n0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1年前Is lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockmessage-squaremessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1220file-text
arrow-up1220message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockn0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1年前message-square151fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCorroded@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1年前I wonder how the shift from Reddit to Lemmy compares to the shift from Digg to Reddit.
minus-squarephoneymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21年前Lemmy has a much smaller user base
minus-squarestoicmaverick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1年前I forgot about Digg. Whatever happened to it?
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1年前They 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-up7·1年前They had a site redesign to garner more monetization.
minus-squareSizzler@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1年前They also had power users who dominated post and drove the control of conversation. (MrBabyMan?)
minus-squareWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1年前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
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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