole thing began have been from Google searches. I miss a couple of subs, but I think Lemmy/Kbin will fill that void in due time.
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