I think it’s just that reddit looks like everything else now (Pinterest/Instagram/ect) with their UI so the general public expects certain elements to do certain things. They don’t remember the old interface nor the free-wheeling link madness reddit had in the beginning.
anyone who doesn’t understand lemmy after using reddit must be a real pea brain
Not necessarily a pea brain, but certainly clueless on why Reddit, Digg, Slashdot etc. went downhill.
I think it’s just that reddit looks like everything else now (Pinterest/Instagram/ect) with their UI so the general public expects certain elements to do certain things. They don’t remember the old interface nor the free-wheeling link madness reddit had in the beginning.
Reddit only became popular relatively recently.
Bet they are the ones who browse the internet without an ad blocker.