I never created an account at Reddit despite being prompted to over a hundred times.
I always thought that reddit was a downgrade from the forums I enjoyed in the late 90s and early 00's. Therefore, I always thought it to be a bit cartoonish and the conversations harder to follow. I didn't like to have to click buttons to expand discussions. Tracking replies was difficult.
Another reason I thought reddit was too mainstream and normie was that it showed up high in web searches and it seemed that google was promoting reddit as search results stemming from forums / discussions. Not sure of the timeline of this. Maybe 2015-onwards?
One of the things i don't like about dot wins is that it is too heavily based upon reddit in design and format. Also, the secrecy of who owns and runs these dot wins is suspicious. Could be honey pot or could be good guy who just wants to remain anonymous. Not sure I give much a shit either way.
Having these power struggles on other people's platforms might not be the best strategy. We really should design and have our own platforms even though I know that is not as easy as it sounds.
Great documentary and soundtrack Foundring.
I never created an account at Reddit despite being prompted to over a hundred times.
I always thought that reddit was a downgrade from the forums I enjoyed in the late 90s and early 00's. Therefore, I always thought it to be a bit cartoonish and the conversations harder to follow. I didn't like to have to click buttons to expand discussions. Tracking replies was difficult.
Another reason I thought reddit was too mainstream and normie was that it showed up high in web searches and it seemed that google was promoting reddit as search results stemming from forums / discussions. Not sure of the timeline of this. Maybe 2015-onwards?
One of the things i don't like about dot wins is that it is too heavily based upon reddit in design and format. Also, the secrecy of who owns and runs these dot wins is suspicious. Could be honey pot or could be good guy who just wants to remain anonymous. Not sure I give much a shit either way.
Having these power struggles on other people's platforms might not be the best strategy. We really should design and have our own platforms even though I know that is not as easy as it sounds.