Comment on Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform

• thehatfox@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It probably was, but I would imagine a lot of the dedicated users of old are also those who have fled Reddit recently. Reddit might feel there would be less backlash to removing old now.

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  • MC_Lovecraft@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup. I left at the end of June, and would have left immediately if they had fucked with old.reddit at any point. I only see the site now when it comes up in search results and seeing what Reddit looks like now instantly assuaged any doubts I had about leaving.

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    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I find it useful at times as a research resource but every time, I stop it from loading and change the URL to old. When they break that, I don’t think I will use it anymore unless it holds the only solution to my question

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  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was pointing to a giant mass of people on r/all. Reddit was a beacon to all us techies and weirdos who like this format and do care enough to untick tracking. But I doubt anyone I talked to there was ever subscribed to r/funny, r/memes or other top subs, and they were the most active subs, have most users. Scrolling it like Insta, that way.

    Those who were curious about what they can change in preferences are power users, more likely to choose 3rd party apps, to create content, comment or mod. Those as you said more likely to leave to Lemmy. And I feel they are actually a small minority compared to those who didn’t know opt-out was even an option or why it matters.

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