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Showerthoughts

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[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 139 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I'm so tired of seeing people talk about this guy here.

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit is like the ex they cant get over. Lemmy is reddit now.

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a lot of talk about Fark on Digg, and about Digg on reddit. It's just the Circle of Life.

[–] ProphetAlex2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago

It was a lot like a proto reddit. They made a bunch of changes to monetize and there was a mass exodus to reddit

[–] Matt_Shatt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

15 years ago it was THE place to mindlessly scroll and see cool tech articles and other things. Before they got greedy.

[–] derf82@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh that I wish it were. Lemmy is improving, but it does not even approach the quantity and diversity of content Reddit has.

[–] yiliu@informis.land 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm finding it better. Yeah, there's less content and diversity, but the quality feels a lot better. I'm interested in a much larger share of the posts I see.

Same. I sort Lemmy by new and like most of the posts. On reddit, new is all AskReddit drivel.

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

True, l just post something to seed some data

[–] itsJoelle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I didn't care for it while I was a reddit user. The guy literally doesn't care if you post 'fuck /u/spez' randomly in a comment section. Why let the guy live rent free in your head when you can step away from his domain and influence and never bothered again?

[–] ellesper@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I specifically joined Lemmy to get away from Reddit. Why does everyone constantly want to talk about Reddit? There are much more interesting topics out there, folks

[–] TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Catharsis and Schadenfreude (two very, very good words)

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

Remember to downtime the post. The doots work both ways.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nah, I decided to not downvote anyone on lemmy. Only upvotes. We need more positivity in our lives.

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

Nah, it’s important to talk shit about people who suck that do corporatist shit like Spez. I don’t care about him but I’m just a sucker for anything like that.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

We all are.

[–] zav@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yhea it just seems bitter

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 69 points 1 year ago
[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a person everyone seemingly hates you guys sure do talk about him a lot. I'd much rather have my feed filled with content that's not about Spez, Elon, Twitter, Reddit etc. Just move on already..

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seriously y’all sound bitter as fuck. Like being obsessed with your ex.

The fastest way to kill Reddit is to stop talking about it.

[–] hanke@feddit.nu 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I believe the people still ranting about Reddit just have not yet given up their hope in returning there some day when Reddit has "learned their lesson".

For some, Lemmy is just a temporary protesting statement.

[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Because I have my doubt that Lemmy will come close featurewise for now. The whole search engine issue for Lemmy content (right now it sucks to Google for topics) and lack of GDPR compliance (deleted isn't even deleted), as well as visible votes to everyone (it's currently only hidden in the UI but everyone could see the names of user who voted up and down), are three issues they need to solve.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

There's a bunch of schadenfreude in there, too.

[–] antygon@startrek.website 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not start with editing this post and adding his name in brackets?

[–] dolla@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Lol the irony

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

Mod of /r/Jailbait?

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably would have made sense to use his real name (Steve Huffman) in the title, Mr Jackmeehoff

[–] itsmistermoon@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Or at least in the post description lol, thanks to you I know his name now.

[–] lurkandtwerk@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Huffman is just an empty suit. His purpose is to take the flak for all the unpopular changes that the money people want him to make.

He'll probably be gone within 2 years, get a nice payday, and never have to work again.

Focusing your ire on Huffman specifically plays right into Reddit's hands. And spamming "fuck u/spez" everywhere just makes those of us who oppose the direction that Reddit has taken look like petulant children to neutral observers.

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's the founder. He wants to cash out. He's doing anything to get there.

That's more than just an empty suit. Someone with a backbone would have gone a different direction

[–] lurkandtwerk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

He's a founder who already cashed out years ago—before being brought back to give the money people a credible figurehead.

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He doesn't deserve a real name.

[–] rusticus1773@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Personally I'd like to thank Steve Huffman. Without him I would not have discovered Lemmy and I really like it here!

[–] unwinagainstable@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Forget everything about this guy

[–] Mereo@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We should forget about our ex (Reddit). Lemmy is our new boyfriend/girlfriend. We should cherish her/him and give her/him some good lovin'.

[–] yiliu@informis.land 10 points 1 year ago

Instructions unclear...I've made a mess of my phone

[–] apex32@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean like Brock Turner, the rapist?

[–] PhoenixRising@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brock Allen Turner the Convicted Rapist. He's tried going by "Allen Turner" before.

[–] FelonMusk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Are you talking about the convicted sexual assaulter of unconscious women, Brock Allen Turner? The raping rapist who loves to rape random unconscious women he finds out and about, that Brock Turner, AKA Allen Turner, now living in the Dayton Ohio area and frequenting the bars there, presumably trolling for more unconscious women to rape?

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Can we please get over reddit and spez and move on. All the reddit content is making Lemmy much less fun to be on.

[–] Xepher@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uh huh. So what's his name?

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] megane_kun@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Also known as Scumbag Steve Huffingman.

Fart Huffman

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

His real name, Hugh Jarsol.

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Samuel Pezmonger is a whole butt!

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

People REALLY need to let it go.

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