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[–] legion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Eternal September comes to every platform at some point.

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder how many minors are here masquerading as boomers, shitting on their own generation to fit in?

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[–] hunte@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The internet as a whole was much better when websites and services were not designed to cater to kids.

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[–] FinalBoy1975@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Enjoy it while it lasts. In no time in your favorite community there will be homework help types of questions as well as those lazy requests for recommendations. "I want to read a book with X vibes." Not to mention the troll posting on science-related things like "If you are what you eat, will I turn into an eggplant if I eat an eggplant?" Actually, it would be nice if Reddit just recovered and those types of users stayed there. This is so chill without all that stuff.

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

OP I think you spelled idiots wrong.

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

Let's be real, kids don't care about/understand what the API changes are and are on the TikTok

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[–] senkora@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

The internet as a whole got sadder / meaner / more unruly when COVID happened. I was on reddit a lot at the time and noticed it immediately.

It’s still like that, but I hope we find a way forward.

[–] Sneckster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I would imagine a high proportion of people so easy to leave Reddit found it easy because they remember leaving digg.

Anyone younger than that are just bloody sensible

[–] Persondeperson3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I only joined Reddit five years ago. Leaving Reddit turned out to be pretty easy because I had other things to occupy my time with. I have a feeling that it's because I was never that attached to reddit to begin with.

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

I can relate to this. I think I've been on Reddit for about 6 years. I probably had a bit of an addiction but I used to be pretty serious into forums and I have already learned how to disconnect from internet communities more than a decade ago.

[–] tpihkal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Should note that the 'addiction' part was only fueled by my favorite third party app "Joey".

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[–] Christos@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes.. we. Are all. Adults..🤫

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Or passing some sort of turing test looking for adulthood instead of ai.

[–] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Totally. Yup.

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

As long as there are no well-known apps on any app store, there are going to be less kids, since they probably don't want to go through GitHub. I find most of them are somewhat afraid of downloading apks from websites they might not use often.

[–] CannaVet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I forget that most "kids" (Idk 20 and down maybe a few years older) only know the internet and technology via Facebook and android/iPhone respectively.

I scroll on my phone PLENTY, I'm not judging, but I can't imagine not having a desktop or laptop at least.

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