along with the strong censoring that has occurred on reddit throughout the years, they have now removed r/all from the app and while using a desktop/laptop browser. instead of being able to stumble upon new subreddits you never knew existed, it wants to curate what you're allowed to see
Using a direct link stopped working today and redirects to your subscriptions. The only reason I looked at Reddit was to go to r/all and sort by new to see what was out there.
I was afraid of that. I still occasionally browsed r/all on my PC after work. I'm not interested in their latest or popular pages. I'm tired of algorithms deciding what I should read or watch.
Just let me discover stuff, damn. :(
The techbros: No.
reddit.com/r/All can still get you to the r/all page, but its all old stale content now and no longer updating
Still working as of posting.
I selfishly hope they remove that too. I was booted from Reddit a few weeks ago and now I can only browse old /r. If there is no old /r, then there is no Reddit for me, which would end up being a good thing.
Can barely even run their bloated modern interface without my tablet browser crashing, old is the only reliable way to use it.
The modern web is so incredibly shit. I shouldn't need a high end device to browse a web page.
I shouldn’t need a high end device to browse a web page.
Some pages, maybe, I could understand. Perhaps an online game or something like google docs.
But you should NOT need a high-end device to browse a web page of a fucking forum. (Guys, the modern internet was a mistake, let's go back to phpbb.)
I was still in that position last year so I get it. Saying I'd never go back if old reddit got shuttered. Don't even really have advice because I think my disgust with the platform eventually became strong enough to override my* habitual urge to keep visiting reddit on the regular.
Old Reddit is better.
I've been banned twice this week (so far).
One for pointing out there will be a rise in terrorism against the US for their actions in the middle east.
Another one for saying Pam Bondi is such a hated public figure she's never going to be safe in public again.
Neither of these comments violate any rules. They are not calls to violence.
I know how to circumvent Reddit's methods for keeping banned users off their platform and I know how to check if I've been shadowbanned. Most people don't. So they're undoubtedly bleeding users at this point due to their automated bot banning garbage. People must be getting auto-banned left and right for things that are clearly not violating policy. And those people aren't going to come back. I know how to come back and I'm almost done with putting the minimal effort into it.
Reddit is crashing HARD. And I'm totally into it.
It's actually really hard to come back.
I tried a number of ways, but they have always detected me within hours
But aside from using a completely fresh device ,a good vpn, and making entirely new emails ...they will detect you right away
It is somewhat sad to see slow death of such old platform.
I'm OK with it at this point. Its run its course.
Imagine if only Reddit wasn't a US company and had more chances of surviving the total eshittification happening in the whole country.
I'm imagining Lemmy.
They did it to themselves. Poor management.
It was always going this way when IPO was announced
In their path of killing their own brand, amazed they didn't yet fuck over Old Reddit's RSS feeds, or even ax those completely.
Not to worry, it's on their roadmap
This is the reason I am trying Lemmy. I just want some un-algorithmatized internet please. Not sure if this is it yet.
Same here!
Although i've been trying out Mirage a lot also and been enjoying it. Got banned on Reddit a few weeks back. Seeking a new home. Have been on Mirage since that but thought i'd try it out here too!
I prefer lemmy more than reddit. My biggest complaint is Lemmy can be a bit of an echo chamber, but idk if there's anywhere I can go that isn't
I think echo chamber is the wring word here so much as humans naturally gravitate into communities and tribes.
In fact, that was the exact appeal of reddit and Lemmy now. People could foster communities and find likeminded people.
Survival by the numbers exceeds the fittest.
One advantage Lemmy has for now is that it isn't under the same corporatisation Reddit fell under.... for now.
Intention driven media consumption is getting killed everywhere.
YouTube hides your subscriptions from you, the public broadcasting institutions from my country recently netflixified the experience (they try to tell you what you want to watch).
It's so stupid.
I had to revive RSS for myself to overcome this. My feed, my decisions!
It will be a slow and painful death. I abandoned Reddit last year because enshittification. However, some great stuff from there lands here in Lemmy.and my search engine seems to like Reddit info. Not going back, but sentimental thoughts exist.
This is the straw that killed the cammels back for me. 15 year old account deleted.
Reddit is not dying fast enough
For me it was the bots, rage-bait and doxing. I hope Lemmy stays niche, cuz' in my experience - popularity = trash community.
Celebrity worship(or worship in general) is always my stopping point. 9/10 posts on reddit now are meme with, or posts about some actor.
Reddit and Microsoft, competing for the most anti consumer moves in a day. Hope they both lose their market shares.
Oops! All ads
Even if you are trying to just look at your own feed fully half of what you see if just random ass subs absolutely loaded with bot accounts pushing right wing bullshit and product placement.
Year of Desktop Lemmy
It still works, but is convoluted. If you add r/All (rrmember to not use r/all, the capitalization matters) to your profile, it still goes there.
or.... just not use reddit. Both options work.
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