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Are we likely to see another large-scare exodus to the Threadiverse as reddit begins rolling out age-verification worldwide? (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 123 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Reddit is 80%+ bots so I don't expect those accounts to shift platforms. But I do imagine some former reddit users will trickle over as it continues to alienate its fanbase with stupid choices like getting rid of old reddit.

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  • [–] 61 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Most of Reddit's users do not post, comment, or even vote.

    Reddit's product is the ability to sell people the perception of a natural conversation between two ordinary people on the internet, where the conversation is shaped by corporations and state agents.

    Actual ordinary people get in the way of that. Reddit does not want users.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Most of Reddit's users do not post, comment, or even vote.

    Tbf the 90-9-1 rule applies everywhere on social media, ostensibly including here though many claim to have merely lurked there yet actually talk here. But we may still have a 51-48-1 distribution here?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Can attest to that. I tried starting a new reddit account with an anonymous email just to talk to people. Apparently reddit assumed I was a bot and shadow banned me within a week. Never had that with any other emails.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    It's a lot of dead internet with most posts being dredged up reposts and celeb gossip/worship (which has gotten way worse btw). It's starting to resemble instagram "memes' and the nerdier shit is definitely coming over here.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    istg, what's with all the harvesting they've been doing of cat pictures over there?: 11 hours ago, 5 hours ago, 5 hours ago, 6 hours ago, 26 minutes ago ...

    It can't all be karma-farming.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Man you’ve got to be logged in to Reddit to see old Reddit now. The vast majority of us can’t see that.

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