When the user revolt ends—if it ever does—Reddit’s community won’t ever be the same.

“They’re shooting themselves in the foot,” Mir says. “The content of the users is what makes the platform worth visiting. These hosts kind of run into this confusion that their hosting is the reason people are going there, but it’s really for the other users on the medium.”

  • TechyDad@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I went back on briefly today for the first time to:

    • Make sure I had read all my replies.

    • Check the Boost subreddit to confirm it was going dark at the end of the month. (There was an update so I was wondering if there was some hope of it saying online.)

    • Check is the two subreddits I actually still care about are closed. (One is. Another isn’t.)

    I didn’t read any posts (except in the Boost subreddit to confirm that it was being shut down) and definitely didn’t comment or post anything. After that brief check in, I’m not going back for some time.

    • singularityEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It’s such a waste. Boost was such a good app. The new update is such a nice improvement but I’ve also just used it check the Boost subreddit and to donate for a final time.