I remember discovering Digg first and then reddit, and noticing how on reddit, back when it was Digg’s less glamorous knockoff, people didn’t comment unless they really knew what they were talking about. It was a pretty sensible and erudite site for a while. Then it very much wasn’t
Comment on lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of this month
Psythik@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoAnd at least the average Lemmy user isn’t a complete fucking idiot.
I remember the early days of reddit, when we would make fun of the kids over at /r/SummerReddit every June. But then those kids grew up, took over the website, and now /r/SummerReddit is all of reddit.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Psythik@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I was there! Started on Digg after Kevin Rose mentioned it on The Screensavers (TechTV), joined reddit shorty after.
2006-2009 was peak reddit. Then after digg’s suicide, it was the beginning of the end.
And now he’s is trying to bring it back. I wish him the best of luck. Don’t fuck it up this time, Kevin.
Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Please, allow myself to introduced… Myself.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Hi. My name is TachyonTele.