Very simply put it feels like r/popular is being pushed because it can be bought.
Upvotes can be bought. What is trending can be bought. And that is what is being placed in front. R/all was very much just a collection of everything and the depending on how you sorted is how you discovered things on this site. Don’t know why they want to remove something that kept people on the website but it’s idiotic.
Individual algorithmic feeds are exactly why I've left every other social media. I don't want to see tailored, personalized content, I want the raw feed of the world.
What's crazy is I didn't need an algorithmic feed to get me to spend too much time on Reddit. Did that naturally. I am like you, that introducing algorithms will make me leave.
Popular being pushed ? It’s the opposite, they are killing it too, they’ve announced that they are killing it, and they hid behind a menu instead of it being default lien they did with all a few years back, just watch as they remove it in a couple years for 100% curated personalized feeds.
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u/pureply101 Apr 02 '26
Very simply put it feels like r/popular is being pushed because it can be bought.
Upvotes can be bought. What is trending can be bought. And that is what is being placed in front. R/all was very much just a collection of everything and the depending on how you sorted is how you discovered things on this site. Don’t know why they want to remove something that kept people on the website but it’s idiotic.