Submitted 1 year ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/reddit-50-plunge-fails-entice-114144562.html
The gloomy sentiment around Reddit Inc. has failed to dissipate after its shares fell 50% from a February high, with volatile technology stocks under pressure.
Hey fam, I’m another Reddit refugee. I heard Lemmy is what Reddit was back in the day. Sad to see Reddit go to hell.
Reddit was killed by spez. RIP. Long live Lemmy! Hopefully it’s insulated from meddling by venture capital.
If it makes you feel any better, Reddit is and always has been shit. From their “fake it till you make it” days to the “narwhals and bacon” and then the RealFeelz™ community make-believe. It’s the people that made it what it was, the platform has always been a steaming loaf of shit.
Politics are hotter than old Reddit, but I guess that goes with the times.
The “federation” aspect is pretty different in a good way. You see a lot of integration with Mastadon, for instance, as the Fediverse is trying to integrate with itself, and each Lemmy instance is like a little fiefdom with its own flavor and subs, whereas Reddit was always more of a monoculture.
Sync for Lemmy feels just like Reddit is Fun (RiF). So good
I used to use RiF and loved Sync for Lemmy too. I just wish the developer would fix the bug for posts showing unread! It’s completely stopped me from using the app for something like 6 months now.
Welcome! I came in with the blackout a year or so ago, it’s been fun to see more people show up over the months!
Who told you these lies? Lemmy took the bad parts and called them features.
More or less. There aren’t as many bots, and everyone is generally aware of traditional Internet etiquette (i.e. don’t be an asshole). Lemmy also feels as homogenous as early Reddit: college-educated white people in western countries.
I started joining forums back in the late nineties and I’ve learned every place on the Internet is in flux. Things always change. Back in the day, stuff would happen like we would lose hosting because someone got sick of running a niche phpBB forum or the moderation team would change. When social media kicked off, changes were driven by money. Facebook was a big gaming platform in my college years (Farmville), which feels completely foreign to today’s Facebook.
The smaller the community, the more stable it is. Some of those 20-year forums still exist, albeit in a much more diminished state. If a site/platform gets popular, that’s when things can change quickly.
Lemmy has already changed since I joined and I’m sure it will become something different in the future.
Feels that way to me. I wasn’t there like at the very beginning, but was able to be in a few small subreddits turn big. Lemmy/mbin a.k.a. threadiverse seems like it was before my time I started with reddit
The Voyager iOS App makes it feel like I never left.
There are a few minor cultural differences to be aware of. But as long as you avoid saying anything negative about Star Trek or Linux, you should be just fine.
There is also a PWA version for those looking to try it out, and I believe it’s on F-Droid as well.
Same for me using Boost on Android. It looks like Reddit only without the bots and AI slop.
Reddit refuge here.
I do miss all the niche subreddits. As the saying goes, “there’s a subreddit for everything.”
But I think with time, Lemmy can grow to fill that gap.
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at this point Elon should buy it too, drive it to ground like Twitter.
I don"'t like that solution because that means Huffman walks away with a golden payday instead of losing it all.
Maybe he’ll get bored with retirement, have a mid-no-life crisis and the resulting breakdown will generate some interesting news stories.
Huffman needs exactly 0 help to run reddit into the ground. He’s been doin’ it for years.
It’s actually kinda nice that he’s not going nose-dive straight into the ground. Getting a steady stream of users is better for Lemmy’s culture, than a full exodus event, imo. It gives us a chance to not be reddit, but something better.
This would actually be a great outcome.
While most people would likely move to Digg v2.0 (I am just being realistic), this will help fuel growth in the threadiverse. And at any rate, the major instances would simply not be able to handle 1 million MAUs immediately moving to Lemmy.
and it will invite all the trolls, racists and right wingers with it.
Meh. I joined Reddit in the original great Digg exodus, I’m not going back.
Digg is excited about “AI” moderation. So, they’re gonna be going the route of banning users for wrongthink just as Reddit did. I don’t think it’s going to be that popular.
While most people would likely move to Digg v2.0 (I am just being realistic)
Are people actually going? The only thing I’ve heard about it (the AI-fueled reboot) is that it was planned.
It could also just turn it into another nazi mouthpiece, and make getting information out to people even worse than it is now.
Gee, that’s too bad. It would be a real shame if that piece of human garbage Steve Huffman lost everything. A crying shame.
Would he not have already sold most when they went public?
He will exit filthy rich way before that. That’s the point.
Heve Stuffman
I too want to board the schadenfreude train. Choo choo. Fuck u/spez
Greedy pigboy flew too close to the sun.
I can’t even think of a time in history where someone was a huge piece of shit in America and “lost everything.” Maybe R Kelley, P Diddy, and Bill Cosby? But only for the time they spent in whatever rich guy jail they got to go to and then they were fine.
I don’t know if Sam Bankman-Fried is a huge piece of shit. He was like rich as anything and then lost it all. Now he’s trying to curry favour with Trump to get out of jail.
There is also something about those 3 people I can’t put my finger on….
Elizabeth Holmes comes to mind. She manoeuvred herself into a position of wealth and power by defrauding other rich people and got herself 11 years in prison for it. That’s 11 years more than most other rich scumbags get.
Sadly I’m sure he already has a golden parachute prepared.
He’ll cry his way to a trophy home and yacht
They all cashed out after the IPO. They’re probably laughing at the bag holders right now.
Suggit
cm0002@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh no! Anyways, what’s everyone’s Friday plans?
yoshisaur@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I have to write an informative speech outline :(
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Do drugs. Look at all the content on lemmynsfw. Masturbate.
!latex@lemmynsfw.com
FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Watching Star Trek with my pants down
cm0002@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m confused, that seems to imply there’s other ways to watch Star Trek?
Ironfist79@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Might go to church.
spirinolas@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not much, just stare at Luigi’s picture and droll.
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Teaching my friend’s kids about Linux and python, and watching a movie with them afterwards.
cm0002@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’m gonna go to a Mexican restaurant with friends and have a huge Dos Equis with my lunch.
WhiteRabbit@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Playing Pikmin 4, gonna stop soon to make eggs and bacon, and watch the movie Heat before it expires off my To Watch list lol
shininghero@pawb.social 1 year ago
Imma hop on resonite and get wasted with friends.
Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 1 year ago
I don’t have any yet, I need to work out and go for a run, but after that I’ll probably hang with some friends. Maybe have a drink or two.