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0 pointsnotatoad2y ago0 comments

reddit basically became everything the founders mocked when they first started it. https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2.html

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That's why you never sell yourself as the hero,

Or you'll just wait long enough to become the villain

But modern reddit isn't really very similar to what they're mocking? Here's the joke mockup: https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2mockup.jpg

Open reddit now and there's no silly unusable tag clouds, no top-of-page ads, no 3rd-party ad serving, no gradients, no overdone logo, no tagline, no allcaps headings, no giant voting arrows...

SilverBirch2y ago

The specifics are different but the trend is the same. Most HN posts from Reddit are old.Reddit.com, you try and view a Reddit page on mobile? Screw you, download the app.they’re doing the exact same thing digg did, the trends are just a decade later.

bigcloud12992y ago

Let’s admit modern Reddit is probably half porn and only fans site. I don’t have quantifiable data but the way I see people on Twitter complain about porn on Twitter. I can only assume.

jefftk2y ago

That's even farther from "basically became everything the founders mocked when they first started it"!

satvikpendem2y ago

Well, this happens for every service over time, as companies decide to put profit over their users: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/enshittification

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tough2y ago

That's why you never sell yourself as the hero,

Or you'll just wait long enough to become the villain

jefftk2y ago

But modern reddit isn't really very similar to what they're mocking? Here's the joke mockup: https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2mockup.jpg

Open reddit now and there's no silly unusable tag clouds, no top-of-page ads, no 3rd-party ad serving, no gradients, no overdone logo, no tagline, no allcaps headings, no giant voting arrows...

SilverBirch2y ago

bigcloud12992y ago

Let’s admit modern Reddit is probably half porn and only fans site. I don’t have quantifiable data but the way I see people on Twitter complain about porn on Twitter. I can only assume.

jefftk2y ago

That's even farther from "basically became everything the founders mocked when they first started it"!

satvikpendem2y ago

Well, this happens for every service over time, as companies decide to put profit over their users: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/enshittification

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse