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[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 160 points 2 years ago

I'm so tired of seeing people talk about this guy here.

[-] arefx@lemmy.ml 75 points 2 years ago

Reddit is like the ex they cant get over. Lemmy is reddit now.

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 48 points 2 years ago

There was a lot of talk about Fark on Digg, and about Digg on reddit. It's just the Circle of Life.

[-] ProphetAlex2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago

It was a lot like a proto reddit. They made a bunch of changes to monetize and there was a mass exodus to reddit

[-] Matt_Shatt@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

15 years ago it was THE place to mindlessly scroll and see cool tech articles and other things. Before they got greedy.

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Oh that I wish it were. Lemmy is improving, but it does not even approach the quantity and diversity of content Reddit has.

[-] yiliu@informis.land 18 points 2 years ago

I'm finding it better. Yeah, there's less content and diversity, but the quality feels a lot better. I'm interested in a much larger share of the posts I see.

[-] moobythegoldensock@geddit.social 6 points 2 years ago

Same. I sort Lemmy by new and like most of the posts. On reddit, new is all AskReddit drivel.

[-] Nomadiscussion@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

True, l just post something to seed some data

[-] ellesper@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I specifically joined Lemmy to get away from Reddit. Why does everyone constantly want to talk about Reddit? There are much more interesting topics out there, folks

[-] TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Catharsis and Schadenfreude (two very, very good words)

[-] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I didn't care for it while I was a reddit user. The guy literally doesn't care if you post 'fuck /u/spez' randomly in a comment section. Why let the guy live rent free in your head when you can step away from his domain and influence and never bothered again?

[-] Bonzo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Remember to downtime the post. The doots work both ways.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nah, I decided to not downvote anyone on lemmy. Only upvotes. We need more positivity in our lives.

[-] zav@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yhea it just seems bitter

[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 77 points 2 years ago

For a person everyone seemingly hates you guys sure do talk about him a lot. I'd much rather have my feed filled with content that's not about Spez, Elon, Twitter, Reddit etc. Just move on already..

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 42 points 2 years ago

Seriously y’all sound bitter as fuck. Like being obsessed with your ex.

The fastest way to kill Reddit is to stop talking about it.

[-] hanke@feddit.nu 19 points 2 years ago

I believe the people still ranting about Reddit just have not yet given up their hope in returning there some day when Reddit has "learned their lesson".

For some, Lemmy is just a temporary protesting statement.

[-] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago

Because I have my doubt that Lemmy will come close featurewise for now. The whole search engine issue for Lemmy content (right now it sucks to Google for topics) and lack of GDPR compliance (deleted isn't even deleted), as well as visible votes to everyone (it's currently only hidden in the UI but everyone could see the names of user who voted up and down), are three issues they need to solve.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

There's a bunch of schadenfreude in there, too.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 76 points 2 years ago
[-] antygon@startrek.website 50 points 2 years ago

Why not start with editing this post and adding his name in brackets?

[-] dolla@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Lol the irony

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Mod of /r/Jailbait?

[-] lurkandtwerk@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Huffman is just an empty suit. His purpose is to take the flak for all the unpopular changes that the money people want him to make.

He'll probably be gone within 2 years, get a nice payday, and never have to work again.

Focusing your ire on Huffman specifically plays right into Reddit's hands. And spamming "fuck u/spez" everywhere just makes those of us who oppose the direction that Reddit has taken look like petulant children to neutral observers.

[-] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

He's the founder. He wants to cash out. He's doing anything to get there.

That's more than just an empty suit. Someone with a backbone would have gone a different direction

[-] lurkandtwerk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

He's a founder who already cashed out years ago—before being brought back to give the money people a credible figurehead.

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago

Probably would have made sense to use his real name (Steve Huffman) in the title, Mr Jackmeehoff

[-] itsmistermoon@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Or at least in the post description lol, thanks to you I know his name now.

[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago

We should forget about our ex (Reddit). Lemmy is our new boyfriend/girlfriend. We should cherish her/him and give her/him some good lovin'.

[-] yiliu@informis.land 13 points 2 years ago

Instructions unclear...I've made a mess of my phone

[-] unwinagainstable@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Forget everything about this guy

[-] apex32@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

You mean like Brock Turner, the rapist?

[-] PhoenixRising@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Brock Allen Turner the Convicted Rapist. He's tried going by "Allen Turner" before.

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Can we please get over reddit and spez and move on. All the reddit content is making Lemmy much less fun to be on.

[-] Xepher@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Uh huh. So what's his name?

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Fart Huffman

[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] megane_kun@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Also known as Scumbag Steve Huffingman.

[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

His real name, Hugh Jarsol.

[-] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[-] Javish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

His name is Robert Paulson.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Samuel Pezmonger is a whole butt!

this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
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