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  • amki@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I kinda grew out of it. It was funny when I was an edgy teenager but it got progressively more cringeworthy as time progressed for me, even though the content may not have changed much.

    • darkmugglet@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I stopped engaging with Reddit when meme-ification happened.Wheb it became all about the lolz abd short pithy responses, I started using it to find more interesting articles. Gone are the days wheb the average Redditor would read and make thoughtful contributions.

      • amki@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        That is in part because the reddit algorithm doesn’t like thoughtful contributions. These take time and understanding of the discussed matter. When your metric is positive (upvote) interaction per timeframe you need easily digestable content that people immediately react to. If I have to carefully read and think about the content my vote/comment is far too late to be “hot” on reddit.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah that’s basically it. Bots had overtaken Reddit too and just propagated that problem by re-posting posts/top comments.

      • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        That depended on the subs you were in IMO, there was a lot of that but there were others that still had worthwhile stuff that wasn’t just silly shitposting for fun. Now we’ve got Lemmy though and multiple instances of it!