I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.
I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.
I also remember constant reminders to vote on the quality of the post, not if you agree or not.
Haha yeah, I don’t know if that disclaimer is still there, but that totally went out the window in the mid 2010s
It’s not and that’s because it’s bad for Reddit’s business model in the short term. If you zoom out this is exactly why reddit is on a nose dive over the last 3 years. More. Shit. Content.
This is what feels the most different between Reddit and Lemmy. On Lemmy downvote means disagree, period. They never even tried to make it mean something else.
I only comment if my perspective is different to other people in the discussion, so my comments usually end up at like -10. It really discourages debate imho. I got rid of my old accounts and just use this one where I politely agree with people.