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Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

This will be like the YT changes in 2017 only much sharper. The utility of reddit is already dead. The whole point in all of this is to be another mindless zombie platform. The native app and nu(ked) reddit were already like this. Now you won't be able to search and find anything anywhere on the internet unless you are escorted there by an algorithm.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Speaking of: Remember when YouTube was good? When your feed showed you your actual subscriptions, the earlier algorithm was showing you stuff you actually want to see and not 6 late night shows, an ad for YouTube TV, and maybe a decent video essay or two?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Eh, this was already the case on Reddit to an extent, but the point is moderators really carried the platform on their backs and if many of them really do leave then Reddit will collapse as a useful platform with actual discussion.

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