this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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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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[–] Veltoss 3 points 1 year ago

But I like my meowmeowbeans!

I don't think karma was ever really that big of an issue, the problem was the belief that karma meant something. Mods and admins treated karma like it meant legitimacy, like a sybil test, and it's not. Also the upvote/downvote system got so destroyed by misuse and a complete disregard for reddiquette, and often gets combined with karma, but that's a seperate issue.

The points never really mattered until people decided they did.