Exactly. It was dramatized and way more entertaining than reality but the premise was based on very realistic scenarios.

I’ve never heard the term sealioning. Is it really a thing?

I don’t think it is, but if you have any evidence to prove it, I’m listening.

Their lighting app is a steaming pile of shit as well.

We did it Reddit!

/s

I guess I beat reddit then.

Agree completely. It just makes it all sound much more complicated than it is in practice. I’m used to the fediverse now and my eyes glazed over reading all that.

Another issue I have with the article is that he doesn’t even touch on third-party apps, which are abundant and pretty damn robust considering how new they are. The fact that much of Reddit’s self immolation was directly due to their treatment of third-party apps. At least worth a paragraph in my opinion.

Otherwise, nice write up.

Good on ya for never using the app. Only reason I did was because I was an Alien Blue guy. They gave free premium to all AB users for a long time so I never saw the ads and didn’t know any differently.

When that expired I def got punched in the face with subversive ads and it was bullshit. That was when I switched to Apollo.

These ads I’m seeing now are the modern equivalent of popups. It’s Reddit’s fuck you to me which I’ve returned in kind.

Totally hear you and maybe that is the case. It was just jarring seeing an ad the size of my phone screen every time I went into a sub to leave.

No thanks. Good riddance.

Tidal has been doing that for a while. The hi-fi option is/was double the price of the standard.

Never saw it and have no plans to.

Doesn’t even seem like it was that long ago that I’d be sitting at my desktop, 5+ tabs open. One might be Fark, Stumbleupon, Digg, etc for general shits and giggles, maybe some news. The others were the independent forums I visited every day for my interests where I actually got to meet and befriend some people, regardless of location.

The anonymity of Reddit (which I was cool with) definitely was a shift in what “community” actually meant online.

Consider it a much needed reset.