I was 2006 adopter when Paul Graham dropped a link to it on his website. I was there before the original programming subdomain Reddit and even before they supported picture thumbnails. I’ve seen its wild mutations over the years. Bacon, narwhal, Mr Splashypants, Colbert name dropping, the original video IAMAs, the jailbait fiasco, spacedicks, random celebrity users, the redesign from hell, etc etc.
I left.
It was a good site for a long time but after being on Lemmy for a while I can see a clear difference in experience and now I realize Reddit has been bad for a while. Terrible discourse, lowest common denominator posts, and falling into the trap of continuous engagement just to get the next hit of dopamine. Honestly, spez ruining the site has been good for me personally.
I’m proud of our rejection of a commercial online experience. This is the thoughtful community I want to be a part of. This feels like the Internet of the late 90s in terms of authenticity. With its revival with the Fediverse I’m hopeful that these types of communities will forever be part of our digital experience.
As much as Steve has already shown he's willing to lie outright (especially we characterizing his talks with the Apollo Dev) I really can't put it past Reddit to lie about the mods "encouraging" porn posts.
Eek! the Cat (1992) (youtu.be)
Sound Off: How many 10+ year redditors have left the site?
I was just browsing a thread on c/nfl looking for new mods. There were multiple 12+ year Redditors there offering to help....
so much action (lemmy.sdf.org)
Herman's Head Intro (youtu.be)
It's happening... (lemmy.sdf.org)
new lemmy users rn (lemmy.sdf.org)
The Brothers Grunt MTV Bumper (youtu.be)
Reddit's response about the actions they took against the subreddits (note: r/mildly interesting DID NOT encourage nsfw content and their suspensions and removal have been revoked by a diff admin)
Pure Moods CD Commercial (youtu.be)
A little sketch from a Winslow Homer piece
https://lemmy.sdf.org/pictrs/image/98c311e7-2760-412f-b476-968b5fd4fcad.png
PSA: Many Lemmy instances are currently experiencing massive automated sign-ups (bots)! If you run an instance with open sign-ups, please read!
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/177673...
I've seen our future (lemmy.sdf.org)
Riker Googling (botsin.space)
GUNTRON (lemmy.sdf.org)
7 Ways to Maximize Misery 😞 (youtu.be)
AT&T "You Will" Commercials (youtu.be)
The man can't catch a break (racer.com)
Reddit forcibly breaks strike (youtu.be)
The entire quali grid behind Sainz (lemmy.sdf.org)
It's inevitable (lemmy.sdf.org)
I see your Mighty Max and raise you a Poly Pocket (youtu.be)
Dave Bull Carves Hokusai's Picture Book of Everything (youtu.be)
Eddie Izzard's Tale Of Wisdom (youtu.be)
traps are fun (lemmy.sdf.org)
just a little bit, as a treat (lemmy.sdf.org)