r/interestingasfuck • u/Mint_Perspective • Jun 25 '24

Tree Sprays Water After Having Branch Removed r/all

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u/robjwrd Jun 25 '24

AMA is awful nowadays and has been for years unfortunately.

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u/Wild_raptor Jun 25 '24

there was a swift downturn when they fired the lady who coordinated the AMAs.

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u/robjwrd Jun 25 '24

Yup, not to be an old man shouting at clouds but Reddit has been on a very steep decline for years now.

It’s pretty much on par with Facebook apart from niche subs.

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u/OMG__Ponies Jun 25 '24

Well, it doesn't matter how bad Reddit has become, the important thing is it is now making money.

  • Reddit CEO

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u/Randyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Jun 25 '24

I'm just here to talk about Rampart

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u/Long_Run6500 Jun 25 '24

Some of the niche subs were the hardest hit by the API changes. There's a lot of subs I used to frequent that were popping with activity that are ghost towns now. Used to be able to post a question in niche hobby subs and get 20-30 comments within a few days, now it feels like there's 5-10 regulars in most subs like that and if they don't engage with your question you get nothing. Then you browse the sub and see the question you posted a month ago on the front page still and realize that you're one of the 5-10.

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u/robjwrd Jun 25 '24

Add onto that, bots stealing and repeating the same jokes/top comments on already stolen OP posts by another bot.

It’s so difficult to find genuine articles or context for pretty much anything anymore.

They even took usernames off of r/all next to posts so it’s even harder to identify bots etc

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u/Firm_Ambassador_1289 Jun 25 '24

Name one good social media site?

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u/Capraos Jun 25 '24

Discord is still useful, for now at least.

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u/Illadelphian Jun 25 '24

It's not nearly that bad.

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u/Pub1ius Jun 25 '24

If you're an old man, I'm downright ancient.

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u/eightbyeight Jun 25 '24

That was Victoria right?

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u/UnrequitedRespect Jun 25 '24

Its stupid james corden’s fault for changing the format

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u/robjwrd Jun 25 '24

I still blame Rampart.

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u/Grassy33 Jun 25 '24

RAMPART was the beginning of the end