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Dead reddit theory (reddthat.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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Random Rant: I feel like reddit died after they banned all the "unmoderated" communities. All the posts became sanitized. Now reddit is adding AI and streaks and NFTs to keep people on a platform that has no more content.

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[–] 82 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I was a daily redditor since mid-2011, but I had no issue dropping it the day they announced the third-party api changes and came over to lemmy soon after. I could see the writing on the wall with that change.

So glad Boost exists for Lemmy.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Same! Boost Is definitely the best ive found. Even the free version is incredible the ads only apear in a tiny box at the bottom in the comments section. Super unintrusive, I supported Immediately after testing out other options and landing back on boost.

    I just wish they could somehow implement saving posts and going back through upvoted content similar to how it worked on reddit, but i understand that there are probably technical limitations and less financial insentive.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    the ads only apear in a tiny box at the bottom in the comments section. Super unintrusive

    …You folks tolerate ads? Just use Voyager. It has post+comment saving, and no ads. It even has user tags.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I tried voyager, Its missing post viewing modes that I loved from boost and baconreader. I do not tolerate ads that is slander lol, I did a 1x payment to support the devs and now dont get any ads, If they update voyager with the features i need, Ill do the same.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Try Summit, at this point it's a pretty effective boost killer and also foss.
    It's developed at a high pace (which is why it reached boost killer status quite recently imo) so if you miss any feature you can request it and probably see it added in a week or two.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    I got Boost once they released the Lemmy version, and then I got one single PragerU ad. That pissed me off, a lot, those shitheads are my enemies. I basically coin-flipped between picking a different app that wouldn't give ad space to those pricks, and just buying the ad-free thing, but laziness prevailed and I bought the thing instead. Still on Boost to this day.

    Fuck advertising, the entire advertising industry, and the plain concept of forcing your brand in front of a person's eyes non-consentually, should all disappear in the future.

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