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Tried the official Reddit app today and boy people werenโ€™t joking when they say it sucks. I thought itโ€™d just be the usual experience plus some ads but I was totally wrong.

The official app doesnโ€™t respect your subreddit subscriptions at all, instead force feeding you feeds of whatever their algorithm thinks will drive maximum engagement just like a shit version of Facebook. The โ€œhotโ€ etc functionality is completely stipped from it entirely.

Guess Iโ€™m here to stay on the fediverse now.

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What absolutely sucks about this is that I had carefully curated my subscriptions on RIF in order not to exacerbate my dumb mental health issues.

Hell, Iโ€™ve read angry posts about people in recovery from addiction and alcohol saying how they keep seeing ads for beer or gambling and things like that.

Itโ€™s horrifying!!

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The algorithm really doesnโ€™t work when you are critical or sceptical over a subject. For instance crypto sceptics from r/buttcoin being shown binance ads. Yes, they do show an interest in crypto, but may be the least suceptible persons to that ad.

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