Vokainen on Nostr: Hyperhidrosis I'd wager reddit wasn't doing any mainstream culture in that timeframe, ...
Hyperhidrosis (nprofile…6g30) I'd wager reddit wasn't doing any mainstream culture in that timeframe, since during that period the Internet got increasingly walled off into enclosures (Discord got big into that timeframe, and it doesn't rely on reddit at all for memery). No mainstream culture, since everything is being walled off into echochambers.
And let's not forget the Boomersphere on Facebook, which makes memes we find cringe, but they get huge exposure among a very large crowd of people unfamiliar with "classic" Internet culture.
No, Reddit was simply increasingly polluted by bots that can only repeat what they've been trained on (Hence the stuck in 2018 part), while owners are presumably milking it anticipating a big selloff, and moderators continue abusing everyone they don't personally like.
And let's not forget the Boomersphere on Facebook, which makes memes we find cringe, but they get huge exposure among a very large crowd of people unfamiliar with "classic" Internet culture.
No, Reddit was simply increasingly polluted by bots that can only repeat what they've been trained on (Hence the stuck in 2018 part), while owners are presumably milking it anticipating a big selloff, and moderators continue abusing everyone they don't personally like.