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[–] Esjee@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Am I tripping or is this post 2 years old

[–] Carter@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

Absolutely crazy how a 2 year old post can pop up sorting by hot. It is funny how relevant it is now though.

[–] MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah I posted this 2 years ago. The way "Active" sorting works in Lemmy, is you see the posts with recent comments. Someone commented on this, pushing it back to the front page.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

Oh wtf, you opened my eyes here. Its interesting how these 2 year old comments are still relevant especially now.

[–] zabil@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All comments are 2 years old as well.

There must have been a glitch. In time. 2 years have passed since we opened the comment page.

Reddit/Lemmy Lake House confirmed

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 years ago (3 children)

The America-centric monoculture.

[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 years ago (1 children)

That might become an unfortunate but inevitable result of any English-language site that's large enough, since by the numbers Americans make up a plurality (and possibly a majority) of the English-speaking world. It might be that the only counter to that is moderation and local site culture.

[–] ChinaNumberOne@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

english is not american, it's the language of the world

[–] Peter1986c@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 years ago

Please read what @OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml is actually stating.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can understand why it would annoy people, but it always felt like it was targeted towards Americans in the first place. Especially with Reddit being an American based company.

Holy heck, didnt realize this comment was 2 years old. Sorry for the necro!

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is what annoys me most about Lemmy. It's way too eager to pull up old posts. I also came in here forgetting to check the timestamp.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

Thats interesting. I didnt realize it does that. Gonna have to be careful

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

Hey, this thread is about what annoys you the most about reddit, not lemmy!

spoilerBut seriously, perhaps it's because there's not that much content here yet so it's pulling whatever it can.

[–] Evoke3626@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, it’s an American based company and website. It’s going to be

[–] IngrownMink4@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (8 children)
  • Closed source (honestly, I'd rather not know what the redesign of Reddit is made of...)
  • It's annoying, slow and tedious
  • Works better in Chromeβ„’ (I can't even scroll down the website properly with Firefox)
  • Harmful business model (Reddit Premium, Reddit Coins, pay-to-win-karma...)
  • It's a JavaScript powered website (not recommended for low-end machines)
  • Communities are full of racists, homophobes, sexists, xenophobes...
  • The use of sensationalist headlines is promoted to gain karma
  • Is the ideal site for alt-right and conspiracy theories apologists
  • Leftist/Communist/ML/MLM userbase is discriminated and censored everyday
  • Reddit moderators are terrible (most of them)
  • Dark patterns everywhere
  • They block Tor users
  • (I can think of many more but need I go on?)
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

I was going to post some gripes, but you've really covered them comprehensively.

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

O see nothing wrong with censoring and making fun of MLM content. (Multi Level Marketing)

[–] AceKat@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Yeah, maybe OP has something to do with them? They teach to stay away from MLM everywhere, it's not just reddit. And that's positive, because it's a scam

[–] SloppilyFloss@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

MLM in this case refers to Marxism-Leninism-Maoism or Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, not Multi-Level Marketing.

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

lol MLM in this context means Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.

But I also see nothing wrong with making fun of these MLMs.

[–] DelishVeg@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

this is one of the best misinterpretations of an acronym I have ever seen

[–] sonidobonito@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago
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[–] Lunacy@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

The UI. Really awful, it feels so bloated and uncomfortable. No, Reddit, I won't use your mobile app.

[–] tmpod 3 points 3 years ago

yup.

New Reddit is really not a pleasant website to use imo, specially on mobile. Too much stuff everywhere, lots of unnecessary features too. Like @dragnucs@lemmy.ml said on another comment, Reddit has become way more individual-focused rather than content-focused. Using old.reddit.com or i.reddit.com (or Slide) are the only ways I can use the platform nowadays. They cut back the bloat quite a lot.

Either way, I also have problems with the platform due to its closed nature and all that comes with it.

[–] infotainment@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When there's a subreddit about something you're interested in, but it's run by mods who enforce a extensive collection of esoteric posting rules.

