#Reddit is taking that #enshittification route, preparing to kill their free API with minimal notice and strand users and developers of third-party clients in order to push their awful first-party app.
The community-based connections have been one of the most meaningful things to me about the online world since the start. I came up through BBSes, Usenet, email lists, web forums, and all-in-one sites from Livejournal to reddit. To this day I have online and offline connections and really close friendships I treasure which started on each of those, but when something is no longer fun I've always been ready to stop using the damn thing and move on to the next place.
What's the next one after reddit for varied community-based forums gathered in one feed? Anyone use or hear of any good ones? Is a fedi version a pipe dream?
I don't use Reddit much. But I can't help but closely follow cool little weird niche subreddits for stuff I love-- mainly the PS2, Wii, Looney Tunes, and Disenchantment ones. 😂
After a year of using reddit, this is my conclusion:
there are people, agents, who put a minus on the post rating so that you do not advance higher. It can be other developers, or paid anti-promo services.
They are afraid that your post will start to gain rank and reduce their views
I see it all the time... not only in my posts. And last year there was an offer from such an agent
#SoundCloud peeps! Just discovered the tags on SoundCloud actually matter (thought it was pretty much dead based on some #Reddit convos we had). Make sure that you are using good ones everybody so your awesome tracks get listened to
@Em0nM4stodon I wouldn'tt delete my account but the same applies to pretty much any online account, really.
I have, however, almost completely switched to using #Mastodon but for some stuff #Twitter is still pretty vital for me.
For example situations where I need to know if a service is down since some companies only share this information on the #BirdSite. Not even #Reddit had mentions on the downtime yet at that point.
Mastodon NEEDS to improve its global search (without hashtags as well)
In the beginning of 2010 I was registered to over 150 social media sites. The rise of the social media were exciting times. There were rarely any algorithms, no TikTok, no Instagram for Android, no ads on Twitter.
However, over the years everything went to shit. The social media sites died one by one and couple of the dominating players slowly shifted to platforms where your data was no longer yours, where you were the money machine. The sad thing is, most of the people didn't even notice this change.
I've been using #Reddit more. I loved StumbleUpon.
I have spent more time on my @Flipboard#Android app now that you can use it as a #Mastodon client. At least an hour a day. I used to do my Flipboard reading on the weekends. It's the 4th most used app on my phone now.
— Decentralized
Like #Mastodon, #Bluesky intents to be decentralized. This means that not Bluesky as a company will be part of it, but others can also join in.
The exciting part is that this is happening on multiple levels: where your data is stored, and how your feed is composed for your timeline.
Note: Right now the devs are working hard on making this happen, while currently everyone invited is on the same server.
@volkris yeah #Bluesky removes the high dependency #Mastodon has on instances, and their admins and moderators. Mastodon feels pretty much like a #Reddit or Internet forum to be honest.
The divide they made at Bluesky, to give ownership of your data back to you is conceptually just better. Others can filter out, but not control you. So there can’t be an instance dispute about moderation, or instances being nuked along with your online presence.
I've just done an experiment that shows that #mastodon is vulnerable to the same bad incentives as any other #socialmedia platform e.g. #twitter or #reddit
I posted this stolen meme about #AI and #ChatGPT :
#Reddit and #Twitter are calling #AI companies to pay premiums when they train models on “their” users. It is becoming more clear than ever that you are the product of these companies if you use them.
It's easy to say "you should leave politics out of D&D" for people whose very existence hasn't been forcibly politicized. Even if I didn't play trans PCs, as a trans woman my very presence at the table is political. 1/4
The poster claimed to have "strong feelings" but apparently not strong enough to keep them from hanging out with a Republican regularly for a year. I couldn't feel comfortable doing that for 5 minutes because Republicans want people like me dead. 2/4
When you break bread with bigots, you show them that there are no social consequences for their bigotry. And you show marginalized people that you can't be trusted, because you care more about your social bonds with bigots than you do about the victims of that bigotry. 3/4
Between this and the ongoing changes on Twitter, and upcoming changes on Reddit, I hope it's becoming ever more clear that we can't rely on profit-driven corporations when it comes to maintaining our public commons.
"Imgur, an image-hosting site that has been one of the web's go-to spots for linking hi-res images since 2010 [...] intends to remove "explicit images" and "old, unused, and inactive content" as of May 15."
I’m still salty about the Reddit API changes coming down the line. That means third party apps will require a subscription. That also means that I leave #reddit. I’ll still try to subscribe to a few sub RSS feeds but I’m sure they will yank that too.
Where else will I get awesome and funny doggo pics/vids? RSS feeds are not a pleasant experience like Apollo but it will do I guess.
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Schwartz
The Internet’s Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the basic internet protocol #RSS to his co-founding of #Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet.
This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.