Current state of Reddit

Used to browse Reddit daily. Once Reddit is Fun closed, I only go on to search for an answer.

Now it is Lemmy daily.

... and I am starting to see user agent and VPN blocks now just within the last few days... It's officially over, so glad to be here. Been in the fediverse since the API shutdown. Bouncing between instances. First post on this one! Absolutely no regrets.

On another topic, what kind of complete nonsense is that comment section?

It reads like if my phone's autocomplete decided to go haywire one day and start spitting out random associated phrases: "Pablo Escobar... Colombian Drug Lord... District of Columbia...hungry hungry hippo..."

I don't even know which is worse, that these are all bots, or there are actually multiple people who thinks posting these in public is a good idea.

I am constantly amazed that anyone is still using that corporate dumpster fire of a website

God... I can barely remember the time before the top comment threads of every goddamned post were always lazy strings of circle-jerky jokes that you could predict before even clicking into the thread.

I can't even open reddit on a phone nowadays, cause my preferred sub have 18+ posts and reddit don't let you access that if you not logged in. Also, there a notification, that I need to use shitty official mobile app. Also, there notification to login via google. Also, there a notification... Nope, I not using this shit ever again.

Audacity aside, wtf is the difference between the $1.99 and 3.99 gold???

Are reddit paying contributors, moderators or people creating posts¿? If no then how are they claiming that buying a golden upvote supports contributors

Each of those arrows is uglier than the last

These arrows look like they were AI generated. "Make the arrow look more golden"

Hopefully the fact that they felt the need to do this means they're doing badly financially (and hopefully this doesn't help with that)

Very MTX-heavy mobile game aesthetic.

LMAO, imagine paying someone for content and then having a Reddit bot (or human) to copy it here for Lemmy.

Is this the new NFT lol?

This has gotta be the stupidest (and honestly ugliest) alternative to Reddit awards.

Thanks for the crudely gold-colored-brass up vote, kind stranger.

Anyone remember Kai’s Power Tools for Photoshop? Those arrows certainly do.

This entire screenshot looks horrible.

Has no one here heard of redreader

Its still up due to an exemption iirc

Giving Gold supports the contributors you love

Is... is this implying the person who got gilded gets a cut? Huh?

r/todayilearned

Well, today you learned that this is the current state of Reddit.

What a garbage place.

Reddit was always this way.

Mildly hilarious

It would be great if Lemmy's devs implemented loosely based (for fair use) copies of these and gave them for free :)

I thought Reddit killed off gold earlier this year?

spez is hungryyyyy [insert The Idiot's Lantern Doctor Who episode monster]

Hahahahahahah holy shit holy fucking shit

Never heard of that website

Heh, money buying people's upvotes. Good grief

If you use the official app that's on you.

So you can't get that gold thing to go away?