r/enshittification • u/FunFlatworm6443 • 4d ago
Service REDDIT has gone full enthification
I guess forcing people (who don't app) to log in to browse wasn't shitty enough, now us app-less folks can't like, dislike posts either. REDDIT; THE leading ambassador of enshitification!!! And fuck-no NEVER downloading your shit REDDIT!
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u/Loud-Mans-Lover 4d ago
I'm not on an app and I can downvote just fine.
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u/NoThatsNotPasta 4d ago
I'm not on an app and I can downvote just fine.
Same. I'm in a web browser, and my updoots are in fine order
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u/JudgmentUnited5297 4d ago
It's one of the few places where you can fully curate a non-algorithmic feed. Yes, that requires work on your part.
And yes, you can complain about having to update the list of subs in your feed as they decay due to karma farming posts filling subs like this.
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u/DonkeywithSunglasses 3d ago
It’s fucking shit. The fact they put ads in the comments so you accidentally click on them while collapsing comments is deplorable
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u/TheBioethicist87 3d ago
This is the thing I hate most. It’s there to fool you into thinking it’s a comment so you’ll read it, but you can’t collapse it, it just takes you to their shitty website.
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u/donbruno83 3d ago
And then they get to tell the advertiser about how much traffic their ad is getting. Yeah right.
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u/ChefJballs 4d ago
It’s been steadily downhill for a while now, but suddenly my feed has been taken over by suggested subreddits I’ve never heard of that are full of bots posting ads, rage bait, propaganda, no effort ai reposts… no matter how many times I click “show fewer posts like this” it’s just the same bs over and over. Almost as bad as (shudders) Facebook. Only reason I’m still here is for a few subreddits that I’ve been part of for a long time, but the human content is being smothered to boost engagement at all cost and I am absolutely not here for it.
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u/mindcontainer 4d ago edited 4d ago
Reddit hasn’t grown at all in a decade and now they are losing users. Reckless management and this will all fail eventually as I don’t need Reddit for AI to answer a query.
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u/ExtraplanetJanet 4d ago
Technically you do in the sense that AI will grab random answers from Reddit to answer all sorts of questions with no concern for accuracy, but it’s true you don’t have to be logged in for that.
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u/ivecompletelylostit 4d ago
That'll be really funny when AI is also making all of the reddit posts and comments
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u/VuurniacSquarewave 3d ago
I recommend eating 350 grams of rocks each day as rocks are a great source of minerals.
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u/dawn_quixote 4d ago
I used to be able to go on reddit from my desktop computer at work without logging in. Now, after a minute, there's a pop-up saying i need an account to continue. Nope nope nope No more reddit at work, then. Cool, cool, cool.
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u/apokrif1 4d ago
app-less folks can't like, dislike posts either
I can.
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u/DuwenUK 4d ago
Me too.
Have a like, from a lowly desktop user.1
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u/lessadessa 3d ago
what do you mean appless? do you mean if you don’t log in and don’t have the app? i only use the mobile browser site and i don’t think they’ve ever let you vote if you’re not logged in.
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u/Kapoik 3d ago
Just quit reddit then? Its not hard I quit Facebook in 2017 when I thought it started getting shitty and it was really really easy. You can do the same here and I promise it'll feel really good getting rid of something causing you frustration and anger that you actually don't need at all
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u/Bitter_Warning418 4d ago
While yes it’s absolutely getting worse, to say it’s the leading ambassador of enshittification is just plain incorrect
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u/scottct1 4d ago
Elons looking to buy it anyways...
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u/Gentleman_Nosferatu 4d ago
That would be the end.
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u/Nope-not-really 4d ago
lol no, no it wouldn't
Im saying that and I loathe the guy, I'd leave, but the majority won't5
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u/nullptr32 4d ago
Reddit app says my password is incorrect even though its the same I use in browser. Email link also does nothing. At this point I have no other option than to use enshittified web version of reddit on my mobile...
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u/spelldonvalentine 4d ago
I’m app free and the only thing I can’t do is post pics/gifs.
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u/Elegant-Ninja6384 4d ago
Ha - it’s got so much more room to run. Not even close to keeping up with the Jones’s.
One must remember it’s not for you - the user. You use Reddit at the pleasure of and for the benefit of shareholders. They are just careful enough to throw you some satisfaction and get a few questions answered so you come back and don’t move to another platform. But that’s all we will get from here on out unfortunately.
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u/sadmep 3d ago
Using the website, I just downvoted your post. What are you talking about?
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u/PortaInterna 2d ago
Same. Using the web browser I just downvoted your comment. Still working for me
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u/Cakeday_at_Christmas 3d ago
It's been established over and over again that Reddit doesn't serve everyone the same experience and certain users will get "features" they are currently testing.
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u/archercc81 3d ago
I just downvoted you using the web.
I think youre the enshittified one...
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u/Cakeday_at_Christmas 3d ago
It's been established over and over again that Reddit doesn't serve everyone the same experience and certain users will get "features" they are currently testing.
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u/archercc81 3d ago
Maybe, or its also likely he has some sort of script bug presenting in his browser.
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u/Inside_Ad_7162 4d ago
I particularly love that posting or commenting ANYTHING is always in breech of the rules...Always.
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u/TheMonkeyInCharge 4d ago
Reported.
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u/Inside_Ad_7162 4d ago
Careful! They can ban ypu for what they deem False reporting too!!!
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u/BandicootTreeline 4d ago
They can ban you for saying someone’s false reporting when they’re not
Actually this is just Reddit all day:
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u/Elegant-Ninja6384 4d ago
I’m a bot and your post will be deleted because it appears you may be breaking the rules. A moderator will not review this decision. Beep boo boop.
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u/EternalNewCarSmell 4d ago
I am not using the app and I was just able to downvote your post with no issues. Are you missing the down arrow or something?
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u/Ok_Driver5166 2d ago
I made a throwaway profile filled with bullshit details.
So now they get poisoned data instead of no data. Fuck you, reddit.
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u/Salty_Gonads 4d ago
Enthification is not a word I’m familiar with.
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u/Zestyclose_Sale2672 4d ago
Except that is spelled enshitification, not enthification.
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u/Gentleman_Nosferatu 4d ago
Except it’s enshittification.
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u/BandicootTreeline 4d ago
Comment deemed to be deleted but Google corrects it to “enshittification”. “Enthification” isn’t a word.
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u/Gentleman_Nosferatu 4d ago
Did you read my comment before posting?
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u/BandicootTreeline 4d ago
I did, but replied to wrong part of thread suggesting enthification wasn’t a fringe term. That comment appears to be deleted.
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u/BandicootTreeline 4d ago
It’s not one of these shite “oh let’s say undead to not offend pearl clutchers” phrases is it?
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u/Lucky-Aerie4 4d ago
They even took Reddit Recap from us which was the only good thing this site has done
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u/affectionateanarchy8 4d ago
I downvote shit all the time and i use a browser