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When Elon did this it did seem to work and it crushed the migration to Mastodon. Elon seems to be inspiring other tech CEOs which is worrying as a SWE since Elon is explicit about thinking that SWEs are pampered and need to be knocked down a few pegs.
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No one likes secret internet clubs, they're lame and end up as a circlejerk or a hugbox, much like early IRC servers and discord servers now. Opinion: lobste.rs sucks because you need to be one of the chosen people to post there, and you're only chosen if you think like someone already in there. The posts there are very high quality, but it might as well be a hivemind's blog. Why would I read someone else's comments…
> lobste.rs sucks because you need to be one of the chosen people to post there, and you're only chosen if you think like someone already in there. The posts there are very high quality, but it might as well be a hivemind's blog. Why would I read someone else's comments when I could make my own, on a different website with the same links posted? You should read some of the threads of lobste.rs users reacting poorly w…
I hope Lemmy does well, but I don't think it's going to replace Reddit (and that's likely fine in the eyes of the Lemmy team) Nobody wants a federated, slow, difficult to use version of reddit. Nobody wants to choose a server. We just want reddit without the bullshit. It's the same issue with Mastodon. Mastodon is down over 1 million users since last December, and I bet that's related to how difficult it is to sign u…
>We just want reddit without the bullshit as the overused quote goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. If you join a platform that's run by a large profit driven entity you're going to get squeezed sooner or later. Another relevant example, Twitch today passed some rather draconic rules on branding and ads run by users. You can say you're okay with the…
The concatenation of niche content markets that Reddit grew on is giving way to decision making that will favor the center rather than the edge. Almost everyone will buy vanilla and be satisfied. Very few will buy anchovy, and those that do LOVE it... but at scale you have to favor the vanilla buyer.
When Elon did this it did seem to work and it crushed the migration to Mastodon. Elon seems to be inspiring other tech CEOs which is worrying as a SWE since Elon is explicit about thinking that SWEs are pampered and need to be knocked down a few pegs.
Can confirm first-hand that this is not merely a "seems to be".
Let me guess; This is one of the accounts that was just posting the same "Migrate to lemmy!" message in every single thread talking about the protest next week. Spam is spam guys.
Not the same message but yeah basically all of their newer posts were about lemmy (and how much better it was, and encouraging people to switch) They also crossposted their post >20 times according to reddit search https://i.imgur.com/scny5VP.png
Somehow, it's always skipped when people discuss the evils of social media referencing Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok but IMO Reddit has been just as bad if not worse for misleading information.
Funny to see people quick to make fun of a project for not being able to instantly handle a spike in requests, which most of their own apps wouldn't either! Reddit has been around nearly 20 years to harden their infrastructure. Relax and give them a minute. Their page loads for me now that I've typed this out, anyway.
Comparing it to Reddit is silly. And yes I’m sure there are more than a few here that can honestly say their servers could handle this load - it isn’t much.
Yeah, read their thread on China if you want to see the real face of Lemmy. Nobody should be migrating there.
While Reddit is pulling a Digg, Lemmy is pulling a Reddit.
https://beehaw.org/post/439761
Other interesting posts about Lemmy and scaling:
To be clear, mods also ban people for spamming. So this user was well aware of and has probably enforced this rule countless times on other redditors.