n0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockmessage-squaremessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1195arrow-down1message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockn0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebreadsmasher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down4·7 months agonot really. earliest days of reddit didnt even have subreddits. lemmy cant be reddit 10 years ago, because the internet has changed in that time too
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·7 months agoYeah, but reddits more than 10 years old… Here’s an article from 2013 talking about subs https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a9623/10-curious-facts-about-the-birth-of-reddit-16123236/
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·7 months agoSubreddits were added in 08. The great Digg migration was 2010. I feel old.
minus-squaredumples@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·7 months agoI was part of the great Digg migration and now the great Reddit migration…
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoSame here. Thought you looked familiar!
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoSame. I also remember when everyone moved to Digg from Stumbleupon
minus-squaredumples@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoI liked stumbleupon. It feels like they are less website to stumbleupon anymore
minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoSame here, my reddit account is 15 years old
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoShit, I remember Fark. Which was basically what reddit was when it started, fark just stayed that way. I think it’s even still going…
minus-squareintelisense@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoPfft, kids these days - I remember usenet.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoDamn, skipped right over Slashdot.
minus-squarepicnicolas@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoWhat’s up with how toxic comments are on /. these days?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoTry to tell a kid about BBS boards nowadays and they start singing about something called a BBL Drizzy…
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 months agoMy local BBS was great, but when the provider became an ISP, the BBS became a ghost town because everyone went to IRC and Usenet. That ISP was also the local jerky company. Dad made the Jerky, son ran the modem pool. I miss the 90s.
minus-squaresuperduperpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI never had a Fark account but I remember following them religiously. I remember something about them crowdfunding an arena name for a day about an unsolicited finger in the ass.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoremember when image macros took over the whole thing?
not really. earliest days of reddit didnt even have subreddits.
lemmy cant be reddit 10 years ago, because the internet has changed in that time too
Yeah, but reddits more than 10 years old…
Here’s an article from 2013 talking about subs
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a9623/10-curious-facts-about-the-birth-of-reddit-16123236/
Subreddits were added in 08. The great Digg migration was 2010. I feel old.
I was part of the great Digg migration and now the great Reddit migration…
Same here. Thought you looked familiar!
Same. I also remember when everyone moved to Digg from Stumbleupon
I liked stumbleupon. It feels like they are less website to stumbleupon anymore
Same here, my reddit account is 15 years old
Shit, I remember Fark.
Which was basically what reddit was when it started, fark just stayed that way. I think it’s even still going…
Pfft, kids these days - I remember usenet.
Damn, skipped right over Slashdot.
What’s up with how toxic comments are on /. these days?
Try to tell a kid about BBS boards nowadays and they start singing about something called a BBL Drizzy…
My local BBS was great, but when the provider became an ISP, the BBS became a ghost town because everyone went to IRC and Usenet.
That ISP was also the local jerky company. Dad made the Jerky, son ran the modem pool. I miss the 90s.
I never had a Fark account but I remember following them religiously. I remember something about them crowdfunding an arena name for a day about an unsolicited finger in the ass.
DAE member Digg? I member that.
remember when image macros took over the whole thing?