Hacker News: Reddit experiments on users, forcing them to install app or else not use Reddit (old.reddit.com)

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Reddit experiments on users, forcing them to install app or else not use Reddit (🔥 Score: 152+ in 2 hours)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I was a Facebook user for years. Had my groups, valuable people I met, great knowledge and experiences. Gradually the algorithm screwed the fanpage experience, then they fucked up the groups, content started being more and more monotonous and low-intelligence. Now you open FB and it's half a 6 people echo chamber and half a TikTok imitation with low quality entertainment and information.

Switched to Reddit, and now seeing the same path to fuck the user experience and get us addicted and watching ads all day.

I doubt this will be ever massive but that does not matter, what matters is the ability to mantain a solid knowledge agreggator and an environment of open communities. I love to be part of Lemmy and want to contribute as much as possible.

Fuck capitalists and their ROI.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I don't believe that in order to be profitable, the system needs to suck. What if reddit built a really great app and offered subscription tiers that remove ads and give you some extra gold?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah they could have just moved the api costs down to the user level, charged like $3 a month, and while I would have bitched a bit, I would have just paid it and carried on. They just really handled this about as poorly as they could have.