Like if I wanted to get the inside facts of “what’s the best mayonaise” I could find it on r/mayo posted 4 years ago.

The best mayo is the one that you whisk at home, using one raw yolk and one cooked yolk (yup). Mash them well together, add a bit of veg oil (just a bit! 1tbsp each time), whisk furiously, repeat until you have the desired amount (~~2 girls for 1 cup~~ 2 yolks for 1 cup of oil seems sensible for me). Then finish off with some salt and a healthy amount of vinegar (it's important to avoid bacteria).

Done. Now you can find "what's the best mayonnaise" in Lemmy too!

I'm half-joking with the above (you mentioned mayo as an example, not the point). I agree with your point - Lemmy will miss that sort of knowledge for some time, while Reddit is drowning itself in a sea of noise.

I still visit reddit is because there was in the past been such a wealth of genuine discussion.

I think I found the cause of the issue.

You are confusing the present with the past.

That link is from 8 days ago... (Seriously, who has given a shit about AV in the last decade?)

Personally, reddit has been a shithole of disinformation since the run up to the 2016 US election.

I gave up on the place then, except for very specific small subs.

See, now I'm curious about the best mayo 4 years ago. Are you sure you're not just astroturfing for Big Mayo?

The hope that Lemmy will grow to be and even exceed what Reddit was at its height is what keeps me coming here. I also have a hard time ignoring the mountain of historical Reddit posts for search results. There's so much knowledge and discussion.

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but it is useful to discuss what’s happening on one of the biggest websites on the Internet

To who?

Anyone here is already well aware.

Those still on reddit? They are not me so I don't care. Personal choice and all that. I am not my brother's keeper.

Those that never went on reddit? It already has a hive of scum and villainy reputation across a lot of other social media and with good reason in most cases.

the rise of AI posts on the internet is a big issue.

Meh. Again that will happen no matter what serious words you want to post here.

We are all along for the ride, none of us is driving.

No, tis a silly place. Best not go there.

Many people predicted that the APIcalypse would make moderation more difficult and that would result in ad bots running wild. However, people didn’t think that the protest would keep on going an Reddit would kick all the dedicated mods out of the platform. The new mods aren’t doing a great job, and that’s why we have all this spam today.

I don't blame them, either.

At the end of the day, moderation on its own is not enjoyable - it's at the best repetitive chores, and at the worst dealing with nasty shit. Usually decent mods still do it because they want to contribute with something or some people. And yet Reddit has been consistently ruining that will to contribute for years, specially during/after the API bullshit.

I’d definitely give up.

I would, too. I gave up for far less than that.