charlytune

joined 2 years ago
[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Yep, most of my friends don't use Reddit 'because it's too confusing'. They stick to FB and Instagram, even while moaning about capitalism and corporates. The sad fact is that the corporates have the money to make their UIs super easy to use. Plus a lot of people only want the connections to other individuals from their social media, they're not interested in something broader than that. I'm hoping the format here keeps the bots away, that's been another nail in the Reddit coffin for me. It's become a site filled with bots commenting on botposts.

[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 30 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Honestly, I feel like my time with Reddit is done now. You know how when someone breaks up with you and you're in shock that it's over but then you start reflecting and realising everything that was wrong with the relationship? That. I feel like Lemmy, and the fediverse, is a really interesting alternative way of doing things, I'm not the most tech savvy (or the least) and at nearly 50 it's a bit harder for me to pick up new concepts than it was 20 years ago, but I'll get the hang of it, and I actually think that this will end up being a positive change for me. There is so much wrong with the corporatisation of the internet, and this does feel like a viable and genuine alternative to that.

[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

Did they ever publish the starting time, or did it just start? It seemed to have happened while I was asleep. Not that I'd have stayed up for it ha.

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