Dude SAME. I find it extremely hard to believe that Google would astroturf Lemmy but it really does feel like all of a sudden in the past ~month a bunch of vague or minor complaints being repeated over and over in every thread.
/r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021
Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website
Dude SAME. I find it extremely hard to believe that Google would astroturf Lemmy but it really does feel like all of a sudden in the past ~month a bunch of vague or minor complaints being repeated over and over in every thread.
The difference is that Lemmy is not centralized. So it can’t really be over-populated. If an instance is poorly modded and doesn’t have that vibe you like you can find one that does. The more people using Lemmy the more options there will be, it’s the opposite of Reddit.
I quit because contributing my labor made me complicit.
I get not wanting to grow the userbase of lemmy.world which is already kinda bloated but there is basically infinite space for new instances to be added.
And unlike last time there won’t be an easy way for mods to point users towards Lemmy.
(Copied from the thread on /c/Quark’s)
I quit as the top mod of /r/StarTrek in 2021 in protest against Reddit’s platforming of vaccine disinformation subreddits. Then in 2023 during the API protest, myself and several of the remaining mods (including mods from /r/Risa and /r/DaystromInstitute) started StarTrek.website.
The consensus I’ve seen on Lemmy has been largely “we don’t need to spread the word about our open platforms because Reddit will do something stupid again and there will be another protest and Lemmy will be promoted there”. So I hope we can take this as a lesson that we can’t rely on platforms being shitty in order to switch society over to open standards. We need to do our best to make Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed good as well as known.
Those are great drives but I would not want one of those in the room where I sleep haha
This sucks (Was it really costing much money to run?) but as long as Firefox continues to work with full-flavor ublock I’m happy.
Why are they angry? Are you providing evidence in your comments or just ranting?
exactly. the only kind of self expression anyone needs is going on lemmy and making smug comments.
no they need it look it up
💯It’s the classic alt-right playbook of prioritizing civility over the actual message.
It’s a for profit company founded by jack dorsey and currently led by a cryptocurrency fanatic
The CEO comes from the world of crypto and it is a for profit company
There is only one bluesky it’s literally centralized
Oh yes for sure, but at the same time if there is an instance that allows it’s users to “be as crazy as you want” that instance will likely be de-federated from a lot.
It is because unlike on reddit if you dont like the admins you can go start your own lemmy
It’s helpful not totally replace the executive branch every four years if you don’t have to
What you’ve expressed is not pessimism it’s cynicism.