• cecirdr@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Part of me thinks that while a majority of folks will remain on reddit, the most active, engaged members will leave. …the mods, the people posting original content, the people posting the most replies.

    Over time, the content on reddit could become even more stale, repetitive, and low quality.

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          Right? I felt like all the top comments were always the same on all the subs, usually lame jokes that have been done to death on the rest of the site.

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            Whatever your political leanings are…this is ridiculous:

            https://ibb.co/hCJWBBQ

            It’s just easier to separate on the political subs. But imagine something like that right there pushed out in subs you don’t really think to look for it in, with a totally different message.

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              Oh yeah, left-leaning subs aren’t immune to bots. The 2016 American Presidential election showed the power of using bots to push a uniform message.

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      Big agree. Supposedly I was in the top 1% of reddit commenters last year. Now I’m here, dipping my toes in the Lemmy waters. I’m sure I’m not the only one. The comments section makes reddit for me, and if all the commenters and moderators leave it, then it will be an even bigger cesspool.