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Every other post is about that site.

It’s like getting a new girlfriend but constantly talking about your ex.

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[–] hardypart@feddit.de 168 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Reddit's downfall is a major disruption in the internet, of course everyone is going to talk about it, especially considering most of us are coming from there. Chill, bro!

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Arguably one of the most important sites too. People had accounts for week over a decade, they're rightly pissed when a place you used to love turns to shit because some dropkick CEO wants to pump his upcoming IPO

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[–] banquo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Furthermore we want to make Lemmy better and that includes learning from reddit - what should be the same, what should be changed and what should be added/removed/be like reddit "used to be" etc. It's a software project not a summer flirt.

[–] FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I am very chill my friends.

Just exercising my right to express myself. If that goes against what you believe it doesn’t mean that I’m mad or vexed.

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You think my reply goes against your believe in the freedom of expressing yourself? Lol, I think I'll have to say it again: Chill, bro!

[–] FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, I don’t.

I was merely pointing out that just because you don’t agree that we should see less of it mentioned that I am not chill, when in fact I’m more chill than frosty the snowman.

You have a wonderful day brother.

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 12 points 2 years ago

You too, mate!

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's interesting that you're exercising your right to tell people to stop exercising theirs....

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[–] MiddleKnight@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Chill people usually don't go straight to waving their constitutional rights in other people's faces at the first sign of any minor disagreement.

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

When the goto defense is that it's not illegal, you're pretty much admitting you have a terrible position and already know it.

[–] joelthelion@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

We still talk far too much about it, though. For example, I posted about a breakthrough in Alzheimer's research yesterday. In what world do Reddit's issues justify one hundred times the coverage of that breakthrough?

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Because reddit never has operated that way. Posts aren't news. Posts are things on people's minds. Opinions will always outnumber events. Especially when those events may not have a big impact on their lives. And to be honest, I see more complaints about "let's not discuss reddit" than I do discussing reddit. My guess is you're confusing the amount of content that gets posted to your instance. It's not nearly as much as reddit so you'll see all the low voted content just as often. That content never makes it to other instances though. So it's not so much a Lemmy problem, but a lemmy.world problem is my guess.

[–] Volfkha@sopuli.xyz 79 points 2 years ago (3 children)

"I am going to create a discussion about a thing I would like people to stop discussing"

[–] Lewistrick@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

It's like saying "smoking should be forbidden" and the lighting a cigarette.

[–] FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

Hey, I gotta try make some content on here. Haha

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[–] Uli@sopuli.xyz 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fine, I'll stop talking about 9gag. Sheesh.

[–] lesnout27@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you remember, when even once 9gag was actually a good platform and not destroyed by money? Pepperidge farm remembers.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

9gag was never a good platform, it's where memes went to die.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I sincerely wish people would use the block feature, rather than keep making threads complaining about content/communities they don't like to see.

[–] FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have done that but I am still allowed to have a discussion.

Some people made some valid points against my sentiment, I would not have gotten that had I not posted.

For me it’s important to see opposing views, otherwise what’s the point.

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Than make a post about having a discussion. Not a declarative statement of what needs to happen and a subjective sentiment delivered in objective format. You don't start a discussion about immediately saying others are wrong.

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Than make a post about having a discussion. Not a declarative statement of what needs to happen and a subjective sentiment delivered in objective format. You don't start a discussion about immediately saying others are wrong.

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[–] gjghkk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sincere question, how do I use the block feature, I mean, can we filter out certain words? I only know of blocking of users.

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[–] nicotinell@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago

I don't mind it. In fact as a person who spent countless hours at Reddit over the past 6+ years I'm very much interested on what's going on there despite the fact that I'm no longer using the platform.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I think it's important while creating a new community to examine what the previous one did poorly so that we can do better.

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

This is the first post I’ve seen in a while about it. Thanks for bringing it up so people will discuss it.

Jk nice try spez, go home.

[–] hsl@wayfarershaven.eu 10 points 2 years ago

Removing per rule #4.

[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

...No? It's relevant news.

Seems like it'd be more odd if there wasn't news about it.

[–] HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How are you going to get people to stop talking about a major site failing? Lmao

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[–] Relo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anything to help you in your withdrawal op.

[–] FredericChopin_@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Brother the people in withdrawal are the ones talking about it all the time.

I am happy here. My time wasted on my phone has dropped considerably and that’s bloody awesome for me.

[–] maor@lemmy.org.il 4 points 2 years ago

Yessss I love how the algorithm here isn't tailored towards sucking me in

[–] mysoulishome@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Nothing more Reddit than complaining about Reddit

[–] custom_situation@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

hey guys stop talking about the thing that i just made a post about but won’t name and therefore is not about that thing that i’m complaining about.

if you want to see better content, create it. you’re making it worse by posting about it yourself.

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[–] jerebear205@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly ppl need to start standing lemmy up on its own. Let Lemmy grow into something new and exciting. I kinda feel it's just growing pains of a new site. And it's going to take years for it to grow into it own.

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. If reddit had issues, it makes sense to discuss to ensure they don't occur again

[–] collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Tygr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

It took a year or so before the discussion of Digg stopped happening on Reddit. It’s already calmed way down from peak API but they keep on making horrible decisions.

[–] CarlsIII@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

You’re talking about it right now!

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Congrats. You added to the problem.

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[–] WolfhoundRO@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I'm okay with talking about that site to spread awareness.

What I'm not okay with is sharing direct links to it and, therefore, make traffic for it. Please use some aggregators and mirrors

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago
[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

When I joined mastodon, all the talk was about β€œthe bird site.” It fades over a few weeks.

[–] amio@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

It gets to be a lot, but you can just filter out the obviously Reddit-centered communities/mags/whatever a lot of the time.

[–] grill@thelemmy.club 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't mind those posts. But I am on the other hand slowly getting bothered by your kind of posts. They seem to be posted more often than any other reddit related news/shittalking.

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[–] Sinnz@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

DAE hate old site????? xDDDdD

Just ignore it or block it and move on. No need for the same post everyday.

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