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3 months agoIf you stick it out here for long enough, three things will change.
- You’ll begin to really like it here. It’s different but it grows on you, and it’s growing with its users.
- Your addiction to these noticeboard-type socials will dramatically reduce. There’s something about Lemmy that’s less addictive in a good way.
- You’ll eventually go back to Reddit and see it with new eyes, realising just how quickly it’s dying.
Well, I disagree. I didn’t touch Reddit for a year and finally went back about a month ago.
• THE ADS. Fuck me, the ads now!
• The corporate plug-ins. I had a legit, verified business comment on my post and then PM me after it.
• The videos freeze more often than makes me comfortable clicking on them.
• The pop-up trash now; “follow this”, “click here”, “did you know”, “ICYMI”. The U.I looks like Yahoo’s home page now.
Is it dying? I don’t know. Is it exhibiting every square inch of desperation, turning the corner from what was once cool, to what is now every pixel monetised and sponsored? Yup!