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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform (techcrunch.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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[–] 17 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I still read some niche subs from time to time, but I don't post or vote on anything any more. It could just be confirmation bias, but the comments do seem to be more full of assholes than before the API change.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Not that it's not confirmation bias but I can confirm what you're seeing.

    They lost a lot of active, enthusiastic, altruistic friendly people. I don't think they've drawn in worse people, but there are less nice voices to balance out the vitriol. Under the circumstances there's also less downvoting toxicity.

    I'm pretty sure it's a real thing but how much it's felt probably varies community by community.

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