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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

You literally left Reddit because of what capitalism did to it.

[–] dartos@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah but capitalism also made reddit great, before making it terrible.

There’s a balance in there somewhere. What we got ain’t it tho.

[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Reddit was never great lmaoo

It was a pedo networking tool reknowned worldwide for it's jailbate and non-consensual creepshots. These moderators received awards from admins. Then it got too much attention and got a PR workover, burning a woman CEO at the stake to satiate the gamer-fascists before becoming a bland Atlanticist CIA sockpuppet front of bland corporate posts.

At no point during this entire thing did it ever approach anything comparable to greatness

[–] dartos@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I meant the platform more than the company.

It’s my favorite format for social media… that’s why I’m on lemmy.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

communism made lemmy so where does that leave us

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[–] Bobby_DROP_TABLES@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no balance though, the shit-ification that happened to Reddit is a necessary function of capitalism. What we saw as Reddit at its best was, from a capitalist's perspective, Reddit at its worst. I'm sure you've noticed a similar process taking place in lots of other areas as well.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

What we saw as Reddit at its best was, from a capitalist's perspective, Reddit at its worst.

And capitalists will allow this "at its worst" phase in order to capture the market, before squeezing it. This pattern is consistent in many industries.

[–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (29 children)

I mean the stages of economic transition have been "fuedalism->capitalism-> socialism" as each one is progressively more efficient and supercedes the previous.

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