Valid point. I think existing on the third party app helps avoid a lot of that. I go to specific communities and don’t see the broader effects. It isn’t until I’m in a browser with the new design that I really see just how far it’s gone downhill.
Fair enough. Despite the virtuosity of those who want to quit Reddit on principle (like myself), it can be easy to forget that Reddit is home to smaller, more niche communities that won’t be able to foster the same kind of engagement for a long time to come anywhere else. I think a lot of us will end up going back after the blackout in one way or another until alternatives are able to come into their own. At the very least, I know I will continue to drive traffic as I search for technical problems or recommendations on Reddit, like I do today, even if I no longer continue to mindlessly scroll like I did before.
Thanks for the insight and for taking my comment as it was meant, a simple question for deeper understanding. I feel like a typical Reddit response would have been to be very defensive.
(And sorry for the typos, I should have read closer when I was still waking up this morning).
EDIT: lol, just realized you weren’t the person I originally replied to. Lemmy’s been hard to navigate with the slowness today, but my comment still stands.
Valid point. I think existing on the third party app helps avoid a lot of that. I go to specific communities and don’t see the broader effects. It isn’t until I’m in a browser with the new design that I really see just how far it’s gone downhill.
Fair enough. Despite the virtuosity of those who want to quit Reddit on principle (like myself), it can be easy to forget that Reddit is home to smaller, more niche communities that won’t be able to foster the same kind of engagement for a long time to come anywhere else. I think a lot of us will end up going back after the blackout in one way or another until alternatives are able to come into their own. At the very least, I know I will continue to drive traffic as I search for technical problems or recommendations on Reddit, like I do today, even if I no longer continue to mindlessly scroll like I did before.
Thanks for the insight and for taking my comment as it was meant, a simple question for deeper understanding. I feel like a typical Reddit response would have been to be very defensive.
(And sorry for the typos, I should have read closer when I was still waking up this morning).
EDIT: lol, just realized you weren’t the person I originally replied to. Lemmy’s been hard to navigate with the slowness today, but my comment still stands.