Some of us remember one of the first smartphones, the VisorPhone introduced in late 2000. Consisted of a Visor (basically a Palm Pilot knockoff by Handspring) that had a Springboard slot that you could slide a phone attachment into. I have fond memories of using it to bid on an AOL auction while driving down the highway with my ex-wife yelling at me that we were going to be killed...
Truly a product ahead of its time.
RIP RIF. You helped me keep my sanity at the office.
I see the drop in quality over there as the more technical (the best?) people migrate to the Fediverse. As others have noted, I'm not looking forward to all Redditors coming here and dropping the quality.
Old timers like me remember the quality of Usenet prior to ISPs making it available during the Eternal September. Before then, people on Usenet were largely college students or higher. Quality on Usenet really declined when it opened up to the masses, especially after AOL made Usenet available to its subscribers.
They will get rid of old.reddit sooner or later to force you to look at their ads and thus make the platform more appealing to IPO investors who will see a higher revenue stream from ads. That will be the last straw for me. Meanwhile, I'm getting used to the Fediverse, trying to participate here more, and reducing my dependence on Reddit.
What is the consensus on the etiquette of creating new communities/magazines with the names of the still extant old subreddits (particularly when you're not a mod of the old subreddit)?