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minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThere were a handful of aggregates but Reddit was less user focused than Digg was. Reddit didn’t have comments initially, just voting news stories and topics. Comments killed Reddit by blowing it up for the masses
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI don’t think comments killed Reddit. The mass-adoption of smartphones did.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoReddit became about the comments not the content, imo the glory days were pre-comment, despite having been active until the api-exodus
There were a handful of aggregates but Reddit was less user focused than Digg was.
Reddit didn’t have comments initially, just voting news stories and topics. Comments killed Reddit by blowing it up for the masses
I don’t think comments killed Reddit. The mass-adoption of smartphones did.
Reddit became about the comments not the content, imo the glory days were pre-comment, despite having been active until the api-exodus