n0cte to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 1 year agoIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockn0cte to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCorrodedlinkfedilinkEnglish20•1 year agoI wonder how the shift from Reddit to Lemmy compares to the shift from Digg to Reddit.
minus-square@phoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink13•edit-211 months agoLemmy has a much smaller user base
minus-square@stoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•1 year agoI forgot about Digg. Whatever happened to it?
minus-square@Anticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoThey forced a UI change that everyone hated, so everyone fled to reddit, thus crowning Steve Huffman, a dirty little piss boy.
minus-square@Sizzler@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink7•1 year agoThey also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)
minus-square@Wrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•11 months agoThe redesign elevated paid advertisers to the front page, masquerading as real articles. Suddenly 1/4th of the top content was fluff articles not very subtly advertising shit
I wonder how the shift from Reddit to Lemmy compares to the shift from Digg to Reddit.
Lemmy has a much smaller user base
I forgot about Digg. Whatever happened to it?
They forced a UI change that everyone hated, so everyone fled to reddit, thus crowning Steve Huffman, a dirty little piss boy.
They had a site redesign to garner more monetization.
They also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)
The redesign elevated paid advertisers to the front page, masquerading as real articles.
Suddenly 1/4th of the top content was fluff articles not very subtly advertising shit
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