The Reddit was my go to. The place for advice. I learned a lot there.

But now, it’s all John Oliver.

Usually I wouldn’t complain about John Oliver. But this shit is getting ANNOYING. I WANNA LEARN ABOUT PIRACY GODDAMNIT. If a good service is shut down, I wouldn’t be able to hear about it if it wasn’t for you guys. If a website had a virus problem. If I was having trouble. Thank whoever made this website and this community. You’re our only hope.

  • artaxadepressedhorse@lemmyngs.social
    6·
    2 years ago

    I never said the majority of people in the world are all that wise… p sure the only reason we’ve gotten where we are, the only reason we have anything nice we have, is by a rare few in the population questioning the aimless groupthink momentum.

    Look at all the garbage music celebrities that 80% of people worship, and how that shapes what’s played on the radio, at the gym, the grocery store. This seems to just be human nature. Most people are just going to follow orders dictated by pop culture. Is that who you want to be?

    • LoFi-Enchilada@kbin.social
      13·
      2 years ago

      You tried to question Facebook being fine and I just shared cold numbers with you, and now you’re trying to question “who am I want to be”?

      Don’t beat around the bush: neither Facebook and Reddit need you or your special hipster friends to thrive. You can argue that now they’re both trash websites all you want, and that this is the new oasis, but that’s your point of view out of the 1.660 billion active users that visit Reddit each month, and growing.

      And also, you made that heroic-sounding comment criticizing “group mentalities” and then proceed to talk in plural about how “we” ended up here. The joke tells itself. 🥹

      • ANGRY_MAPLE@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 years ago

        If they don’t need us to thrive, they should just get over people leaving.

        I don’t care about market values, stocks, “group mentalities”, or any of that. Those specific things relating to Reddit have no bearing on my personal life. I don’t care if Reddit thrives or dies at this point. I am done with that company over personal values.

        Additionally, I don’t miss the toxic comments. I don’t miss people insulting others at the drop of a hat over minor disagreements. I don’t the miss the poorly-veiled put downs. I don’t miss the condescending tones.

        I am happy that I left Reddit. Now that I’m gone, I don’t think anything could ever make me go back.

      • artaxadepressedhorse@lemmyngs.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        Why exactly are we arguing? If you wanna use Facebook and Reddit, go right ahead I’m not standing in your way, but I’ll not be a part of it. Reddit was like 60% crap to me already and now it’s 100% crap. If Lemmy somehow turns crap I’ll just go touch grass more…