Anon2971

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Meta officially launches Twitter rival Threads. 10 million have joined already in c/tech@kbin.social
[–] Anon2971@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is exactly my feeling as well. I like the design of it, but it doesn't feel like it's own thing. It feels like alternative content from the people I already follow on Instagram. It's like an echo chamber in an echo chamber.

I'll be curious to see if they ever decide to open it up to non-Insta users. I turn to Microblogging like Mastodon/Twitter for a completely different social media experience, not a different side of the same coin.

Updated: Reddit is quietly restoring deleted AND overwritten posts and comments in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] Anon2971@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I think we should actively keep track of Reddit restoring user's content without people's permission. Screenshots, timestamps, everything. Monitor it all.

Maybe if Reddit go ahead with their API change whilst treating their users like such disposable crap, we could reach out to the EU to inform them of Reddit's GDPR breaches. Maybe that'd lead to their new revenue from API charges disappearing into hefty EU fines.

Update: Maybe there's going to be some loophole about actually having to use the data deletion request via Reddit's UI for there to be an actually GDPR breach though thinking about it. Going to ask around some Law friends for advise

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on blackout: It's expensive to run a company. in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] Anon2971@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, it is. So charge a reasonable API price and this whole argument is over.

But that won't happen. This is about monetizing Reddit's content ASAP before Spez resigns ASAP with a nice big, bonus for pushing through those beautiful API changes oh so smoothly.

The more Spez speaks, the less sad I am about Reddit dying. Platforms come and go. There's loads of Internet corners to discuss my hobbies. I don't want to stay on a sinking ship with a hole shot out by the captain because he has ship insurance, actively throwing people off board as him and his crew climb up the still buoyant part whilst insisting THIS WILL BLOW OVER. I'm not going down with the Titanic of community boards as it sinks. It'll die in infamy and I don't feel like drowning alongside it.

However, I will now thoroughly enjoy watching Spez naively, single-handedly dismantle Reddit's legacy for short term gain whilst thinking he's being a super duper smart businessman we couldn't possibly understand. Or possibly being a forced fallguy for share holder decisions which he has a choice in avoiding by quitting.

I've never in all my years of Internet browsing seen someone running an Internet-based company so blatantly indifferent to the customers they serve. There's no Reddit revenue without Redditors.

I wish him luck on his inevitably piss-poor IPO when Reddit offers little content of value and more people get more angry at him as more ridiculous reasoning flies out of his mouth. Reddit's gonna look like MSN News by the end of this mess.

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Lemmy is a pretty cool platform. But I think we need to consider how to make cross-instance community federation more user friendly and accessible. (kbin.social)
 

Hello, Lemmyverse. I'm posting from kbin and crossing my fingers it'll federate properly.

I'm quite enjoying using this platform as a Reddit replacement so far. But I just wanted to make this post about how federation is presented to the end user. As someone who is tech-inclined, I understand how it works - you can join either local instance communities or ones hosted via another instance by finding it's URL - but it's not something you can exactly easily figure out. You have to research and learn how to do it a bit.

I feel like having to use external websites like Browse Feddit just to find stuff to explore is going to be a major stumbling block for the growth of Lemmy. It's definitely not an accessible way to find communities. I'm personally able to find content I want so far, but the mere attempt to explain the Fediverse works seems to make people roll their eyes or immediately ignore Lemmy out of confusion.

I'm not sure what the solution is. But I just wanted to start a thread on that topic to open up a discussion about that. I think Lemmy has a pretty promising foundation as a social media platform in general otherwise. I'm all ears to any suggestions on how we could make the cross-instance communication that makes the Fediverse so unique easier to understand and explore.

How do you feel about people upvoting their own posts? in c/kbinMeta@kbin.social
[–] Anon2971@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I've made a poll so we can decide. We could then add the most popular suggestion to the Codeberg repo. I'm personally leaning towards no self upvoting.

Update: Now we've had hella votes I've added a feature request to the repo.

Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted in c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
[–] Anon2971@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm absolutely loving how thoroughly The Verge is covering this story. No other tech news site seems to be updating this situation so frequently and with such a supportive tone.