Reddit forces personalized ads, starts X-like user payment program
arstechnica.com
Like it or not, Reddit wants to "improve ad performance."

I left a couple of months ago. Couldn’t be happier.

The writing is on the wall. The leader thinks the Genius-with-hair-transplants is a superstar, despite destroying a globally recognised brand. Inspired by this, Spez is trying to get Reddit ready for an IPO. This means, maximise profits by any means.

  • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    9 months ago

    If you wanna keep your bookmarks and the subreddits (communities) that you’re subscribed to before deleting your account, I made a free tool to help you store and offload that data.

    It’s called Reddit Account Manager, and it’s 100% free.

    You can also use it to manage your Lemmy account(s), of course.

    • CheatMageLVL99@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      Thanks for posting the link, just saw this news and decided to finally jump ship. Between this and Reddit wanting to pay for use it’s high time I leave it.

      Isn’t there something that scrapes posts from Reddit like a newsfeed? Or do most people just use lemmy.world now?

      • HiramFromTheChi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        9 months ago

        Isn’t there something that scrapes posts from Reddit like a newsfeed?

        If you got an Android, there’s Stealth. On iOS, you’re SOL as far as I know.

        Or do most people just use lemmy.world now?

        This would be the best avenue, yeah. I thought it was gonna be difficult to leave Reddit too, but thankfully, I was wrong.