Reddit seems to be in purge mode so that the AI doesn't develop too many problematic leftist opinions. I was looking back to an old post critizing CS Lewis and the comments were absolutely nuked since my last visit.

I can never block reddit. My go-to workflow for buying any product is usually:

1. Perplexity / Claude: "what are some good recommendations for <productX>?"
2. Skim what it writes, mentally note that it's probably extrapolating from little data on <productX>
3. Scroll down to the sources, click on the Reddit ones.
4. Check that the date is somewhat reasonably in the past (+3yrs is always good)
5. Scroll to that one single comment that provides insightful feedback

This is why I never deleted my reddit accounts after I migrated -- I just couldn't throw away all of the hard written insightful comments I'd made there over ~15 years, and knew that an AI (and by extension future me) might find it beneficial.

(I'm not against AI, I'm against what capitalism is doing with AI)

I can never block reddit. My go-to workflow for buying any product is usually:

1. Perplexity / Claude: "what are some good recommendations for <productX>?"
2. Skim what it writes, mentally note that it's probably extrapolating from little data on <productX>
3. Scroll down to the sources, click on the Reddit ones.
4. Check that the date is somewhat reasonably in the past (+3yrs is always good)
5. Scroll to that one single comment that provides insightful feedback

This is why I never deleted my reddit accounts after I migrated -- I just couldn't throw away all of the hard written insightful comments I'd made there over ~15 years, and knew that an AI (and by extension future me) might find it beneficial.

(I'm not against AI, I'm against what capitalism is doing with AI)

A platform without ads or evil corpo ownership? Yeah, I'd scared too.

I’m fairly certain linking Lemmy, even once, yields a shadow ban.

I cant even make a new Reddit account for anything, even from a relatively new IP after moving.

A platform without ads or evil corpo ownership? Yeah, I'd scared too.

right like the actual reason is obvious but what's the "official" / stated reason?

A platform without ads or evil corpo ownership? Yeah, I'd scared too.

Does it have to try hard? Didn't leftist remove themselves from a lot of places and purge their own comments?

Didn’t leftist remove themselves from a lot of places and purge their own comments?

There's definitely been an Exodus since 2020. But prior to that, it was a long running guerrilla war of leftists fighting to find footholds in the system and evade bans, while Reddit Corporate implemented increasingly draconian purges.

Less of a problem since 2022, so they pivoted to going after anyone solidly progressive. Then anyone left-liberal. Now anyone who isn't an outright MAGAt.

mine is r/nursing. there's just not a significant enough presence of any healthcare workers let alone nurses specifically for me to properly commiserate with. Every once in a while I get into a mood to post some memes or otherwise engage but I get a few likes and maybe one comment at most and wind up giving up after a few days.

A platform without ads or evil corpo ownership? Yeah, I'd scared too.

I’m fairly certain linking Lemmy, even once, yields a shadow ban.

I cant even make a new Reddit account for anything, even from a relatively new IP after moving.

I don't think so. I see people on r/fediverse linking it.

The response though is interesting to me because when the right faced the same pressure it rallied them. They made so much noise and used every lever they could. Like the littlest 86 year old Republican grandpa took to online accounts and became obsessed with making sure people could say racist facist bullshit online. But people on the left retreated. We said things like "don't wressle with pigs" like we're better than it all. When I bring this up to people the say "well they're just funded" but it's like they don't understand that funding probably paid for a lot of accounts to convince us to retreat. My 2 cents anyways.

The response though is interesting to me because when the right faced the same pressure it rallied them. They made so much noise and used every lever they could. Like the littlest 86 year old Republican grandpa took to online accounts and became obsessed with making sure people could say racist facist bullshit online. But people on the left retreated. We said things like "don't wressle with pigs" like we're better than it all. When I bring this up to people the say "well they're just funded" but it's like they don't understand that funding probably paid for a lot of accounts to convince us to retreat. My 2 cents anyways.

I think people on the left retreated because their ideals don't involve violence and hate in the first place, so they just didn't want to be tangled up in it. I'm only so motivated to interact with nazi scum, I'd much rather not, so yeah, they can have their spaces because I don't have the mental capacity to live my life peacefully and also fight with idiots on the internet.

A platform without ads or evil corpo ownership? Yeah, I'd scared too.

But you understand retreating gives Nazi scum access to more eyes and ears which grows louder and bolder nazi scum. Like you can choose to disengage but it's only momentarily. It now isn't just online, you're probably seeing family and friends or coworkers or random conversations waiting for coffee that sound questionable. It's easier to put a fire out when it's smoulder then when it's engulfing half the forest. You can walk away when it's smouldering but it's only going to grow

Reddit seems to be in purge mode so that the AI doesn't develop too many problematic leftist opinions. I was looking back to an old post critizing CS Lewis and the comments were absolutely nuked since my last visit.