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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 139 points 3 weeks ago (61 children)

Makes sense, Reddit feels like a shell of it's former self.

After the apicalypse many subs seems to have died, also the new UI that has been pushed for a decade or so, seems to promote consumption of content and discourage creation of content, further reducing new content.

Reddit has been many, many times by AI companies, why keep scanning if the content stays 98% the same, with most new content being of mostly lower quality, simply due to people posting AI shit.

This was a very predictable outcome.

As soon as Reddit's history got scanned by AI models, it lost 98% of it's future value.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 3 weeks ago (19 children)

Don't forget that you can't use VPN now, use the web version on mobile, and most accounts gets banned as soon as they are created by the automod.

[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

You also cannot view it without being logged in now. Which gets a groan from everyone in chat when a friend shares a Reddit link.

I have no clue why they decided chasing off users and being less useful was somehow going to help them. Particularly when they were the place to go for huge segments of the population.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can without being logged in, but not old reddit. If you’re getting the “join the most alive place on the net” (lol) popup, ublock has optional anti-annoyance filters that fix it.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that pop-up on the "new" Reddit?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeeeh. There’s a “oh you gotta log in” pop up on “new” reddit now, and old reddit makes you log in. Site’s gone to shit

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

LOL, I thought the whole point of this was to encourage people to migrate to the new layout.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Nahhh they’re going full Pinterest “you have to log in to see ANYTHING!” D:

For now, you can still use nü-reddit without an account.

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