2y ago

Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious

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The website has been knocking it out of the park for popular decisions lately /s

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Dude, this is just laughable. For those who are left, what are you sticking around for?
Also, here’s my theory: these idiot product managers, fresh outta b-school didn’t think to interview their most engaged users. Instead, they randomly polled people. That’s the only way I can fathom their takeaway from users was “it’s too much clutter” instead of, “this drives engagement”.
- I have 3 reasons I still visit... But I am cutting back.
  My local subreddit is still way more active than the equivalent here in the fediverse (but I do get to interact with some familiar usernames in the local Lemmy community)
  It's still a decent news aggregator, IMHO, ahead of Lemmy for keeping up with what's going on in the world at a high level
  NSFW content is still lagging behind on Lemmy, as well .. I'm using a revanced app and I'm a mod of my own private sub so it still works but I fully expect this to be killed in the near future... In fact, I fully expect that by the time a reddit IPO happens they will have completely killed all the NSFW subreddits (even on the official app and desktop browser)
  The site is definitely in a death spiral but, as of today, I still find it useful for certain things.
  Fuck them though... They won't get a dime in ad dollars from me and the demise can't come soon enough at this point.
  
  That #1 is close to my own reason - a few small communities I'm part of, with very little fediverse activity.
  Always using an adblocker of course, having one is basic internet safety, and it reducing reddit's profits is a nice bonus.
  
  I only stick to subs that have utility on reddit now such as setting up a rss for gamedeals and buildapcsales.
  But, anything that falls under entertainment like gunpla, sports team subs, show discussions, and memes I cut ties with. I do miss them, but even if I haven't completely cut reddit off those I could at least do. Since scrolling for entertainment is not one I found vital.
- I am there only because I feel obliged to finish my artwork series for people- but after that, bye bye reddit.

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