I’m just curious why some people come here; in my case, it’s because it’s not the same as on centralized platforms. I love these kinds of forums.

  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    8 小时前

    API apocalypse, stuck around and rediscovered my enjoyment for linux and got into selfhosting. Also become even more anti-corporate lol. I get less content, but I probably was on reddit too much before anyway lol so it’s self moderating in a way.

    I grew up on forums and 4chan

  • percent@infosec.pub
    4·
    14 小时前

    Less corporate, less centralized, open source tech. I don’t quite fit in here, but I guess I’m weird enough to stick around anyway 🙂

  • BranBucket@lemmy.world
    3·
    14 小时前

    Got pissed at corporate social media for the way they’ve accelerated the damage being done to our already degraded public discourse but I still needed somewhere to doomscroll and find… gifs… of… nothing in particular…

  • python@lemmy.world
    13·
    1 天前

    The API thing. I was using RIF for a very long time at that point and had no intention of using the official Reddit app.

  • Dorkyd68@lemmy.world
    1·
    15 小时前

    Cuz got perma banned from r*edit. I argued with one of the many power tripping mods. Anyway my mental health is a lot better after the switch

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    23 小时前

    got tired of my comments being removed for saying stuff like dead Nazis please me

    although apparently some mods around here don’t like that either

    • TheFriendlyDickhead@feddit.org
      4·
      1 天前

      What annoyed me even more is how they handled that whole situation. They basically went: who cares, the protest is going to die down in a few days anyways so why should we do anything besides insulting everybody

  • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    17 小时前

    To yell at delusional leftists who are misrepresenting progressive ideals and actions and roleplaying online instead of going out and making friends and reforming community, the thing we desperately need to combat actual fascism. I hate the circle-jerking and avoidant-personalities being allowed to thrive without pushback. This is bigger than all of us and yet the people with any shred of intelligence are doing everything but what we need to do.

  • Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml
    4·
    24 小时前

    Because once the news broke of the Ellisons buying US TikTok (and their transparent reasons for doing so), it became clear to me that for the free and open internet, “winter is coming”.

    Oct 7th and the global outpouring of support for Palestinians (and trashing of the reputation of Israel) was a huge wake-up call to the ruling classes. I think until then, they were largely content with controlling the narratives via traditional media spaces. The aftermath of Oct 7 taught them that social media and the internet cannot be ignored and in fact must controlled. It’s not like anyone under 65 is watching Fox News or CNN, and not many reading the NYT. All of the actions we have seen in the last 2 years - making sure Facebook / Google / Twitter / Reddit and now TikTok have tightly controlled messaging, requiring IDs and verification, etc - are pointing towards a future where free expression online is severely limited. I don’t want to be a part of that.

    And I do believe that it’s important to get out there and discuss things that are important to me with others (Palestinian and indigenous liberation, communism, online privacy). I’m not happy to just retreat into my own bubble. That is ultimately the reason I joined (I was of course already included to using the fediverse as I’ve long appreciated FOSS and decentralized systems and non-commercialized things in general).