Fediverse severs have a bit of a natural size limit, which means site-level moderation is easier. Admins also aren’t motivated by ad impressions or vanity metrics that impress investors, so there’s that, too.
It doesn’t remove bad actors, of course, and there will be no lack of bad admins, but it’s still more friction than exists on corporate sits.
It took me 4 months to wean off from when I first registered to Lemmy to when I made my final goodbye post on Reddit. It’s a transition, everyone can do it on their own time and pace.
when they remove old reddit from lurkers, i started to click on the subs less, because i had to use a reskin extension, and that isnt exactly a 1:1 replcation of old reddit.
Yes. Old.reddit was a lifeline, but it was inevitable the current direction would lead to it’s death.
Speaking of “Old” reddit. I recall there was a thread once where a “famous” redditor managed to game the system and take a thread through it’s natural evolution entirely by themselves. It reached pretty high in /r/all. It looked like this:
Asked a question. Kept replying to it with genuine answers and arguments. Went on tangents, hijacked portions of it, even firing up Godwin’s Law. This person created replies and sub arguments entirely solo. It was basically a entire self-generated thread exposing every direction a viral reddit post could go; I think the redditor was protesting upcoming changes.
I’ve been trying to distance myself from Reddit and I think that settles it for me. I can get my share of the dead internet elsewhere!
Update:
I deleted my Reddit Account. Now, I must consider moving off Proton…so much change.
Lemmy is less active but could be good. I fear the third party cunts will excel here now that reddit is gone. Astroturfing andthelikes.
Fediverse severs have a bit of a natural size limit, which means site-level moderation is easier. Admins also aren’t motivated by ad impressions or vanity metrics that impress investors, so there’s that, too.
It doesn’t remove bad actors, of course, and there will be no lack of bad admins, but it’s still more friction than exists on corporate sits.
I’ll make my own dead internet, with hookers, and cocaine!
It took me 4 months to wean off from when I first registered to Lemmy to when I made my final goodbye post on Reddit. It’s a transition, everyone can do it on their own time and pace.
when they remove old reddit from lurkers, i started to click on the subs less, because i had to use a reskin extension, and that isnt exactly a 1:1 replcation of old reddit.
Yes. Old.reddit was a lifeline, but it was inevitable the current direction would lead to it’s death.
Speaking of “Old” reddit. I recall there was a thread once where a “famous” redditor managed to game the system and take a thread through it’s natural evolution entirely by themselves. It reached pretty high in /r/all. It looked like this:
Asked a question. Kept replying to it with genuine answers and arguments. Went on tangents, hijacked portions of it, even firing up Godwin’s Law. This person created replies and sub arguments entirely solo. It was basically a entire self-generated thread exposing every direction a viral reddit post could go; I think the redditor was protesting upcoming changes.
Neat.