but it’s become an unhealthy addiction. Playing on my serotonin and dopamine
The same with all those major sites: it stopped being about community at some point and became about engagement, because that drives data points which makes them money.
Reddit has been an unhealthy place for a long time with numerous incidents where the admins haven’t acted out of moral choices but in the a way that is least damaging to engagement and the brand
Ive had this conversation with people over the years but a lot more recently and its a common comment that people miss the niche communities, the wonderfully weird and surreal sites you would stumble across whereas now its 5 corporate sites reposting the same jokes or content designed to keep you angry about the wrong things.
Re-engaging with lemmy.ml and finding here has made my heart flutter that I’m not alone!
I started my own Wordpress site as a way to counter act the feel of centralized dread, and that opened me up to the multitude of small sites out there being run by people for the sake of running them. There’s a lot of small weird stuff out there, it’s just getting daily double digit views.
The same with all those major sites: it stopped being about community at some point and became about engagement, because that drives data points which makes them money.
Reddit has been an unhealthy place for a long time with numerous incidents where the admins haven’t acted out of moral choices but in the a way that is least damaging to engagement and the brand
Reading this whole comment thread felt therapeutic somehow. You all get it.
Ive had this conversation with people over the years but a lot more recently and its a common comment that people miss the niche communities, the wonderfully weird and surreal sites you would stumble across whereas now its 5 corporate sites reposting the same jokes or content designed to keep you angry about the wrong things.
Re-engaging with lemmy.ml and finding here has made my heart flutter that I’m not alone!
I started my own Wordpress site as a way to counter act the feel of centralized dread, and that opened me up to the multitude of small sites out there being run by people for the sake of running them. There’s a lot of small weird stuff out there, it’s just getting daily double digit views.