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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by mikestew on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:19PM (#27667442)
I don't have a Reddit account, and every time I use it I am reminded why. Their patterns have taken me from "I should create an account one of these days" to "there is nothing on the Internet that I need to see so badly that I would let Reddit see anymore about me than my IP address." It's almost as if they are taunting users: "give up and create an account, or go home. Oh, and use the fucking mobile app while you're at it, or the suffering will continue."

OTOH, once I get there, a lot of Reddit content makes me wonder why I bothered. :-)

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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by bserge on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:33PM (#27667680)
Sadly, it's a humongous amalgamation of forums that has taken all the users from niche forums I used to frequent.
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by visarga on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:28PM (#27667590)
Reddit is diverse, there still are some good corners here and there. You need to know where to look.
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by teawrecks on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:37PM (#27669193)
Appending "reddit" to google searches still produce better results than the alternative of 100% autogenerated listicles. For now, at least.
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by def_true_false on Monday June 28, 2021 @07:29PM (#27669691)
For what it's worth, google search understands the /r/ part of the URL as well, e.g. site:reddit.com/r/linux . It still gets the time of posting completely wrong, though...

To make this more ergonomic, you can add the URL as a search engine with a keyword, e.g.

URL: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:reddit.com+%s

Keyword: red

In Firefox you most likely want to use a bookmark with a keyword instead of their new search engine crap.

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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by jalgos_eminator on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:41PM (#27668559)
Use the old interface available at old.reddit.com. Its mostly fine. There are some really good corners of reddit, though the popular subs have been infected with the well washed masses.
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