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submitted 1 day ago by countrypunk to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Reddit was an open source project from June 18, 2008, until 2017.

Around this time is when things started going downhill. The new UI got introduced. r/all got censored and cleaned up. Push towards official mobile apps. Third party experiences got limited. Aggressive focus towards monetisation.

Indeed, hindsight is 20/20.

[–] countrypunk 1 points 1 day ago

That's almost inconceivable that it was open source nowadays.

[–] droporain@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck those earlier years were so special, unlimited power and knowledge.

[–] AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Indeed, Aaron Swartz’s philosophy was evident throughout old Reddit.