Now I learn this, 2 months after tossing that platform in the bin.

After years of wondering where the hell the breaking news went…

Good writeup, but a few things I’m taking away from it.

1. I’ll say it again, fuck RedditCorp.

2. A recurring theme I’m seeing in these articles is the framing of it as a RedditCorp vs mods issue. I was just a user. Yes, the mods got screwed hard here, but so did any casual user who relied on well-designed apps to allow them to access and participate in the discussions they cared about without being clotheslined by an ad every 5 seconds. This is as insulting to the users as it is anyone else.

3. It’s been mentioned by a few others but why did they choose Discord? This article points out the flaws with it, all of which would be resolved by migrating to Lemmy/Fediverse. I’m not a user of Discord or Reddit, so I’m not tuned in to their reasoning.

4. Related, another article that gives no mention to the incredible growth that’s happening over here. Maybe that’s for the best, but a little exposure couldn’t hurt. I know all of my niche equivalents over here are silent.

5. Shoutout to Guy in the article, most of the things he said are 100% spot on for members of any passionate community. I hope more people who continue to use that one outdated site read this article and finally ask themselves, “Why the fuck am I still sticking around this place?”

I wonder if the people who either linger out of hope or don’t realize what is going on have been around the internet long enough to have seen this happen before.

Many of us have seen this happen over and over and over. There’s nothing surprising about it. Yes, your go-to favorite website will fail you.

Decentralization helps, but I can’t imagine shit won’t hit the fan at some point in the future.

You know you can blur and/or hide nsfw posts right?

13 or 14 years here. I didn’t delete my account but I don’t even want to give them the traffic from going back to see my join date.

I feel the same way and made a post about it yesterday that got hammered with downvotes.

Your voice is louder here, enjoy it!

Appreciate the honesty. Keep up the good work.

Seems like it should be #1, it’s basic functionality.

Really. The linked thread has so much, “If you don’t do these x things, we’re going to be really upset.”

Come on. Cut the fucking cord.

I’ve yet to see an instance owner/admin behave in such a way to deserve such a gesture. It’s nice.

Fucking rock star, thank you.

Meh, never seen it so less inclined, but I still like the idea. Thanks for the heads up.

According to the website, it’s been completely drawn and is done.

Either Lemmy is late to the game or ai knocked it out before we could contribute.

Great work, thank you!

That’s a big one. Good for them but I do hope they find their way to a federated instance eventually.

Well, with many of the site’s top contributors having left, much of the more informative content can then be written by Reddit’s own AI. Throw in a few bot upvotes for visibility and watch the tips come in from the remaining people who don’t have a clue what’s going on.

I could see that bringing in revenue. That’s money straight from the users into Reddit’s pocket.

It’d be great if it’s optional if/when it gets implemented. I can’t tell you how many times I accidentally hit that damn button and lose my place in the comments.

I gave up on the article halfway through due to the monitor punching and obnoxious ads.