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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reddit having a huge audiences feels more like a disadvantage than a advantage

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I was on reddit for 12 years. My time spent on that platform and posting directly correlates to when I first found it (posted a lot) vs. when I quit earlier this year.

Reddit in it's infancy was great and the users and the subreddits, with a few notable exceptions were great too.

Once it got too big/popular... About 6 years ago you could note the decline and quality of the posting