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by oliwarner 141 days ago
I use old.reddit.com but I feel like I have complete control over what I see. It's new posts, I check them and then I leave.

That's what I've lost on Facebook. It forces me to see things its algorithm thinks I like, but more often than not, it's things that make me want to argue. I don't have that on Reddit. Long may it last.
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Semaphor 141 days ago
> That's what I've lost on Facebook

As I found out a while ago on HN when I complained an extension I used stopped working, ?sk=h_chr still works to get a sane FB view. No sponsored shit, no algorithmic suggestions, no posts people have reacted to, just chronological posts of people & pages you follow.

I also use old reddit.

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shevy-java 141 days ago
Funny that you use old.reddit.com. I used this too. I could not handle the new reddit - it was useless for me.
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arational 141 days ago
Lately the algorithm for the front page sorted by hot or best has been changed. You'd see mostly threads from subreddit you recently visited. So you no longer have control over what you don't get to see.
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GCUMstlyHarmls 141 days ago
I use old.reddit on my desktop, new.reddit on my phone and new.reddit is constantly mashing in posts from a more niche "my-country" sub (eg: not the "main" /r/country) that's often got very baity posts (eg: guised "does anyone else hate immigrants??" posts).

Same account, same behaviour, but the new site is really pushing "gross" stuff at me.

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oliwarner 140 days ago
Honestly, I don't use the front page. I frequent a diverse set of communities there but I can't imagine wanting to see all the posts mixed together.

I go straight to subs' /new URLs.

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direwolf20 141 days ago
That feeling of controlling your feed. It's just a feeling. Carefully calibrated so you feel like you can do something without doing it.
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oliwarner 139 days ago
The feeling have is that we don't browse the internet in the same way.

RSS for HN and other specific sites I want updates about. old.reddit/r/.../new pages. A third party app for YouTube to just view new things from people I subscribe to.

I definitely have fight harder and harder to, browse like it's 2006, avoid the Algoslop Train, but it is possible more places than you'd think.

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