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rjw  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Remember the "migration" from reddit?

Oh!! That's not when I migrated but I just remembered when I did migrate. It was something to do with Saydrah? I vaguely remember she got a lot of flak from redditors for something or other, I wasn't interested in the "scandal" at all (can't even remember what it was) but someone mentioned Hubski and I ended up liking it soooo... I find it funny how sometimes switching social media is less driven by anger or dissatisfaction and more by just seeing another place and preferring it... I think that's how it should be.





WanderingEng  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This is similar to how I came here. I was in the Victoria migration, but I didn't know her or even know she existed. The furor helped me see how dissatisfied I was with Reddit, and jokes about "Reddit alternative" surging on Google made me search the same, and I landed here. Just having no downvote option made me like Hubski more, and I'm really happy with the interface and discussions here.

I only maintain a throwaway account on Reddit. I don't contribute, but I poke around a bit. Reddit feels like MySpace did in 2008. Everyone is there, and it's kind of garbage because of it. Hubski, then, is Facebook in 2008. A user base that isn't out of control, and a good interface.

_refugee_  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Saydrah got in "trouble" with the populace because it was discovered she was also an SEO and she was accused of using her adminship or modship, whichever it was, at Reddit to help her SEO. It was a messy sexist bullshit business, basically.

WanderingEng  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What's an SEO? Google just returns "search engine optimization" for me.

When Reddit gets on a roll, it's pretty horrible and sexist. I liken it to 4chan but with user names and some minimal moderation.

_refugee_  ·  3415 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is a person who is hired to optimize a given company or group's search results. Basically, to make them appear higher in google results and such.

tacocat  ·  3415 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Reddit found a video of her where she was explaining her influence on the site as a popular user and trying to sell that influence to sites that wanted SEO through reddit.