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[–] sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

The interesting thing is that it does not look like a permanent/always thing. A couple of days I also got these Pop-Ups (which you can circumvent by using "Desktop-Mode" in your mobile Browser) but I do not get them anymore. Is some kind of A/B testing ongoing or did they remove the changes?

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 21 points 2 days ago

It's just websites. I'm not downloading your shitty app to look at your website. That's what a browser is for.

[–] sevenoverthree@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I just got banned for saying that I look forward to watching leopards eat James Comey's face. They took it as a literal call for violence. The only thing that doesn't make it perfect is that it wasn't on r/leopardsatemyface.

I would say reddit has fully gone to shit, but somehow I think it still has a ways lower to sink.

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[–] user_aready_exists@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you paste this into your my filters tab on Ublock Origin, it'll block the element blocking you from the page, but yes that's why I made a Lemmy account, because fuck reddit.

reddit.com#?##app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-seo:remove() reddit.com#%#//scriptlet('prevent-addEventListener', 'touchmove', 'preventDefault') reddit.com#%#//scriptlet('remove-class', 'rpl-scroll-lock|scroll-is-blocked', 'html, body', 'asap stay') reddit.com#$#html, body, shreddit-app { overflow-y: scroll !important; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch !important; touch-action: pan-y !important; overscroll-behavior: auto !important; }

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[–] Karmanopoly@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Reddit needs to die like digg did

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 387 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (18 children)

It will well and truly be dead and gone once old.reddit.com stops working. It remains the one good way to view the site, regardless of device.

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 186 points 4 days ago (25 children)

My theory is that they realize that a significant number of power users on the site are still using old.reddit.com, so they are keeping it going because getting rid of it would turn the website into a ghost town. They will continue to push their app and new website because they can push more advertising through it to the people that are just there to consume.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 64 points 4 days ago (40 children)

You think there are still redditors around?

I think it's just troll farms and bots. Every once in a while someone stumbles into the site and says something. THEN there is a whirlwind of answers/speculations/theories/lies.

A.I is running the show. If I use a certain word or phrase I get filtered. If I say the exact same thing without those "catch phrases" then I see a few votes.

I treat the site as a test site for trying language that gets PAST the trolls.

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[–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

Reddit really sucks. Once you get one temporary ban, the automated system really fucks you at any point in the future.

[–] MithranArkanere@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Good.

The more of this they do, the more people move to federated sites.

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[–] ArchsageRamases@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Any websight pushing stuff like this I refuse to use. I use a degoogled phone so many apps don't work and I use the web browser.

[–] The_Cunt_of_Monte_Cristo@lemmy.world 150 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That dumbass app was enough reason why I'm here.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd say it's responsible for at least 75% of us being here!

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[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 125 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I will not install their app. Period.

[–] DrSoap@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I hope it ends up pushing more people here!

[–] fizzbang@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] biscuit@lemdro.id 187 points 4 days ago (8 children)

The enshittification continues.

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[–] diplomatic_immunity@lemmy.zip 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (19 children)

I hate reddit. They blocked all of my accounts for no reason. And they're so vague explaining why, and when I tried to appeal, the whole site crashed. Literally joined Lemmy yesterday.

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[–] berno@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Fuck Reddit, fuck spez, fuck all the mods on that site. Nuke it from orbit

[–] Thegreatface@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

lemmy is way better than reddit

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's way worse for hobbies that aren't Linux and normie-interest things like sports. Even things like Magic: the Gathering or the NFL or gardening have almost no traffic here.

yeah there are still some communities on Lemmy that couldn't migrate from Reddit, and it sucks to have to return to Reddit to participate with them

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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 days ago

Garbage takes itself out, lol.

[–] dhruv3006@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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[–] WhisperingEye@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This was the push I needed to delete my reddit account and I did it yesterday

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This is what finally did it? I stopped mine when they killed anything but their shitty app, but also when it became clear just how "freedom of speech" they weren't.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (4 children)

So did most of us. No reason to be hostile to someone who took more time but still committed. The day they monetized the API was the 3rd best day. Today is the 4th best day.

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[–] Arrandee@lemmy.world 96 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Maybe its too on the nose to say so on Lemmy, but fuck Reddit right in the earhole. Their pearl-clutching, risk-averse, pro-corporate moderation-bot and tattle-tale system was the last straw.

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[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 49 points 3 days ago (15 children)

You guys are still using reddit?

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[–] searabbit@piefed.social 63 points 3 days ago (6 children)

"These users are already familiar with Reddit and we've seen that the experience is much better for them in the app. The app offers a more personalized experience and users can more easily find communities that match their interests."

Lmao. The personalization is exactly what I don't want, so fuck off. Also, it's pretty easy to circumvent. I'm sure there's multiple ways, but I just go to old reddit.

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[–] jiggerbyte@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago (7 children)

f*ck reddit but i miss the steam and steam deck subreddits

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[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

the humble "request desktop site" button

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[–] AlJones@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thats why I'm back here 🐱

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[–] lavander@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (4 children)

If only Lemmit accepted new subreddits, this would have been a no-issue…

I’ll miss some subreddits 🤷‍♂️

[–] doenietzomoeilijk@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There's other instances, and you can interact with subs on other instances just fine. That's the whole point of activitypub. So if you really miss those subs, maybe see if they're available on other instances?

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 49 points 4 days ago

Reddit is a shit hole.

[–] Naich@piefed.world 57 points 4 days ago (15 children)

It's pushing this user to not use them any more.

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[–] lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's crap like this that's the reason why I started looking for alternatives like Lemmy. Reddit is getting a little too big for their britches.

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[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Their app performs worse than running their website on Firefox. That's a technical feat of its own.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Their app being so bad is the only reason third party apps were even a thing. The official reddit was just unusable on mobile.

It is the only social media that had a significant user base using third party apps.

The same is true for the search. You had to use their party (google) search engines to search for something on reddit.

Not even the desktop website is good. I don't even remember the name of the extension, but that one extension that every power user had brought many simple features that reddit didn't add after years of existing.

Their multiple redesigns were universally hated. The reason they haven't shut down old reddit is because a non-insignificant amount of traffic uses that frontend, even though it is 2-3 redesigns old.

Basically anything that reddit did was shit. It only was popular because the core features worked and were free with very little ads. And it had a massive (and active) user base that posted content, so basically every google search contained a reddit link with a decent answer.

[–] Phantaloons@piefed.zip 22 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Good idea, Reddit.

opens redreader

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