Exactly. It was dramatized and way more entertaining than reality but the premise was based on very realistic scenarios.

I’ve never heard the term sealioning. Is it really a thing?

I don’t think it is, but if you have any evidence to prove it, I’m listening.

Their lighting app is a steaming pile of shit as well.

Now I learn this, 2 months after tossing that platform in the bin.

After years of wondering where the hell the breaking news went…

Progress is forward, not backward.

I’m in the same boat, but rather than just going back to Reddit for those communities, I’ve opted to lose those communities, conversations and information entirely. I will not support their platform.

And I resent Reddit for that in a major way. Fuck them.

We did it Reddit!

/s

I guess I beat reddit then.

Agree completely. It just makes it all sound much more complicated than it is in practice. I’m used to the fediverse now and my eyes glazed over reading all that.

Another issue I have with the article is that he doesn’t even touch on third-party apps, which are abundant and pretty damn robust considering how new they are. The fact that much of Reddit’s self immolation was directly due to their treatment of third-party apps. At least worth a paragraph in my opinion.

Otherwise, nice write up.

I feel the same way and made a post about it yesterday that got hammered with downvotes.

Tidal has been doing that for a while. The hi-fi option is/was double the price of the standard.

Anchovies.

Showing as 12 minutes ago at 11:58 pacific time.

I believe this is the correct and uncontroversial explanation.

Never saw it and have no plans to.

Doesn’t even seem like it was that long ago that I’d be sitting at my desktop, 5+ tabs open. One might be Fark, Stumbleupon, Digg, etc for general shits and giggles, maybe some news. The others were the independent forums I visited every day for my interests where I actually got to meet and befriend some people, regardless of location.

The anonymity of Reddit (which I was cool with) definitely was a shift in what “community” actually meant online.

Consider it a much needed reset.

It’s like twitter but without the bullshit. I’ve never used twitter so not interested in Mastodon, but I’m glad it’s out there.

I gave up on the article halfway through due to the monitor punching and obnoxious ads.

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