Goodwill Isn’t a Platform (thoughts on the Digg beta)

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• criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Haven’t been on new Reddit in a while (anytime I go I use ‘old.’).

  Is the first 70% of the screen really an ad?

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  • Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, sometimes even more than that.

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• wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I checked it out. It’s not a ghost town, but I feel like there is less activity than on federated platforms. It doesnt have the critical number of people talking about stuff to be interesting and actually result in dialog.

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  • piskertariot@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It actually is a ghost town. There’s so little engagement, and even the upvote-counts seemingly aren’t obfuscated, and are super low.

    There’s also already a lot of conservative trolls who will flame for “MUH SPEECH” if you suggest that they’re an annoying conservative. “Hey man, I’m just asking the questions”. In a ghost town, they appear louder.

    My theory is that people just don’t want to comment anymore. We all learned our lesson. If we comment, we just feed the AI beast. I’m not offering my insights and opinions so that you can scrape them.

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    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Alternative platforms always start with the people that aren’t welcome in the old ones - Lemmy was literally originally made as a communist safespace.

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    • wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe they just don’t have AI commenting like reddit does?

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• galaxy_nova@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  AI bad me no likey

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  • sundray@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We should go on strikes.

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    • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I'll get my pikey.

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• DJDarren@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The mobile app is basically a clone

  Amazing. Make loads of noise about snagging Christian from Apollo to be a part of the relaunch, then make an app that has nowhere near the charm of Apollo.

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  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Meanwhile someone made an open source version of Apollo for Lemmy and it’s great. Voyager is the name for anyone not aware yet (though I think most have heard)

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    • DJDarren@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I posted my comment using that very client 😀

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    • cosmOS@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Posted from voyager app!

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    • Rhapsodicjock_108@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Commenting from voyager app.

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    • PerfectDark@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Voyager makes moderating a breeze, too!

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• logicbomb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  no plan for federation, and no guardrails to stop the slow slide into bloat

  What would be an example of a guardrail to stop the slow slide into bloat?

  I’m not asking for a detailed explanation, but I simply can’t understand what sort of feature you’re imagining.

  I sort of get the idea that maybe you just mean that you’re already seeing the beginnings of bloat, but if there was something that could actually stop bloat, that sounds very interesting.

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  • cosmOS@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not an expert, but my understanding is that federation adds significant complexity to the system. Even simple features take careful planning, and there’s a natural friction that prevents new features from being added carelessly.

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  • SouthFresh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Decentralization’s a good start.

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• SouthFresh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why leave Lemmy for Lemmy-Junior?

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• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Why would anyone give any air to the Digg people, they are sell out ?
  They do not deserve a microsecond of attention and people who don’t know them should be saved from becoming their victims.
  We all left Digg and empowered Reddit, and Reddit also ducked us.
  How many times do you have to get burned on that hot stove to STOP DUCKING TOUCHING IT ??

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• altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fuck reddit and digg. Worthless. Lemmy is way better in every respect.

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• Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ll comment on that story on the screenshot

  Printer with DRM-free ink

  Uses HP cartridges

  Those two sentences are mutually exclusive

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• favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Checked it out. I don’t think they will ever provide API support given how much they want to tie AI into things. The app feels clunky to me and the user base is high on Kevin Rose and Digg nostalgia. Also, they keep very tight controls on which communities can be created, so that limits the degree to which it can be community-driven.

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• Crozekiel@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is it bad that I automatically don’t take them seriously just based on their links to socials? Didn’t even go for a Bluesky (let alone anything federated) and going for twitter and instagram like it’s still 2019.

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• mrdown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can i get an invite code?

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