I noticed a massive drop of quality after the api changes (though it's been declining for a couple years now) and after a while I just realized there is no point, so I mostly only kept subreddits related to my country. The balance of repost bots/trolls/idiots/people who think saying the same joke a million times is funny vs. people you actually can converse with really started outweighing the latter ever since covid hit and Reddit got even more popular (it was on a slow decline regardless). The api changes just made everything even worse.

I'd like to think things here will be better, and to be honest I'm really liking Lemmy so far.

[–] DefyTheLegends@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The quality of reddit posts outside of niche communities or events has tanked a lot. Most of the stuff at the top is AITA(H), the most basic questions, and reposts, with some short video clips and the occasional comic. Doesn't help that it is known that someone is using LLMs for bot accounts.