n0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockmessage-squaremessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1218arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?lockn0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square151fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 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-up41·3 months agoSubreddits were added in 08. The great Digg migration was 2010. I feel old.
minus-squaredumples@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 months agoI was part of the great Digg migration and now the great Reddit migration…
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoSame here. Thought you looked familiar!
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSame. I also remember when everyone moved to Digg from Stumbleupon
minus-squarechristophski@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSame here, my reddit account is 15 years old
minus-squaredumples@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI liked stumbleupon. It feels like they are less website to stumbleupon anymore
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 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-up7·3 months agoPfft, kids these days - I remember usenet.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoDamn, skipped right over Slashdot.
minus-squarepicnicolas@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWhat’s up with how toxic comments are on /. these days?
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 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-23 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-up4·3 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-up3·3 months agoremember when image macros took over the whole thing?
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
Same here, my reddit account is 15 years old
I liked stumbleupon. It feels like they are less website to stumbleupon anymore
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?