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Anyone else pondering what it would be like to leave Reddit behind for Bubble?
2023-06-14 · 9 months ago
👻 mediocregopher [...] · 2023-06-14 at 06:37:
I left reddit behind many years ago, gemini overall has helped fill that niche in a much healthier way. I recommend everyone ditch reddit, regardless of current events.
🦎 Akselmo · 2023-06-14 at 07:20:
way ahead of you :)
🐝 Addison · 2023-06-14 at 08:13:
Bubble among at least one other. Much happier this way.
☕️ Morgan · 2023-06-14 at 09:04:
I never made it as far as Reddit; I was a slashdot reader.
Since finding Gemini I've ditched that along with my other news fix, The Guardian. Seems to be working pretty well so far.
🍀 gritty · 2023-06-14 at 11:20:
same here, haven't had social media in a while. masto for a minute, but mostly Gemini these days
🐐 satch · 2023-06-14 at 12:20:
Yeah, I’ve kind of abandoned my fedi account especially since the advent of Bubble.
🦀 jeang3nie · 2023-06-14 at 14:05:
I've always found Reddit to be a steaming pile of nastiness and toxicity, so in my case I'd have to say, not exactly? Bubble doesn't fulfull that "toilet bowl" vibe.
🍵 michaelnordmeyer · 2023-06-14 at 14:06:
@Morgan I've been a Slashdot reader in the 90s. After increasing the comment threshold to five over the years, I eventually stopped reading it altogether. Too much drama and ultimately wasted time. Never regularly used comment-heavy UGC sites again.
Same with Foursquare. I used to use the shit out of it in the late 00s and early 10s and battled for mayorships in meatspace. Then my usage faded and I eventually stopped and avoided any kind of gamification on sites and apps.
Seems like a pattern. Once I've immersed myself in a new paradigm and it loses attractivity, the negative effects weigh in and I abandon the genre for good.
☕️ Morgan · 2023-06-14 at 16:23:
@michaelnordmeyer
I think I stayed with slashdot for so long because of the occasional "golden post" from an expert in the field.
For example an article about some obscure physics phenomenon would often get a detailed post from an actual physicist.
Unfortunately slashdot doesn't seem to try particularly hard to keep junk articles off the front page, or to edit them ... I remember when summaries were summaries rather than most of the article directly copied and pasted. Happy times :)
🚀 stack · 2023-06-14 at 20:10:
What's Reddit? But seriously, haven't been there in years except for an occasional search that lands there for a specific answer. Hacker News on the other hand has been much harder to quit.
🐻 moddedBear · 2023-06-15 at 01:29:
I mainly used Reddit as a feed for cool photos and videos. I haven't found a replacement yet but so far I'm doing fine going without.
I realized it was a nightmare trying to use it as a social platform a loooong time ago. I get my fill between gemini and Mastodon.
❄ freezr · 2023-06-15 at 04:09:
I found the Reddit WebUI quite unreadable, I tend to avoid it as much as I can... 🤔
🦂 akrabu · 2023-07-11 at 21:42:
Okay this may be dumb, but what exactly is Bubble? I tried to find the project / site but couldn't. I'm guessing this site is built on Bubble, but... what is Bubble? lol
🦀 jeang3nie · 2023-07-11 at 22:05:
Bubble is the software running this site. It's written in Python by Skyjake, the author of Lagrange.