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points by tdb7893 1 day ago | 0 comments

I went on Reddit recently to look something up and some of the niche subreddits were decent but I was shocked at the amount of just total garbage that's there now (including lots of weird misogyny) so it's not just the bans that are a problem. It feels like every social media platform is just miserable to use now. Except occasionally posting here my only social media is just Discord servers with my actual real life friends.

[–] Gigachad 1 day ago

Everything moved to Discord now. Reddit started ignoring subreddit subscriptions which made the whole platform a homogeneous blob of slop. Discord has maintained separation between communities and has minimal discoverability features so users stick to the servers they participate which builds a sense of community.

[–] jobigoud 11 hours ago

> Reddit started ignoring subreddit subscriptions

Where are you seeing this? When? I go to "Home" and I only see my subscriptions.

I have a cosmetic filter to avoid clicking on the "Popular" link but I never see anything from the front page that's not part of my subreddits. I don't use the app.

[–] cellsstudio 1 day ago

Honestly, agree. I find the niche subreddits are nice because they are still very human, in terms of both users and mods, but once they get a bit bigger it just gets destroyed by new users and bots.

[–] Gigachad 1 day ago

Problem is there are no niche subreddits anymore, there are no walls between subreddits at all. Reddit runs on a modern algorithm where any individual post which scores well will be shown to the whole site regardless of users individual subscriptions.