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[–] Hellebert@beehaw.org 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Tried the official Reddit app today and boy people weren't joking when they say it sucks. I thought it'd just be the usual experience plus some ads but I was totally wrong.

The official app doesn't respect your subreddit subscriptions at all, instead force feeding you feeds of whatever their algorithm thinks will drive maximum engagement just like a shit version of Facebook. The "hot" etc functionality is completely stipped from it entirely.

Guess I'm here to stay on the fediverse now.

[–] Dan_Rachevaski@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you don't mention the copious, copious amounts of ads and sponsored contents

wow thanks reddit, you are more and more Facebook-like now, congratulations.

[–] Hellebert@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's pretty bad too but I was at least willing to accept there is a valid reason for that to keep the lights on.

However, when they go as far to break the core functionality of the website and turn it into another Facebook with psychological manipulation at its core then that's a whole other thing entirely.

[–] Dan_Rachevaski@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Agreed. Honestly, if I want a FB-like Reddit, fuck that, I'll going to Facebook.

Enshittification sucks I would say.

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