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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I agree about reddit, but unfortunately, I don’t think lemmy is free from astroturfing. Myself and others have noticed that there are many users on lemmy who seem to be purposefully antagonistic towards other lemmy users. The possible reason may be to drive people away from lemmy and hinder its growth.

  I’ve experienced pro-reddit astroturfing on lemmy. I posted this criticism of reddit on the reddit@lemmy.world comm, and it was heavily astroturfed and then deleted by the mod for a bogus reason.

  A year later, someone used that post to attack me while insinuating purely from the title that I was at fault because the reddit admins would never do something like that (despite all the public information to the contrary).

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  • Blaze@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve experienced pro-reddit astroturfing on lemmy. I posted this criticism of reddit on the reddit@lemmy.world comm, and it was heavily astroturfed and then deleted by the mod for a bogus reason.

    I think I remember this.

    Federated alternatives like Lemmy: I grew up on the internet and am far more tech/internet savvy than the average person, and I find federated options confusing and complicated. I also read that they’re very complex and not scalable on the technical end as well. They don’t seem like a viable option that can gain major traction. I’ll keep watching though, maybe I’ll be wrong.

    I really dislike the bloated UI they’re all using, but it looks like there are solutions on the way.

    I’m wondering, is this still your opinion?

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    • MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I really dislike the bloated UI they’re all using, but it looks like there are solutions on the way.

      I’m wondering, is this still your opinion?

      I’ve gotten used to it and I like that many instances default to a dark mode. I used to use the old.instance UI, but I think I ran into problems with it and ended up just using the standard Lemmy UI.

      Regarding lemmy being complicated, I’ve mostly learned how it works and I definitely think it’s the #1 reddit-alternative at the moment, and the most promising option for the future as well. Along with independent forums of course.

      I also set up a Mastodon account, but unfortunately most people are still using Twitter. I also petitioned the Xenforo developers to join the fediverse, and I like that other forum software like Discourse, etc., are joining the fediverse. I definitely think federation is the future.

      I’ve been thinking about updating that blog post but I’m not sure where to add the updates.

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      • Blaze@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thank you for the update, glad that you like it better now

        I guess at the time the mods removed your blog post by mistake, because they didn’t expect personal blogs here.

        About the votes, it might have been because of the opinion I quoted above.

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    there are many users on lemmy who seem to be purposefully antagonistic towards other lemmy users.

    Nuh-uh! Shut up stupid!

    /joking.

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• technomad@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s kind of why I think there would need to be certain rules like ‘no sponsored content’

  I’d like it to be for products that people like, but maybe just need some help being improved (or just having fun speculating about how it could be better maybe).

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• helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t mind the “SEO whores” as long as I’m in control of them.

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