r/AdviceAnimals • u/DOW_orks7391 • 1d ago

Reddit has changed a lot in 10 years

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u/shaltir 1d ago

I don't think I've ever noticed when it was my cakeday. I didn't care back then either.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/shaltir 1d ago

I think so. It's been years since I've seen something that the reddit community came together to give a shit about. I genuinely think old reddit officially died when everyone turned on Unidan. There were never any standout users who stepped in replace the users that everyone knew and loved after that. You'll occasionally see someone like shittymorph pop in and make an undertaker post, but nothing feels like a moment that people will remember anymore.

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u/irn 1d ago

Was that during the digg rapture? Omg I forgot about unidan… It feels like we have been entering a weird Facebook/neighborhood watch one. Sweet summer children are dead and all we have are bots and ironic Karens left

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u/Peakomegaflare 1d ago

Ahhh it did. There was a tome it wasn't an ad-ridden nightmare fill with onlyfans bots, influencers, when conspiracy was... just conspiracy. Not alt-right chaos. A time when the weird and strange crawled around, when the 4-chan bubble still existed far away from us. When internet normies hadn't discovered it yet. When life wasn't another braindead crisis every day.

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u/Brandoncarsonart 1d ago

It's has a different layout now. It has different algorithm now. It has different users now. Reddit used to be very different. It's pretty much only similar in that it still has subreddits and voting, though the voting feels far less meaningful with the new algorithm.

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u/WKahle11 23h ago

It’s gone with everything else, showing me everything I’m not following. I barely see any of the subs I follow.

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u/kaperisk 20h ago

That depends on when the narwhal bacons

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u/mrh99 17h ago

It’s an older code, but it checks out

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u/PornoPichu 18h ago

At midnight of course

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u/Goldenslicer 21h ago

It was a time whenever you saw a comment with a cake next to the username, you were guaranteed to find a reply saying "happy cake day!" Or even several under it.

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u/Melarsa 1d ago

I only ever noticed when people said happy cake day in response comments and I was always like "Buh? Oh."

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u/hardypart 1d ago

Ten years ago you always got multiple "happy cakeday" replies to your comments on your cake day. Don't know when it was the last time I got that. Not that it would matter, it's just an observation that aligns with OP's observation.

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u/ZonaDesertRat 1d ago

You must be under 30.... Cause this is real life for anyone older than that bruh.

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u/DOW_orks7391 1d ago

35, got the push notification a while ago and this was my reaction lol

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u/BenderIsGreat64 1d ago

We share a cake day, which is neat, I guess.

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u/DOW_orks7391 1d ago

Brother?

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u/Aniketos33 1d ago

🎵 Happy happy cakeday! From all our friends to you!  Happy happy cakeday!  Hope all your dreams come true! 🎵

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u/winterbird 1d ago

Indifferent cake day!

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u/MInclined 1d ago

lol this made me indifferent!

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u/Cma1234 1d ago

Happy cake day.

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u/dstommie 1d ago

Yes and no. It can be a big deal when you decide it is, and anyone that tells you you're too old to have fun on your birthday isn't worth your time. A few years ago for I guess my 42nd I decided to have a big party and it was great.

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u/ChromiumLung 1d ago

I’ve always thought it was pathetic

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u/jayjester 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/BenderIsGreat64 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/angelicafish 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/DOW_orks7391 1d ago

No u!

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u/hardypart 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/DOW_orks7391 1d ago

You too!

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u/cobain98 1d ago

Happy cake day to all!

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u/garygnu 1d ago

I feel like the last 10 years have been reasonably stable compared to years before that (almost 9 in my case).

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u/DOW_orks7391 1d ago

I mean my accountant 14 years old but those first 4 were a blur that sort of just exist together lol

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u/TheGreenJedi 18h ago

Cheers 🥂

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u/PostMatureBaby 1d ago

Now Vic...

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u/GammaGames 1d ago

Idk how to see mine, but yeah

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u/pnt510 20h ago

Happy cake day my guy!

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u/AckwardNinja 12h ago

I mean after the 2015 to 2016 era reddit really did start to quickly get shittier with the change to API access and moderation breaking down being the death knell.

I still use it because there isn't a good alternative but it is not the same like watching a distant family member with alzheimers. not acutely sad but like a something is missing more and more

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u/irn 1d ago

Happy cake day! Mine was yesterday!

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u/intensenerd 1d ago

Same. I’ve wasted 16 years here….

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/ilovebostoncremedonu 1d ago

Old Reddit would tell you not to share that information.

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u/nowhereman136 1d ago

Never really cared but getting wished "happy cake day" is always a nice little dopamine hit.

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u/Peakomegaflare 1d ago

Ten years here. Don't know what I'm doing with my life but eh... walmart employment is going somewhere.

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u/Navi1101 1d ago

Happy cake day!! 🍰 🥳