I left a couple of months ago. Couldn’t be happier.

The writing is on the wall. The leader thinks the Genius-with-hair-transplants is a superstar, despite destroying a globally recognised brand. Inspired by this, Spez is trying to get Reddit ready for an IPO. This means, maximise profits by any means.

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    7 months ago

    gentrification of reddit.
    ‘you will all be replaced by yuppies who dont know what privacy is’

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    1 year ago

    If you wanna keep your bookmarks and the subreddits (communities) that you’re subscribed to before deleting your account, I made a free tool to help you store and offload that data.

    It’s called Reddit Account Manager, and it’s 100% free.

    You can also use it to manage your Lemmy account(s), of course.

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    1 year ago

    Ars and Reddit are under the same parent company, conde nast or however that’s all structured. I also have noticed ars seems to write very frequently about Reddit, even if it is usually in a critical light.

    I get mixed feelings about articles like this one.

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      1 year ago

      They spell the correct relationship out clearly in the article:

      Advance Publications, which owns Ars Technica parent Condé Nast, is the largest shareholder in Reddit.

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    1 year ago

    I guess they didn’t make API millions by charging usage fees? Scraping the bottom of the barrel now while people use the site less and less.

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      1 year ago

      I still use it, just far less, only really for a couple of subreddits that just don’t have the same experience here. The mobile app is so shit though that it forces me not to use it on my phone!

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    1 year ago

    whats wrong with personalized ads? is it much different from booking different TV channels for different audiences?