IMHO reddit’s been declining for quite a while. The only reason it was less noticeable was repost/comment bots.
I mean, a subreddit like /r/videos which claimed to have 30 millions subscribers, but the top post would often have no more than 200 upvotes.
Very little original content either. Askreddit is mostly reposts, elsewhere it’s reposts from facebook, twitter and snapchat. You notice the decline less when you’re on reddit daily. Take a longer break, and it becomes more noticeable.
Sure there are less people here, but at least you know you’re likely interacting with a human. On reddit I’d often see people interacting with comment bots who’d copy pasted the top comment.
Pretty depressing if interacting with a bot is what you do to fulfill the human need for social connection and validation.
And on lemmy, a few weeks ago they went and deleted so many bot accounts to prevent vote manipulation that the total number of accounts actually decreased sharply for a few seconds and then continued growing as usual
IMHO reddit’s been declining for quite a while. The only reason it was less noticeable was repost/comment bots.
I mean, a subreddit like /r/videos which claimed to have 30 millions subscribers, but the top post would often have no more than 200 upvotes.
Very little original content either. Askreddit is mostly reposts, elsewhere it’s reposts from facebook, twitter and snapchat. You notice the decline less when you’re on reddit daily. Take a longer break, and it becomes more noticeable.
Sure there are less people here, but at least you know you’re likely interacting with a human. On reddit I’d often see people interacting with comment bots who’d copy pasted the top comment.
Pretty depressing if interacting with a bot is what you do to fulfill the human need for social connection and validation.
And on lemmy, a few weeks ago they went and deleted so many bot accounts to prevent vote manipulation that the total number of accounts actually decreased sharply for a few seconds and then continued growing as usual