WIRED reviewed edits made by Reddit to its IPO filings over the years ahead of its stock market debut this week. Here are seven big takeaways.
  • TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org
    10·
    4 months ago

    I relate to this a lot. I was on Reddit for over a decade, too, when I left after the third-party apps shut down. I loved a lot of the discussion over there (once I got away from some of the big subs and found smaller ones), and still kind of miss it. There really was a period of sadness when I left. I’m trying to be active over here to help these communities grow, but it’s hard to get back into it and be motivated sometimes.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, sometimes it feels like yelling into an empty chamber, but I see the votes coming in, I know people are there. Trying to drive engagement without seeming like some marketing asshole at the same time.

      The grief still hits me every once in a while, but the realization came that Reddit isn’t who they were 10 years ago. I’m not sad because I left Reddit, I’m sad because Reddit betrayed who they were when I signed up, and they killed a good thing themselves.