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This also provides a working example of how infinite supply of mediocre works distorts the market for everybody in it, which software developers seem to have a hard time understanding. Or think that their industry is somehow exempt from basic microeconomics.
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size is not what made reddit bad. commercialization is.
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/37870004
reddit got bad because spez (the reddit admin) restricted API access to the platform for third-party apps, such that people would be forced to use the official app or web UI, both of which display advertisement and collect user data (e.g. scroll behavior).
the reason why this happened is because reddit is a for-profit company and tries to extract money out of the userbase, at the expense of the users.
another example of a bad decision that reddit made was to push a lot of ragebait (“Am I The Asshole?”) because company shareholders want to see “engagement numbers” go up, and if somebody writes an angry reply to a post, that’s “engagement”. but it makes you angry at the stupidity of the “Asshole”, so it makes your day worse. that is another example how reddit makes money at the expense of the users.
size (number of monthly active users) is not what made reddit bad. commercialization is.
we should probably get rid of the “don’t make lemmy grow, it will ruin the platform if we grow” idea.
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Wait, you mean you have your own personal preferences implemented on your own instance but don’t force those preferences onto others?
Amazing! Who would have ever guessed!?
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I miss the reddit secret Santa :(
I was in it every year till the very end lol
That's amazing. How often do your plants bloom?
@bich Our flowering indoor plants bloom 2-3 times/year. It's nice seeing blooms at different times of the year; especially in deep Winter.
The dog dedicated himself to Being A Problem all throughout walkies. Fortunately, all that activity has worn him out and the rest of his day will now be spent napping the naps of the dutiful and justified.
@davidgerard Stuff like this is always the worst kept secret. All the pearl clutching when it *finally* hits the news is performative and ridiculous.
@LabSpokane it was in the papers last fuckin year!
Loved Big Walk so much that as a memento of 100%ing it I 3D printed all our friend's in-game characters to give them which was a fun surprise. The light ball even lights up with a coin battery!
(you should grab a group of friends and play it)
@christianselig This is so cool
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Have you considered https://givin.gifts? They see themselves as the unofficial successor of redditgifts (they even let you import redditgifts gallery posts back when they were still online). They opened their Happy Holidays 2026 signups a couple of days ago and any premium user could also create a custom fediverse Secret Santa exchange.
I took part in every givin.gifts Happy Holidays exchange since redditgifts shut down and I’m happy with it. If there are any problems with your gifter, their team is really invested in smoothing things out and getting you a rematch if needed.
@lisettedeboer is this about the Scribes and Makers thing?
@WizardOfDocs I think so. The wording of these posts is so similar that I suspect a bot of some sort.
People began the day in Spain by blocking highways as part of the general strike in response to runaway gentrification and evictions.
The movement began in response to the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, a disabled 87-year-old woman, who subsequently passed away.
@CrimethInc
And in the rain, damn.
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By not banning one, you allow them all. Then it’s a nazi place.
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It’s the Nazi Bar.
@jim_easterbrook @simontatham yeah, came to say the same thing. It's called ablaut reduplication -- https://linguistically.substack.com/p/bish-bash-bosh-ablaut-reduplication has the detail. ee from East, eh from West; same reason we say "bish bash bosh" and not "bash bish bosh" because if you get the order wrong you sound demented :)
East, west:
Bulgarian:
IZTOK, ZAPAD (also the usual ordering),
Russian:
VOSTOK, ZAPAD (I think also the usual ordering).
By the way, ORIENS is East, and hence "orientation" (I didn't see that mentioned in the thread).
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Reddit is genuinely terrible now. Have you visited recently? All is removed, posts and comments default to sorting by best instead of hot (which mixes minutes-old posts with week-old posts), there’s an algorithmic For You feed, there are constant popups to log in or use the app…
And after all that, the content you’re looking at was probably posted by a bot.
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I stopped secret santa after 2 years in a row of not getting a gift. People would sign up to get free stuff essentially and never send out anything. Kinda ruined it for me to be reminded that people are generally shitty
This also provides a working example of how infinite supply of mediocre works distorts the market for everybody in it, which software developers seem to have a hard time understanding. Or think that their industry is somehow exempt from basic microeconomics.
I've seen this myself. One of my past clients is vibe coding his MVPs now instead of looking for a programmer to implement their ideas. Only once an MVP finds traction they will hire someone to help.
Another client did "90% of the work with AI" and only needs a developer for "finishing touches". It's an eerie feeling, working on a legacy project that's only weeks old. ;-)
But it's nothing new really. The same thing was happening with Wordpress and its multitude of free plugins or other SaaS solutions that allowed entrepreneurs to jump-start their ideas without involving a developer. I see it as just another step on that road.
In the end, a developer will be needed, but later in the process and only for projects that found a product-market fit.
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