• _number8_@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    same - can’t tell if it’s placebo but ever since i read they were going public, i’ve noticed it just get shittier and shittier. inexcusably wrong to do

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      1 year ago

      Going public is just business speak for selling out your userbase for shareholder money. It’s never a good thing for the users.

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      1 year ago

      I was a transplant from Digg, ages ago. I never liked the cross-sub political undercurrent that always left you getting dogpiled on by idiots for expressing you opinions. I’ve wanted to jump ship for awhile but not a lot of good alternatives existed. Voat essentially became the social media platform for Stormfront. Ruqqus became a low-tier, low-effort meme board with little information discussion. Hopefully this lasts and has some promise to it.