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Reddit Was Fun

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Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023

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How to avoid the Reddit downfall (self.redditwasfun)
submitted 1 year ago by peterg75 to c/redditwasfun
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  1. Use distributed, federated services like Lemmy, mastodon etc.
  2. Support the hosts with our own funds.
  3. Moderate our own communities.

The second point is the most important. Reddit happened because they are a corporate entity seeking profit. Let's own our social media platforms by actively contributing funds to them.

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[–] darthfabulous42069 21 points 1 year ago (17 children)

  1. Discourage people from using karma. You actually can turn off scores in your settings.

  2. If any instance decides to put advertising on itself, leave immediately and get everyone else to do the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When you say karma, do you mean having visible post/comment scores or visible total user scores - or both?

I can see the argument against visible post scores as it can lead to dogpiling, but I do think it can provide a valuable indication for what the community consensus is around that post.

Regarding total user scores, I don't see the harm at all.

Personally, I quite liked the feedback karma gave on Reddit.

[–] JackGreenEarth 1 points 1 year ago

I thought they were talking about how what goes around comes around /s

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