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for the Reddit refugees, do you also feel a bit heartbroken? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by Acetamide@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it feels like breaking up with someone after many years. At the same time, I feel a bit dirty mentioning the name in the post title.

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[–] cryomancer20x6@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that the problem was that they tried to make it "social media." Forums are not social media. Full stop. They tried to make all engagement a thing, tried to spam ads, and bully people onto one mobile platform. That said, yeah - I'm a bit heartbroken. It makes me sad to want to leave subs that I've been a part of since the Digg migration.

[–] LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Meh, forums can be social, at least I've been in some that were. Reddit was special in this regard I think. I didn't really check whom I was replying to and it didn't matter. It was the topic and the discussion and the Monty Python jokes, never the person.

[–] cryomancer20x6@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

That is entirely different from the concept of social media. Anonymous posting is intrinsically different from trying to either share stuff to your irl friends or build a brand etc.