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News of Reddit's new block function gets 175 upvotes on r/RedditAlternatives. Most users are excited for the Digg relaunch. (old.reddit.com)

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If you still have a Reddit account, feel free to chime in with your thoughts on the Digg relaunch compared to Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed :)

https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1jizbyz/reddits_new_block_update_will_adversely_affect/

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

I wonder how Reddit managed to fuck the blocking function up so fucking bad.

No, wait, I don't. I know how:

Reddit doesn't hire people to curb down harassment because that reduces the margins of profit
harassment runs rampant in the site
some users want to hide from harassers, and suggest that blocking should prevent the blocked from contacting the blocker
Reddit be like: "that's cheaper than doing the right thing! Let's do it!"
new blocking has exploits and more exploits, since it allows unilateral control of the conversation
Reddit tries to fix those exploits, introducing even more exploits

Anyway. Will Digg enshittify again? (Yes.) And unless the functionality of the site changes upon relaunching, Digg is not a good replacement for what Reddit has become; Reddit is not just a link-sharing platform any more, it's more like a bunch of forums.