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I would love to replace my modding activities with a bot. We're not there yet.
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Canada is a single party consent country. He was the one who needed to consent to his recording
Yes, you are right. But he is also reddit customer, uses reddit api and legally obligated to follow terms and conditions, and they have confidentiality clause about communication there: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api-terms/ I guess they can now sue him and request to pay damages, which likely will be large. Also, according to random article in internet, California law requires him to ask consent too: Generally, if b…
As he’s Canadian, does US state law apply?
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reddit the company doesn't produce any content. they rely on people creating communities, cultivating them, and actively moderating them (for free!). i'd say that gives those creators more of a claim to ownership than the platform hosting that content. reddit doesn't exist without them - what value does the site have if they kick out everyone who "occupies" reddit.com? would you participate in an online forum only po…
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Is there no way to browse without signing in?
Join Lemmy is the introduction website to find one of the many instances. You should be able to view instances without joining. Checkout my instance: https://reddthat.com Ps. I've disabled email verification for a short period to allow the influx to happen.
Isn't that an impersonation risk? Anyone can register under my email?
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Early this year, I added a blocklist for Reddit on my PC and deleted the app. I did it upon the realization that for me: 1. It was a time waste. It was entertaining, but more often than not, it wasn't useful or helpful at all. Classic short-term gratification. 2. Various issues with how it was run started to frustrate me. Advertising appearing as genuine posts, poor moderation / mod abuse. Also seemed to be a conflic…
What’s the best way to block it on mobile?
Delete the app
For browser you can use a domain blocker. Firefox mobile has an extension LeechBlock that can do that.
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#307I decided to use this as a good excuse to delete Reddit. I find myself going to it too often, and scrolling for too long, and afterwards I feel worse about the direction of humanity and down about the world. I’m not getting anything positive from it so for my own mental heath I’m deleting the app.
I created multiple reddit accounts- one for programming and math stuff, one for books only, one for general stuff, etc.
I quit the general one two years ago because of Reddit's dumb monoculture.
I kept visiting math, cs, and book subs. And helped people with high school math concepts, cs book suggestions, etc.
As a person born in a middle-of-nowhere smalltown, Reddit added a lot of value to my life. And I tried to do the same to others. I had a good running.
All good things end.
I am concerned about how it perfectly substitutes Google. Whether I need to search for quirky not-so-famous movies, or I need recommendation for Neuroscience textbooks, I searched Reddit with Google. With subs shutting down and going private, I wonder how longer will this last.
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I quit Reddit half a year ago after 15 years of daily usage. 11/10, would quit again.
Did you go to extensive lengths to block yourself from easily getting there or just will power?
I came to hate the experience so much, I didn't even need willpower.
The dislike started small, and it grew into a hatred, and it kept increasing until it hit a tipping point. I quit Reddit in one day.
I still have a books focused, and a cs/math/programming focused accounts that I use sometimes.
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Yes, you are right. But he is also reddit customer, uses reddit api and legally obligated to follow terms and conditions, and they have confidentiality clause about communication there: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/api-terms/ I guess they can now sue him and request to pay damages, which likely will be large. Also, according to random article in internet, California law requires him to ask consent too: Generally, if b…
As he’s Canadian, does US state law apply?
I think so, the same as for n.korean hacker penetrating California corp system.
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#310HN might as well just run the headline that Reddit is shutting down permanently. All the major subs are either temporarily or permanently shutting down in protest. Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet? Its the only way to ensure the community survives at this point; Reddit leadership has already proven they only wish to harm both shareholders and the community at large under the guise of…
Both Lemmy and Kbin are part of the fediverse and are seeing explosive growth for the last few days. Once the initial barrier of confusion about how federation works is gone, they are actually pretty promising and I can see a lot of people migrating for good there.