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1. Jeff ♨️ Darcy (obdurodon@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:17:30 JST Jeff ♨️ Darcy

   "It's as if the CEO is purposefully being as belligerent as possible to rile people up."

   That *is* kind of a Reddit thing. We should be surprised that the CEO does it too?

   • LisPi (lispi314@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:17:21 JST LisPi

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias @Obdurodon I honestly don't get how #Reddit caught on when it's just a crummier ripoff of #Usenet.

   • LisPi (lispi314@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:17:22 JST LisPi

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias @Obdurodon It's not as if that's not repeatable behavior literally anywhere else.

   • Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:17:22 JST Rich Felker

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     • LisPi

     @lispi314 @Obdurodon What I mean is that there's an obvious need (from how many people use it) for something functionally like Reddit, but that Reddit fills the functional need precludes displacement and lets an utterly toxic culture thrive. Yes that's repeatable, but I think much less likely in a federated scheme.

   • Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:17:23 JST Rich Felker

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     @Obdurodon Why I just want the whole hellsite to burn.

   • PurpCat (V2) (need more art) (purpcat@marsey.moe)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:17:48 JST PurpCat (V2) (need more art)

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     • LisPi
     • Rich Felker
     Reddit caught on for three reasons: forums had some of the worst, most power hungry/ban happy admins online (even today look how many do scummy shit like forcing registrations or banning topics), reddit in the "old days" before the diehard free speech guy killed himself instead of facing 6 months in prison and the rest sold out was a literal wild west (and parts of it on topics like piracy were for years too), and it was a consolidated website and normies love walled gardens. It helped that it was mimicking the format of the now dead website Digg.
     
     Then like any big tech site that wasn't like the other guys, they became like the other guys and kicked the ladder down. Reddit's powermod problem made the site worse than the competition as well.
     xianc78 and Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks like this.
   • PurpCat (V2) (need more art) (purpcat@marsey.moe)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:31:05 JST PurpCat (V2) (need more art)

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     • LisPi
     • Rich Felker
     • jaf
     Well see reddit requires them now. At least it doesn't need phone number verification like so much does now.
     
     At least Protonmail lets you make an email without doxing yourself.
   • LisPi (lispi314@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:31:06 JST LisPi

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     • PurpCat (V2) (need more art)

     @PurpCat @dalias @Obdurodon @jeff I'm inclined to say that's a good thing, not requiring emails.

     Not necessarily because it is per se... but because acquiring an email without having to dox yourself has gotten stupidly annoying these days.

   • PurpCat (V2) (need more art) (purpcat@marsey.moe)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:31:07 JST PurpCat (V2) (need more art)

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     • LisPi
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     • jaf
     The same reason people remain on 4chan, low barrier to entry and it's everywhere. Only recently did Reddit even require an email IIRC, you could sign up without one for the longest time.
   • jaf (jeff@misinformation.wikileaks2.org)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:31:08 JST jaf

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     • LisPi
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     • PurpCat (V2) (need more art)
     @PurpCat @Obdurodon @dalias @lispi314 that reddit died 10 years ago. why people remain on it is beyond my own comprehension.
   • LisPi (lispi314@mastodon.top)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:31:57 JST LisPi

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     • PurpCat (V2) (need more art)

     @PurpCat @dalias @Obdurodon @jeff It did until very recently, but now trying to make one from #Tor has gotten inordinately difficult and presents a bootstrapping problem due to them trying asking for an existing email and blocking every single temporary mail service they know of.

   • xianc78@gameliberty.club's status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 08:40:12 JST xianc78

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     • LisPi
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     • PurpCat (V2) (need more art)

     @PurpCat @dalias @Obdurodon @lispi314
     >forums had some of the worst, most power hungry/ban happy admins online

     Fucking this. I never get why so many forums banned users for merely dropping f-bombs while also requiring their users to be at least 13 years old to register. Forums would probably still be relevant if they were more relaxed on their rules. They don't have to be like imageboards but at least not require users to act like they are on FCC regulated radio.