I swear, I saw this exact post on reddit 18 years ago
I was gonna call you out on 18 years being way too long ago... Then I realized that 2005 was, in fact, 18 years ago. I feel old now.
You have a good memory.
What did they compare Reddit to? Digg?
digg
Is digg really that old?
older
How was Digg's fallout compared to Reddit's current fallout? Similar? I never heard of Digg until after it went under.
it was different. Digg underwent a major site overhaul and redesign that the users universally hated, and most everyone migrated to reddit almost overnight. the changes were rumored to be coming for a couple of months, so the migration had already started slowly over that time, but once Digg version 4.0 was implemented, a virtual tidal wave of users rushed over to reddit all at once.
Reddit had already existed for a few years by that point and already had an existing user base and culture, similar to lemmy now. Unlike the Digg —> reddit exodus, however, reddit is. now many times the size that digg ever was and is dying a slow, ugly death. while lemmy is experiencing surges in users, it’s happening in several smaller waves rather than all at once as users explore several available alternatives, possibly staying on reddit and dealing with the crappy experience, or even going without it at all, having given up on social media altogether.
btw, digg is still around, it’s just nothing like what it used to be.
It's good to see people's feelings of superiority have carried over from Reddit.
*Its
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS!
No, "it's" is right.
Your wrong, their its no difference!
*Differents
Thats' the queens English right their.
know*
Nobody Aksed you!
Ok, you made the same joke I was gonna make.
Obligatory *you're and *there is
Your so write about there basic grammer beeing so terrorible. It was so incredibly alloying.
This gave me a headache.
Your weary welkome
I like never reading “should of”, as well. Every browser and phone’s autocorrect aggressively suggests a correction to “have.” Sometimes you don’t notice an apostrophe appearing in the middle of a word, so I can forgive “it’s,” but there’s little excuse for fighting with autocorrect to write “should of.”
Correct grammar is remarkable; its' place is here!
*you're
Its nice when somebody gets it right.
*get's
I read you're comment and it's usage of its isnt correct 😳
(this killed me to write haha)
And its a great feeling!
Its awesome isnt it?
its it's own reward
It's sure is!
/s
Agree, its refreshing to see people bring there best grammar skills.
Not every lemming is a native speaker.
I don't get it, its not that hard, each word has it's proper grammar and usage.
For real, its not that hard to get it right.
Fewer mobile users maybe? For whatever reason, autocorrect/autocomplete suggestions on iOS always tries to add inappropriate apostrophes to plural words. Without fail, every single time. I sometimes reflexively tap the autocomplete suggestion to finish longer words and it’s really aggravating.
Because there is a higher barrier of entry, people know what they are doing. That's a good thing.
or there and their
I barely know what website I am on either
Its mind boggling how even native english speakers can't get that right
Is it though? It's almost a pendantic quirk of the written language that things need spelled differently that sound the same.
Like, we ask know what you mean if you say "I was talking to the Johnsons and there cows ran away. Its total madness in this town lately."
Why do you care? Why does anyone care? You understand what the person means, that's the most important thing when communicating. Grammar on the internet is so unimportant, even people who know the difference might not care enough to coerce autocorrect into choosing the right one.
If you can't type a text message with proper grammar then you can't type anything else either. It doesn't take almost any more effort to do it right. If your writing is full of mistakes you sound a bit stupid. You don't need to be perfect but you should atleast try.
Also the joke was that I incorrectly typed "its" there
Your soo rong frendo
Reddit is so slowly but surely transforming into TheChive
Their our know rules
Wow
That and, " I wouldn't have had".
Waiting to see if it will be the same for than/then.
Lemmy
They're typo must have been intentional.
Yes it must of been
Your both right.
Please stop 🥲
*stoop
I hate all of this
Whats their to hate?
All this is causing me physical pain...
It should of caused physical pain to the people writing this way
Oh lord, the pain got worse.
I *ate all of this
I hate all of these two
*bean
Uh, you can use contractions. Must'f.
I should of realized.
Your probably right.
*international
Its the same thing for all intensive purposes.
I swear, I saw this exact post on reddit 18 years ago
I was gonna call you out on 18 years being way too long ago... Then I realized that 2005 was, in fact, 18 years ago. I feel old now.
You have a good memory.
What did they compare Reddit to? Digg?
digg
Is digg really that old?
older
How was Digg's fallout compared to Reddit's current fallout? Similar? I never heard of Digg until after it went under.
it was different. Digg underwent a major site overhaul and redesign that the users universally hated, and most everyone migrated to reddit almost overnight. the changes were rumored to be coming for a couple of months, so the migration had already started slowly over that time, but once Digg version 4.0 was implemented, a virtual tidal wave of users rushed over to reddit all at once.
Reddit had already existed for a few years by that point and already had an existing user base and culture, similar to lemmy now. Unlike the Digg —> reddit exodus, however, reddit is. now many times the size that digg ever was and is dying a slow, ugly death. while lemmy is experiencing surges in users, it’s happening in several smaller waves rather than all at once as users explore several available alternatives, possibly staying on reddit and dealing with the crappy experience, or even going without it at all, having given up on social media altogether.
btw, digg is still around, it’s just nothing like what it used to be.
It's good to see people's feelings of superiority have carried over from Reddit.
*Its
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS!
No, "it's" is right.
Your wrong, their its no difference!
*Differents
Thats' the queens English right their.
know*
Nobody Aksed you!
Ok, you made the same joke I was gonna make.
Obligatory *you're and *there is
Your so write about there basic grammer beeing so terrorible. It was so incredibly alloying.
This gave me a headache.
Your weary welkome
I like never reading “should of”, as well. Every browser and phone’s autocorrect aggressively suggests a correction to “have.” Sometimes you don’t notice an apostrophe appearing in the middle of a word, so I can forgive “it’s,” but there’s little excuse for fighting with autocorrect to write “should of.”
Correct grammar is remarkable; its' place is here!
*you're
Its nice when somebody gets it right.
*get's
I read you're comment and it's usage of its isnt correct 😳
(this killed me to write haha)
And its a great feeling!
Its awesome isnt it?
its it's own reward
It's sure is! /s
Agree, its refreshing to see people bring there best grammar skills.
Not every lemming is a native speaker.
I don't get it, its not that hard, each word has it's proper grammar and usage.
For real, its not that hard to get it right.
Fewer mobile users maybe? For whatever reason, autocorrect/autocomplete suggestions on iOS always tries to add inappropriate apostrophes to plural words. Without fail, every single time. I sometimes reflexively tap the autocomplete suggestion to finish longer words and it’s really aggravating.
Because there is a higher barrier of entry, people know what they are doing. That's a good thing.
or there and their
I barely know what website I am on either
Its mind boggling how even native english speakers can't get that right
Is it though? It's almost a pendantic quirk of the written language that things need spelled differently that sound the same.
Like, we ask know what you mean if you say "I was talking to the Johnsons and there cows ran away. Its total madness in this town lately."
Why do you care? Why does anyone care? You understand what the person means, that's the most important thing when communicating. Grammar on the internet is so unimportant, even people who know the difference might not care enough to coerce autocorrect into choosing the right one.
If you can't type a text message with proper grammar then you can't type anything else either. It doesn't take almost any more effort to do it right. If your writing is full of mistakes you sound a bit stupid. You don't need to be perfect but you should atleast try.
Also the joke was that I incorrectly typed "its" there
Your soo rong frendo
Reddit is so slowly but surely transforming into TheChive
Their our know rules
Wow
That and, " I wouldn't have had".
Waiting to see if it will be the same for than/then.