I can’t get rid of it, it’s obnoxious. I’ve tried filtering the element with my adblocker but it keeps reappearing. As much as I find Reddit useful (unfortunately), especially for information and discussion relating to my country, I will never install their proprietary garbage app on my phone just to use their website.
Oh well. I’ve used the Internet before Reddit existed, I’m sure I can get used to doing so again.
Reddit has IP shadowbanned me for some reason. All new posts on my main account are invisible, and new accounts are the same. I’ve appealed, multiple times, to no response.
And not “some reason” being “I made edgy political posts they’d obviously dislike.” No, I did two things on Reddit:
Nerd out about lore on /r/thelastairbender and some other fandom subs
Nerd out about ML in /r/localllama, before the tech bros came for it.
Doesn’t seem like anything to ban me over.
…Funny thing is, it seems like I’m not alone?
I noticed many experts missing in /r/localllama. Honestly it feels like all the technical knowledge has been sucked out of the sub, and people there don’t even know the basics of how stuff works.
Same with my preferred fandoms. They’ve gotten more “culty,” less knowledgeable, less interested in deep lore and speculative theory/stories.
On the r/LocalLLama - there’s a Lemmy equivalent. It’s quiet but if you start a good topic people will come out of the wood work.
I’m thinking of starting one about my new project (replacing llm with deterministic code + Markov chain for garnish. Not quite an expert system of old but towards that end; DM me if you want and I will send you link to repo).
Anyway - fuck reddit and its performative nonsense, slop and bots. I will never share technical knowledge there again.
Hopefully the friction of using Lemmy keeps the worst of reddit on reddit.