Damn son. You’re an idiot

Ok

If any of my friends showed up with facebook glasses, they would be ridiculed to the point of them either getting rid of them or us no longer being friends.

Yeah, if someone I’m speaking to believes I’m trying to “use big words” for the sake of sounding smart, I generally just stop engaging with that person…

That exchange was some Facebook level shit lol.

Ok

This is empirically false. Given the context, it is more akin to grocery shopping at a gas station in the middle of nowhere.

This place has always been dead if special interest groups are a measure. There is nothing here and honestly never was…

First thing I thought of too.

Sorry OP, you’re not building anything smaller than this cheap item from apple.

Using these as a starting point and modifying as needed is probably a good thing to look at before you go too far down the rabbit hole.

Been paying dividends ever since. Nothing gonna change

I was on Reddit back from the beginning and around 2007-2010 it was a very well curated place due to this culture.

People didn’t comment unless they had something actually relevant and insightful to say. Researchers, engineers, lawyers, doctors/med students and all walks of life in between with professional or intellectual knowledge of the subject at hand.

It was great because the comments were vibrant with good discussion, links, and other ancillary information.

As all things that get popular, the quality declines in tandem.

It started out with the whole summer break periods when school kids were out and bored…then the digg exodus. Slowly, but steadily the quality declined as the user base exploded. Large subreddits were increasingly shit so you’d have to stick to the more niche subs.

The API debacle was finally enough for me to strip all my comments and delete my account.

Lemmy is not quite at the level of when Reddit first started. I find that outside of a handful of commenters per notable post, most are not very knowledgeable, insightful, or otherwise providing quality discourse. I will say that it’s not consistently the case, as sometimes (depending on the topic), it does remind me of those old times. There’s still hope lol

I don’t think anyone was suggesting otherwise.

“THIS JUST IN!, credit cards offer reward points to soften the effects of data mining on individuals. It highlights the advantages of using custom lubricant on the broomsticks they are fucking you in the ass with.”

Some say it feels nice.

Also…gift cards? Wtf. Makes this comment sound fake af.

Everything you’ve proposed as an easy fix would not apply to the vast majority of end users; the target audience.