Nice thing, someone mentioned Lemmy there: https://old.reddit.com/r/popculture/comments/1j5jngg/rpopculture_is_closed/mgi48zn/
They refuse to shutter porn subs that facilitate the sale of known CSAM but you cannot say Luigi?
Wow. I remember when the Digg migration to reddit finally reached critical mass. Feels like this might be it for reddit now. Ha ha. Edit: r/Fednews should probably move over here for safety too.
Isn’t Reddit banning big mentions of Lemmy though?
Apparently not fast enough, because the mention of Lemmy in the comments of the aforementioned Reddit post are what led me to join here today.
Welcome to the good old Reddit, aka new Reddit!
Welcome to lemmy, have fun!
They don’t. Some subreddits ban it, not Reddit itself.
Yeah, but obviously they are also pretty dumb (they didn’t even consider what would happen if people edited comments after people upvoted then). So, not too hard to get around that.
Yeah, it’s remarkable how “dumb” and crude Reddit automoderation, recommendations, everything seem given how much money they make and use.
Say what you will about Facebook, but their tech stack is so real it’s dystopian.
Yeah, that’s because they only ever invested in what they wanted, not what served their users. Which always baffles me, when your only product is your users and their generated content, you would think the best business would be to give them what they wanted! Guess that is why I never bothered with an MBA.
No, if the end goal is quick money the strategy is perfect.
- Amass users in niche interests, don’t mess things up.
- Slowly “mainstream” content, switch focus to engagement and mass appeal.
- Now you have a huge user base. Time to squeeze them.
- Suck up to regulators to keep the ball rolling.
- Squeeze, squeeze, keep squeezing as users slip through your fingers and the line goes up.
- And just before everything explodes, sell Reddit to Big Tech, who absorb it like The Thing. They both win. Alternatively, sell to public markets and leave them holding the bag of shit, and walk away with cash.
The best part? Short term investors love this shit. They thrive on volatility. A sustainable business? That’s boring and less profitable.
The site is turning to shit? Mods angry? Who cares. That’s the problem for whoever is holding the back next.
From what I’ve seen it’s mostly mods of specific subreddits removing comments that promote Lemmy. A few instances do get caught in the side-wide spam filter though.
Yeah feels more like sub mods afraid of losing power over actual Admin interference.
There’s a mention about a digg reboot at the bottom of the post
Digg is relaunching with one of the original reddit co-founders
Unfortunately people will see that first over the comments mentioning lemmy.
We should welcome ethical competition
Don’t worry guys, you can incite violence here to the hearts content!
Americans glorify violence every year on the Fourth of July
Pffft I love that even Digg is preparing to make a come back
You know you fucked up when Digg is preying on your weakness
banned for upvoting an article from the guardian about the dorito despot
I’m not sure why people still use that website. “Move fast and break things” works out occasionally, but this feels like every decision Reddit has made in the last 10 years. There were some good early choices mixed in with the bad, and denying those would be silly.
Whenever we think someone is making that many mistakes over that many years, we have to eventually accept the fact that it was likely deliberate all along. The point has likely been to push away free thinkers and smart people this whole time. We aren’t the part of the bell curve they are concerned with, as we are not as easily controllable (ie. influenced)
