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github/redlib: Reddit has decided to force everyone to log in · Issue #609 (github.com)

submitted 10 hours ago by FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Github redlib thread still unfolding. From reddit shareholder letter,

And a key piece of work to retain new audiences is shifting Reddit to a logged-in-only experience.

Most on lemmy know the privacy and bot-infested dumpster fire reddit is. So it's very easy to think good riddance. But that misses an important point. IMO.

Inspite of the dumpster fire, it also contains a huge body of knowledge not found anywhere else. Example. Many times I have searched for a super obscure error message and the only good hits were a reddit thread in a tech sub. This is formerly open knowledge, accessible privately, now being closed and locked behind logins.

In old web forum days, weird niche info was distributed all over. That made it robust. Big tech social media displaced most of that world. It all got centralized. No matter hjow awful their algorithms are, no matter how toxic, those sites do have riches of knowledge.

We ARE losing something, if open access to niche info created by normal ppl is cut off.

"Ppl will figure a way around" you may say. There is no way to win that fight in the long run.

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[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You can tell reddit got dumber because of posts complaining about ads, which is the bare minimum level needed for tech literacy.

Which is why reddit has turned into being reposts of twitter, tiktok, and facebook as the general userbase became the bulk of the audience and biggest sign is the anti science demographic sharing the space that amazes you that they can even type.

It's also why reddit has been able to get away with their changes.

[–] airgapped@piefed.social 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry but this is complete cope. I left reddit after the API debacle and even I will begrudgingly admit the site stayed at least as useful as it was before, if not more so. I repeatedly come back to find answers to obscure questions less than 3 years old, I wish there was somewhere else to go.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

You misunderstood what I am saying. I'm talking about the general users of reddit and the most popular subreddits that are basically twitter and facebook topics.

Niche subs are still useful, but the masses are what has made reddit worse because they are the largest userbase that willingly puts up with all the reddit changes. So everyone else gets dragged along.

There is a reason long time reddit users stay away from /r/all and stick to their subscribed subreddits.

I didn't even talk about leaving reddit, but about the shifting demographic as the userbase grew.