How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

  • CyberDine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I was on reddit for 12 years. My time spent on that platform and posting directly correlates to when I first found it (posted a lot) vs. when I quit earlier this year.

    Reddit in it’s infancy was great and the users and the subreddits, with a few notable exceptions were great too.

    Once it got too big/popular… About 6 years ago you could note the decline and quality of the posting