Reddit is removing the Direct Message feature, and all active conversations will be archived so you won’t be able to continue ongoing conversations. Reddit also deleted all bad reviews for their app awhile ago. Its rating went from 3.4 to 4.5 stars overnight.

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    5 days ago

    One of the first things Google did when it bought YouTube was to remove direct messaging, don’t want people wasting time talking to each other when they should be watching ads.

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    I just don’t understand how PM became DM for so many people. I mean it literally says “PM” in the screenshot, yet OP still changed it to “DM” in their post.

    I remember it used to always be PM, then one day everyone suddenly started calling it DM and I just don’t know why…

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    I’m starting to see them banning me as a blessing. Spez is running that site into the ground. Guaranteed by the end of the year it’s just gonna be “X²” or smth.

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      The official Reddit app is an exercise in travesty. Any third party client for either Android or iOS in the past was better the official solution is even now. It’s slow, bloated and UI looks like it’s designed for toddlers in mind.

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          I am on Boost. It’s a one time purchase for Android Atleast. The dev is same behind Boost for Reddit(now deprecated) and it implements a similar UI as the previous Reddit Client.

          Of course, as you said, there are many FOSS solutions as well. I have heard good praise for Voyager and I think Atleast couple of more clients like Jerboa also exist on F-Droid.

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          I’ve just been using the site in my browser for the couple of years or so I’ve been on Lemmy. I’ve thought about trying one of the apps but meh. The web interface is so well mobile-optimized as it is

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    Lmao chat is one of the dumbest features they ever rolled out.

    I love how their attitude is always “we made this useless feature, and instead of ditching it were going to get rid of what people preferred and force the hated alternative!”

    Once again proving that the Reddit admins absolutely hate the fact that people use Reddit. They should just shit the site down already.

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      15 hours ago

      i did originally used with other person on reddit, with a job specific sub. that was about it, and every other time was a spammer trying to contact people.

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      I hated both features honestly. I’m there to converse in public, anything you say you can add in a public reply to one of my comments. If it was ever used for honest chat or messaging, I never saw it.

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        i Used PM alot before Trumps first term, and somewhat during him to. i stopped once i started getting into arguments with people about a certain they were doing wrong(like how a dude was trying to apply to same company job at different times or different position, i was saying there is no way they would hire you once you get rejected, he was deadset on reapplying no reason other than how convenient it is for him) and i was getting warnings. i do it doesnt clutter up the subs, that would flag my account as a spammer originally.

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        It was useful for asking questions that neither you nor the other person would want to put in a public post. For example, someone posted a picture in the bad real estate sub that looked very familiar, and I sent a DM asking “is this X location?”. I might not want people to know I’m familiar with X location, they might not want people to know they’re familiar with X location, but maybe we’re both ok with each other knowing.

        But I’m pretty sure its main use was sending hate to people without getting banned.

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        I would use it for some video game LFGs. I wouldnt want to post my game name in a public forum and have my game account be flooded.

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        But then how can we ask for nudes? /S

        I don’t mind DMs for one-off things. Like if I see something sketchy and want to tip off a user without alerting the sketchy one.

        Also, everybody already owns a named subreddit that they mod, don’t they? So can’t you just send modmail there and still sidebar the chat in lieu of modmail DMs?

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          there were subs getting in trouble for asking nudes, mainly medical, where perverts were asking CP-type pictures of thier privates of minors, i think the subs became aware and started making it known you cant post as a minor anymore, or have to label the post without pics.

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        I used to use it when I wanted to impart a little secret to another Redditor, without alerting the entire world.

        For instance, I found a cool, lesser-used auction site that often had good deals on guitars. If I ran across someone whose guitar had been lost somehow, or who couldnt afford a new guitar, I would DM the auction site, and ask them to keep it quiet. I didn’t want to announce it publicly, and alert the entire world to it, and ruin it.

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          i do that too, trying to give them advice , that people wouldnt try to astroturf your comment.

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      were going to get rid of what people preferred and force the hated alternative!

      It’s not always the hated alternative that wins, hence why we’re here right now.

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        everyone on tumbler went to TWITTER and reddit for porn, and then OF. imagine the amount of users will disappeared if they banned porn. there were other forums, pics like subs that had regular porn you see on reddit but they were so unregulated they have discussion and imagery about CSAM and beastility.

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    4 days ago

    Wait, how did they delete bad reviews for their app? That doesn’t even seem like it should be possible or allowed.

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      google probably allows the reviews to be astroturfed by indian spammers.

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      My guess is that Google recently devalued the negative reviews from the API fiasco because enough time has passed. The reviews are (probably) still there, but those 1 star ratings are no longer in the “average” shown to users.

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        So you go back to your negative review, edit it, and insert a random space somewhere. Did just that.

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    Not trying to defend Reddit here, but what’s the functional difference between a chat and DMs? How is one better or worse than the other?

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      For me, it’s that the app I use does not have the chat feature. I’m 99% certain this is just an attempt to push out the revanced users

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        Chat is only available in the official client, the implementation is closed source. So yeah most likely that.

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      DMs are exactly what you expect, like private email. Every service has some form of this.

      Reddit chat is real time, designed for shorter messages and real-time communication.

      The other difference is that everybody uses Reddit DMs and nobody uses Reddit chat. I have my chat turned off as do most others that I talk to.

      So this is yet again another example of Reddit management not reading the room and forcing the use of a system people generally don’t want.

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      DMs are for directly messaging someone as opposed to commenting on a thread which would be public conversation

      reddit chat on the other hand is for bots so that’s where you get your spam

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    How is the Reddit app at a 4.7 on Google’s Play store, but all of the relevant reviews that pop up are 1’s and 2’s?

    Google must be ignoring some reviews to calculate the average score.

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      Several of my Reddit accounts had tens of thousands of karma, a couple exceeded 100k. I learned early on to never read any notifications/messages ever. I just navigate back to my recent comments directly and check replies in context, instead of a stream of disjointed messages and trolls being deadshits.

      lol

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      Sir/madam/???, this is a community called Reddit. This specifically is where people would care(though I agree with the sentiment).

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        this keeps happening because the posts rise up. I’m not subscribed.

        but I do love watching it descend into trash. hard to say why I don’t block it but it shows up for non subscribers for sure.

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          15 hours ago

          its been in trash since they try to force new reddit down peoples throats.

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          You can set whether you want to view all/subscribed/local in your Lemmy client.

          The communities I’m currently subscribed to don’t have that much content so I end up on all frequently. That’s how I keep seeing these posts too.

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      Reddit dude is involved in the new Digg sadly… Oh and they already are big talking AI for it.

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        Alexis Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit, is not Steve Huffman (Spez/current Reddit CEO). He’s done some solid activism and charity work, unlike the piece of shit Spez. The fact it seems he’s trying to distance himself from Reddit by trying to revive their former rival is some rich irony.