SNOOcalypse - document, discuss, and promote the downfall of Reddit.

ill update with more info about how it goes, for now heres the site

Why does reddit often have at least 1 semi long thread with all of the posts deleted?

Excerpt:

Most major subreddits show a decrease of between 50 and 90 percent in average daily posts and comments, when compared to a year ago. This suggests the problem is way fewer users, not the same number of users browsing less. The huge and universal dropoff also suggests that people left, either because of the changes or the protests, and they aren’t coming back.

Honestly I'm not sure where best to discuss this but I've been seeing a crazy rise in astroturfing lately.

A couple examples I've found that are boggling my mind: Antivirus https://old.reddit.com/r/GettingOverItGame/comments/165kgw7/best_antivirus_reddit_recommends_in_2023_for/ Here is a niche gaming subreddit crosspost of a post on a user whose posts are kinda... sus? They all seem like shit copy written by AI.

I mean who says

Reddit, with its vast user-driven content and unfiltered opinions, is a goldmine for genuine reviews. If you're searching for the best antivirus Reddit users vouch for in 2023, you're in the right place.

Hella questionable.

And the links? 1: removed post. 2: Links thru some redirecter that are all to the two VPNs being advertised by the post.

I mean it's obviously an advertisement just from the fact that only the two shilled services are linked to.

Another example: https://old.reddit.com/r/Spyware/comments/159e2te/what_is_the_best_antivirus_of_2023/

Same products. Same links to only the shilled products. There's also links to trustpilot but I did a bit of digging and it seems that they're like yelp in that you can get reviews removed? sigh.

What I find interesting here is the fact that this spyware subreddit is new and tiny, and one of the moderators made this veryyyyy similar AI post.

I mean it even has almost the exact same "Other Subreddits to _____ Antivirus Software" section.

Frankly I'm wondering if I should break the links just so they don't get extra weight on search engines.

I've also seen tons of sock puppet accounts for crappy dating apps, but honestly I'm more of a lurker and I've ran out of energy to write anything else here 😌

The outcome was predicted by plenty users in this community, but now the news are noticing it.

Relay was (yup) one of the third party apps that survived the API-calypse. But this sort of model is unsustainable in the long run, given that the competitor (the broken native app) is free and unlimited.

The obvious future monopoly of the broken native app is bad for the platform in the long run, given that Reddit always sucked off ideas from third party apps; and now there's no incentive whatsoever to make it better, after Reddit Inc. killed the better competitors.

Reddit will turn into modern Digg due to removing features. Can't wait for them to remove the downvote!

The title is a bit clickbaity but the article is worth a read. To keep it short:

• large subreddits stopped protesting
• 1.8k subreddits are still in the dark, but those are rather small
• [from the article] "Though the Reddit team likely caused permanent damage to the platform and its relationship with users, Spez got his way. But that victory might not mean much."

IMO it was a Pyrrhic victory. Sure, the protests ended, and most users are still stuck in that shithole... but the reputation damage won't be reversed, Reddit managed to seed its competitors (as this one) with the necessary userbase to make them functional, and odds are that Reddit will keep going in its death spiral. And that doesn't even take into account the amount of bad press that it generated, that will hurt IPO numbers for sure.

I'm sharing this here mostly due to the "official" labels. Excerpt from the text:

“Starting today, we’re beginning early testing of placing a visual indicator on certain profiles to provide proof of authenticity, reduce impersonation, and increase transparency across the platform,” a Reddit admin (employee) wrote in a post. “This is currently only available to a *very* small (double-digit) number of profiles belonging to organizations with whom we already have existing relationships, and who are interested in engaging with redditors and communities on our platform.”

At least for me this looks like a really poor attempt to attract content creators into the platform, while shifting its focus from the content created and shared by the users to the users themselves, as in more typical social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok). It's bound to fail - what made Reddit desirable for the users was the content that they shared among themselves, unlike in Twitter where a few personalities can "anchor" the rest of the userbase.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2171622

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2171485

https://old.reddit.com/r/place/comments/159lmhp/maybe_the_real_friends_were_creations_made_along/ (Archive)

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You'd think in 16 years they'd have understood.. well.. anything, really.

This community grew far more than I expected. That's great, but a single mod for such an active comm is a liability, plus I want to nurture a few other comms. As such, I'm recruiting new mods.

Does anyone volunteer? Potential new mods should:

• be already active members of this community;
• have spare time to browse, comment, and post in this community fairly often;
• have decent reading comprehension;
• be able to dialogue with other members of the community, in a respectful and cooperative way;
• not be moderators of a large number of other communities.

[EDIT] Two important details:

1. You do not need previous experience as a moderator!
2. I'll still be actively moderating this community, alongside any newcomer. Don't worry, I'm not abandoning it; I'm just future-proofing it.

Im sure theyre going to find the perfect mods

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/233339

Comments from the original poster:

Not much else needs to be said tbh. Fuck Spez. // Edit: Not sure why imgur marked the album as NSFW, but there's nothing NSFW in it other than the name of one of the mods including the word "removed"

Personal comment: the critter isn't even dead but the vultures are already flying in circles around it. I certainly do not envy their situation, I bet that the users will treat them like shit.

This article covers mostly the recent events, where Reddit tries to gaslight the mods into a "we need to talk". As well as r/place opening.

I'm posting this here as it documents that the media already took notice of the hostility towards Reddit and Reddit Inc., including in r/place, even if the admins are trying to control the damage in it by screwing with the message.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/930912

This is the user's 3rd post. Let's see how long before that is also taken down! 🤣

Screenshot:

Long-screenshot:

Edit: Seems like Lemmy just compresses long-screenshots, so here's imgur link:

https://i.imgur.com/3hrxeXt.jpg

Original post (this is the 3rd post, it was too late for me to see the other 2 posts):

https://old.reddit.com/r/place/comments/155emuz/so_i_cant_even_post_about_the_abuse_going_on_here/

Archive:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230721110216/https://old.reddit.com/r/place/comments/155emuz/so_i_cant_even_post_about_the_abuse_going_on_here/

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-landed-gentry-18237821.php

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/reddit-makes-no-apologies-but-offers-disgruntled-mods-feedback-sessions/