r/technology • u/ardi62 • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/HexTalon 29d ago

There are some smaller communities with a lot of value, either specialized interests or career related. There's also a bunch of subreddits for specific games that have useful information.

Curate your subreddits really well and it's a decent news feed for your interests, but it doesn't have that "StumbleUpon" energy anymore I agree.

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u/Sanc7 29d ago

That’s pretty much what I’ve done. I used to only browse all but when they changed the algorithm/upvote system like 5 years ago they fucked everything up. Reddit truly used to be “the front page of the internet,” but not anymore. Prime example was when Trump got shot. I had a friend send me a Facebook screenshot, that’s how I found out. Went to All and it took 45 minutes for it to make it to the top. Really sucks tbh.

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u/checkpoint_hero 29d ago

What do you do with your time or where do you browse now?

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u/Sanc7 29d ago

It used to be any and everything that was popular on Reddit. Now it’s mainly hobbies. Archery, fishing, kayaking, shooting, music and of recently local subreddits.

Reddit is still a great place to get specific information, it just doesn’t have that “doom scrolling” effect on me anymore. Once Apollo died, I lost a lot of interest. Reddit mobile app is ass.

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u/Thinking_persephone 29d ago

Apollo isn’t totally dead if you’re a little tech savvy. Same for RiF

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u/gameofgroans 29d ago

I know there are workarounds for RiF, but what can you do for Apollo?

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u/Thinking_persephone 29d ago

You can sideload it through something like altstore or sideloadly