We're sorry, but you've posted about Topic C on a Wednesday, which is strictly prohibited. Discussion of Topic C is only allowed in the megathread which is only open for comments on the first Saturday of odd numbered months. Didn't you read our rules?

[–] zosu@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

also, you need 1 million karma to post and your account must be 100 years old. oh and you're shadowbanned in that sub, so nobody can see your posts, because a mod once read an unrelated comment you wrote in a different sub and didn't like it.

[–] lemmy@midwest.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

How the userbase is constantly bombarding the site with alternate versions of the same meme. Everything just feels so try-hard.

[–] dan@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

This is exactly what Lemmy has felt like the past week or so.

[–] CaptainLemmit@feddit.it 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How it's living rent free in the head of many lemmy users who keep making posts about it

[–] MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Check the post date.

[–] Didek_@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

The "download the app" prompt πŸ€• I know there are open source clients, but sometimes i want to read with my browser

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

The mods. Many mods are just abusive. In r/iamatotalpieceofshit the mods were constantly censoring a story about a man who was sexually abused. And stupid estrict rules that makes your posts get autoremoved.

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[–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

While I have no problem with the UI I found it becoming more like Facebook and twitter. I think it isndroftong to become a Facebook alternative with chat, avatars, profile pages, bios, etc. I liked Reddit at first when it was about content. Now it is becoming about individuals.

[–] MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Agreed. I don't use tradional social media because I don't care about individuals, I want to see content I like.

[–] Fakefunk@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

You can’t report a subreddit. Only individual posts.

[–] batucada@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Im sorry but posts like this one. Being meta all the time for no reason

[–] MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

I posted this 2 years ago.

[–] gun@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)
[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

This comment aged like fine wine

[–] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 years ago

As always when someone asks me this question, I have to reply that reddit is just generally very hostile towards its users.

Mods always fight against admins; I used to be a mod. You check reddit one day and see there's a new sitewide rule you now have to enforce. These rules fit on one line, so you're left confused trying to understand how to implement it (e.g. the "no violent content" rule. Is cartoon violence prohibited? Reddit seems to think so), and you get no advance warning. We are performing free labour to keep their site running and yet as a mod your account is not in any way protected. You get three strikes like everyone else and after that you're suspended, even if you mod a big subreddit that needs someone there.

Other users are really aggressive towards new users if you don't catch the inner workings of Reddit fast enough. Most subreddits have a karma or account age threshold before you can post to cut on spam. That means you, as a new user, make an account and you can't post anywhere anyway. It's like the site doesn't want you. Mods are also notoriously hostile towards their community but part of that is because they get so much hate that they can do nothing against (it took the admins years to implement a mute function in modmail, they had no idea mods actually even got hate mail). Don't respect this obscure rule you had no idea existed and you get your post removed without any notification. Every community is ran differently despite being on the same site. But wait, didn't I say reddit enforces rules to its mods without warning them?

Yep, you get it now. There are too many contradictions happening in Reddit and I can only hope Lemmy knows to learn from them.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

The awards. Before they used to meant something and to be used sparingly for the cream of the crop, now they're diluted and devoid of any meanings.

[–] LinuxBey@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Being not a FOSS is enough.

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 years ago

The whole concept of powermods. At this point they should essentially be employed by reddit

[–] nVZWmCa67Tq0SQkXPR@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

The ongoing rampant bigotry on any larger subreddit. Reddit is a hub of misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, racism etc. and the annoying ads as well but luckily ublock origin comes to rescue. You know what I remember something, when I was editing my avatar on Reddit, in just 10 minutes, ublock origin blocked about 22000 ads for me. Yes over 22000 ads.

[–] the_and_sys@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 years ago

it is So Fucking Slow. i can't use it for more than 10 minutes without it slowing down to the point of unusability

[–] ksynwa@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

For me it's how explicitly for-profit it has become. This manifests in a lot of things like:

  • rampant advertisements
  • dark patterns to get the users hooked
  • you literally cannot use the mobile site because it nudges you to install the app at all times
  • new UI is garbage
  • misinformation is freely allowed to fester to not drive down revenue

It has pretty much become like Facebook and it really sucks.

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