Reddit is just pissing me off more and more by the day. Every single post (at least a solid 4/5ths of them) ends up getting auto-filtered. Sick of it…

    • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Yeah. It was bad two years ago, and it got worse and worse until I dropped it a year ago. Can’t even imagine (beyond what I’m reading here) how bad it is now.

      • LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        2 days ago

        I left with the api purge, but seeing things here it seems to be much worse. And will continue getting worse, as is the way of for profit platforms like it

    • kutt@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      Most people are still on Reddit, lemmy isn’t big enough yet…

      And it’s a paradox because if we keep using Reddit its user base won’t shrink and people won’t move.

      So what do we do? Maybe keep going there to keep finding these really niche advices or fixes, but without interacting? IDK TBH

      • Murdoc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Think of it like an investment. Right now a person goes to reddit/fb/twitter/etc. because they get a quick payoff. By switching to fedi, you get less of a payoff now, but by helping to build it you get an even bigger payoff later. Anything worth doing involves some kind of “payment” or sacrifice this way. And like other investments, the more you put into it now (with content and getting others to switch), the sooner and bigger will be your payoff.

        But as a bonus, there are immediate benefits to using fedi, so you get to enjoy those right away while you wait.

        • kutt@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 day ago

          That’s a really nice way to put it, thanks!

          Do you think we should completely leave the quick payoff platforms?

          • Murdoc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            1 day ago

            Ultimately yes, but I know that this isn’t always possible. I’ve left reddit completely for here (and yes, there is a lot of fun content that I really miss), but occasionally if I am looking for information and my search turns up little except for a link to reddit, then I’ll go look. You have to judge for yourself how much you can “invest”, just don’t do it because it’s less fun or whatever. And while reading is less of a problem than contributing, the more of that you do there, the less of it you are likely doing here, which diminishes the investment in this platform.