wreel @ wreel @lemmy.sdf.org

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That's why it's only worth a million jelly beans

Feeling a bit called out right now.

I was 2006 adopter when Paul Graham dropped a link to it on his website. I was there before the original programming subdomain Reddit and even before they supported picture thumbnails. I've seen its wild mutations over the years. Bacon, narwhal, Mr Splashypants, Colbert name dropping, the original video IAMAs, the jailbait fiasco, spacedicks, random celebrity users, the redesign from hell, etc etc.

I left.

It was a good site for a long time but after being on Lemmy for a while I can see a clear difference in experience and now I realize Reddit has been bad for a while. Terrible discourse, lowest common denominator posts, and falling into the trap of continuous engagement just to get the next hit of dopamine. Honestly, spez ruining the site has been good for me personally.

I'm proud of our rejection of a commercial online experience. This is the thoughtful community I want to be a part of. This feels like the Internet of the late 90s in terms of authenticity. With its revival with the Fediverse I'm hopeful that these types of communities will forever be part of our digital experience.

I respect this

RCP has a tendency to post even the most crackpot polling firms which gives the entire site a rightward lean.

Oh those disgusting sex worker communities. What's the name?

This is my life now

What we all really wanted anyway

Didn't think I'd see some necromancy today

I dunno... It was a shit meme

Very casual but still active

A little Internet history: the etymology of "troll" in the Internet sense comes from the fishing term "trolling" which is where one moves around the fishing area with bait waiting for fish to hit (or bite). In the old bulletin board days a normal response before engaging with an obviously inflammatory/bad faith post was to start "ok, I'll bite ... [Counter Argument]"

That's optimistic that Idiocracy will take that long