I was thinking that this could be the way to truly kill a sub. Let it descend to the noise, the chaos, the spam, and the hatred. Maybe do the least bit to stem claims that it’s unmoderated.

If people are interested in devaluing Reddit, it seems like a good place to start

  • Old Man Fire
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    1 year ago

    the thing that did happen with digg that didn’t happen with heaps of other websites was a negatively received UI change. people hated it.

    now, people deliberately don’t use the reddit mobile app because it fucking sucks, and closing down the alternatives is a negative UI change …

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      exactly, I can’t even go back to the official reddit app because it’s so shit.

      It’s almost impressive that they can take something that works and make it absolute ass