As I participate in the boycott today and going forward, the biggest thing I’ve found I’m going to miss is the availability of discussion on topics. Obviously Reddit was never a bastion of truth and fact, but being able to find a discussion on a topic I was researching was always nice. For example today I was looking around for a fightstick / looking to see if one would be worth it for my use case, and Reddit was always the first result. What is everyone else unexpectedly missing from Reddit today?

  • Sidhean@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Mostly this. I habitually add “site:reddit.com” to like anything if all I’m getting is bullshit generic articles. I keep getting forcefully reminded that every sub worth visiting is boycotting today. Hopefully that’ll help me break the habit lol

    • Tumulto@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Biggest habit I’m going to have to break when I’m searching for stuff online now as well, trying to search through the bs articles and avoid Reddit has become quite the task

    • CuriousOtter@mander.xyz
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      1 year ago

      I have already tried doing this a few times, even replacing Reddit with Lemmy, despite knowing what the result would be. It’s a fun exercise until I need to sit and read through the fluff in standard articles.

    • Chapi_Chan@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      The place was curated. That’s the reason spez claims it was being scrapped by AI models.

  • Fenosi@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    r/personalFinance was helpful, if not repetitive at times, but there were so many people posting. There was always at least a few decent posts with different opinions. I’m surprised I haven’t come across a replacement here yet.

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      1 year ago

      lmao i will miss seeing “7k in CC debt, should I take out a personal loan at 29.99 interest rate?” 5 times a day

  • LookThere@fedia.io
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    1 year ago

    Me too. You can find nearly everything in reddit however obscure it is. Reddit is also a great place for finding answers ever since most websites became seo-optimized ai-generated content, making googling pretty much useless unless you add reddit to the query.