cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65113208

I hate that is filled with bots and a lot of garbage and brain dead content from tiktok, instascam and fakebook where videos have added music for some reason with crappy edits where they have to “jingle keys” so they won’t lose interest. A lot of people post content without a source “Source!? My dreams bro, that’s the source” and karma farm, or posts that are clearly fake rage baits and now they combine all of it with AI to create the ultimate slop.

And on top of all they ban and shadow ban accounts without a reason while actual bots get a pass.

A couple of more reasons on why I hate reddit:

  1. It’s centralized
  2. It has lots of bots and owners take no action
  3. Lots of creeps and owners take no action
  4. They can ban your account for any reason
  5. They push ads
  6. They train AI models on our content without giving us anything
  7. They removed free API access
  8. Their app is garbage and so is their website
  9. They can remove and reassign subreddit moderators
  10. They added karma points
  11. Lots of stupid achievements
  12. Non-bot new users get easily banned for being suspected as a bot while actual bots pass
  13. Their support is garbage
  14. They don’t listen to the users
  15. Garbage algorithm for recommendations
  16. Shitty owners
  17. Garbage Reddit filters that shadowban
  18. Terrible app/website settings
  19. Added awards that cost real-life money
  20. They sell our data for money
  21. They don’t care about fake information and AI content
  22. Limited settings for subreddits
  23. Reddit Premium
  24. Avatar customization that costs real-life money
  25. Limited accessibility for disabled people (there were apps that were accessible, but they charged money for the API so they shut down, and Reddit didn’t implement those features)
  26. AI search in Reddit
  27. Ads disguised as normal content
  28. Buggy app/website
  29. Pushing games
  30. Lack of new features
  31. Private messages can be read
  32. Specific content can be deleted without reason and removed without prior notice
  33. Personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling, or AI training
  34. Personal data is used for advertising
  35. Data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world
  36. The stupid “Join the most real place on the internet” banner on the website that appears if you aren’t logged in
  37. Reddit moderators (most of them)
  38. Reddit’s garbage rules
  39. A lot of reposts
  40. A lot of AI posts
  41. They remove my comments without a reason
  42. Reddit bots
  43. Changing the UI often and mostly for the worse
  44. The owners are greedy bastards
  45. A lot of the community is garbage and supports a lot of AI slop content and/or fake information
  46. Hard to get API access
  47. They don’t center my PFP, those bastards
  48. “We have encountered an error” — WHICH ONE?
  49. Automatically saving my comments or posts to drafts
  50. THEY KEEP CHANGING AND REMOVING STUFF FOR THE WORSE
  • Auster@thebrainbin.org
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    11 hours ago

    Point 1 I’d say is the central point (pun not intended) of all of Reddit’s posts.

    Most other points you list, you can find on the fediverse too. But there, if a certain aspect displeases you, you either have to endure it if it involves an aspect you want to interact with, or you potentially need to sever a rather big chunk of their network.

    Here, specially if you use hybrid platforms thanks to tags besides communities, you get to lose very little in comparison. At worse, make a secondary community if one’s not around yet, use tags, and/or post to a miscellaneous/random topics community.