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submitted 1 year ago by kucuva@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I joined reddit on the tailwind, so it was all echo chamber, we hate newcomers, gatekeeping, automod frenzy, too many rulebreakers, too many rules, etc I could be wrong, but thats what I imagine it used to be like.

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[–] Oisteink@feddit.nl 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah - it’s pretty shit already. I wasn’t on Reddit at the absolute beginning but I did clock in 12+ years. This is more like the end of Reddit - only split into several servers.

[–] moriquende@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least we aren't all competing to make the highest voted dumb joke or pun on every single post yet.

[–] kucuva@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I actually liked that part, on most of the subreddits i used to go to they outlawed jokery. It was a very serious and sad place, mainly people just complaining and getting triggered by topics that weren't that serious, at least to me.