n0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockmessage-squaremessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1195arrow-down1message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockn0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square137fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months agoI forgot about Digg. Whatever happened to it?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoThey forced a UI change that everyone hated, so everyone fled to reddit, thus crowning Steve Huffman, a dirty little piss boy.
minus-squareZorque@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThey had a site redesign to garner more monetization.
minus-squareWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 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
minus-squareSizzler@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThey also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)
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.
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
They also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)