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I went searching for something today and instinctually clicked on a reddit link. Fortunately the sub was dark for the protest anyway, but it's crazy how ingrained in me it is to go to reddit for everything.

Unfortunately now we're going to have to get used to clicking on those clickbait tech articles like "TOP 10 FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVES 2023" to find information, and weed out the crappy blogs.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Really specific issues are more often than not only found in reddit, and that's not even all, for me at least; a lot of those answers in reddit are short and to the point. Sometimes you search for the solution of a problem and find posts on websites filled with irrelevant information that you don't really have the time/patience to read. . .

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm worried, not all but large enough group of Reddit users are already deleting their account, and with that are gone years of knowledge and good answer threads using the tool that retroactively edits your comments.

They have their full right, of course, but it will be a net loss for the future.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There will be archives made available by various groups I'm sure. And that's assuming Reddit doesn't just go undelete all those. Either way I'd guess that certain subreddits/communities will end up finding their new home here or elsewhere and over time the information that shows up on reddit will become more and more stale

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you delete an account now, all the threads it ever commented on will lose context and become useless unless archived already. That's the situation we're in, people are deleting their accounts without thinking about all the content that they have contributed to and destroying it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think their mindset is that they don't want Reddit to profit off of those contributions. I understand that, but personally I won't be nuking my account, even though RiF is the only way I really browse the site.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Agree. Here’s hoping that eventually we shall see the same amount and quality of information in the fediverse.