jackmeehoff@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoWe should start calling u/spez by his real name. Because most people won’t know who he is if he shows up somewhere else in future.message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down155
arrow-up1478arrow-down1message-squareWe should start calling u/spez by his real name. Because most people won’t know who he is if he shows up somewhere else in future.jackmeehoff@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squarearefxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73arrow-down9·11 months agoReddit is like the ex they cant get over. Lemmy is reddit now.
minus-squareEncode1307@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·11 months agoThere was a lot of talk about Fark on Digg, and about Digg on reddit. It’s just the Circle of Life.
minus-squareProphetAlex2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoWhat was Digg?
minus-squareEncode1307@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·11 months agoIt was a lot like a proto reddit. They made a bunch of changes to monetize and there was a mass exodus to reddit
minus-squareMatt Shatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months ago15 years ago it was THE place to mindlessly scroll and see cool tech articles and other things. Before they got greedy.
minus-squarederf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·11 months agoOh that I wish it were. Lemmy is improving, but it does not even approach the quantity and diversity of content Reddit has.
minus-squareyiliu@informis.landlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·11 months agoI’m finding it better. Yeah, there’s less content and diversity, but the quality feels a lot better. I’m interested in a much larger share of the posts I see.
minus-squaremoobythegoldensock@geddit.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·11 months agoSame. I sort Lemmy by new and like most of the posts. On reddit, new is all AskReddit drivel.
minus-squareDisplay Name@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoTrue, l just post something to seed some data
Reddit is like the ex they cant get over. Lemmy is reddit now.
There was a lot of talk about Fark on Digg, and about Digg on reddit. It’s just the Circle of Life.
What was Digg?
It was a lot like a proto reddit. They made a bunch of changes to monetize and there was a mass exodus to reddit
15 years ago it was THE place to mindlessly scroll and see cool tech articles and other things. Before they got greedy.
Oh that I wish it were. Lemmy is improving, but it does not even approach the quantity and diversity of content Reddit has.
I’m finding it better. Yeah, there’s less content and diversity, but the quality feels a lot better. I’m interested in a much larger share of the posts I see.
Same. I sort Lemmy by new and like most of the posts. On reddit, new is all AskReddit drivel.
True, l just post something to seed some data