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• AlexisFR@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s true, it is built on the work of open source precursors, but it is not an open source product in itself.

  Another comparison should be Mastodon vs Bluesky.

  For Reddit and Facebook, something similar is still pending.

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  • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The Reddit-style text-based forums are becoming more and more of a niche market.

    People nowadays scroll videos on TikTok and IG, almost nobody is using Reddit itself

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    • AlexisFR@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I would not go that far.

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      • Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        How many people do you know IRL who are not in tech and use Reddit ?

        Personally everyone I know is on TT/IG, only the tech people are on Reddit

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• rglullis@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Longer than that. The GNU project started in 1983. Linux first release is from 1991.

  And they would be nowhere if it was not for IBM, Sun and Google pouring billions into it.

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