An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice against SaveVideo

Re:An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice aga... by crazygringo on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @11:00AM (#27821823)

In the case of Reddit, first-party content is better in almost every way.

If I can scroll through content effortlessly, then it's easy. If I have to open each link in a new browser view/tab, ugh. Embedded images on Reddit load instantly, while loading an entire Imgur page takes forever.

Not to mention that linked content is often ephemeral, whereas first-party hosting ensures it always stays viewable together with the thread.

So across usability, performance, and link rot, first-party content is a win in every way.

And if you're interested in the content's source/attribution, it's often in the comments. Even when (often) the OP doesn't post it or doesn't even have it (because they got it elsewhere), someone else does.

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Re:An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice aga... by echelon on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @11:25AM (#27822106)

And now that Reddit is attempting to capture every user they can, quality of discourse has fallen straight into the toilet. Not to mention the website constantly berates you to use the app.

I'd sooner suffer link rot.

I also don't appreciate the progression into carefully crafted doomscrolling. Content isn't so valuable that I'd sacrifice quality for quantity.

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Re:An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice aga... by crazygringo on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @11:52AM (#27822485)

> quality of discourse has fallen straight into the toilet.

...?

Reddit's always been a place for memes. It's never been HN.

On the other hand, there are plenty of subreddits where quality of discourse is amazing. It's really up to you, so I don't know what you're complaining about.

> carefully crafted doomscrolling

That's an awfully perjorative way to say infinite scroll. But again, the quality is there in subreddits if you want it. Your choice. I think it's great they're able to cater to different types of users looking for different things.

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Re:An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice aga... by jonkoops on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @11:16AM (#27822013)

The video player is a horrible buggy mess though.

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Re:An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice aga... by grishka on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @11:36AM (#27822244)

I take it you haven't heard about the Reddit Enhancement Suite extension...

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Re:An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice aga... by crazygringo on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @11:50AM (#27822448)

For my phone? No, I haven't!

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