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There simply isn't a good enough open alternative to reddit at the moment from most users perspectives.
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Seriously though, it's absurd that such a small group of incredibly privileged users (mods) get to speak for the majority and make decisions for them. Reddit should be removing these mods, adding new ones, and reopening subs. Mods shouldn't get to hold entire communities hostage when they throw a tantrum. Anyone can moderate a subreddit, these mods aren't special and they're completely replaceable. They should be rem…
Go start your own subreddit then if anyone can do it! I'm sure you'll have tons of users and it will be super popular!
There was a brief period where the internet was shockingly stable. However, 'creative destruction' and churn is inevitable as the whole world continues to desire a better internet. If reddit cannot productively use this to come out with a better product and commitment to its community, hence destroy the bad within itself, it should fall apart in favor of new services. I spent a decade+ actively on reddit, and I truly…
While it's far from over, the Facebook-Twitter-Reddit consensus does seem a lot shakier right now. I'm excited to see what the more fractured/federated social space of tomorrow will look like but I also feel like we'll come to miss some of the more contentious features of the current megaplatforms (e.g. centralized moderation).
On the one hand, I have had lots of good constructive talks with people there over the years.
On the other hand, I don't want to follow those mods over to lemmy. Over the last few years they have gotten heavy handed with the temp-bans for anyone that doesn't fall in line with their excessively positive views of Trek. Which has not only resulted in some quality conversation being completely removed from the sub, but started to make the sub feel like a shill for CBS/Paramount.
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> isolated website Did you hear about federation?
I understand it is federated, apologies. What I meant was, to engage with the new StarTrek Lemmy you need to know their address. On Reddit everything is at https://reddit.com/ . It is frictionless.
I'm torn on /r/startrek moving. On the one hand, I have had lots of good constructive talks with people there over the years. On the other hand, I don't want to follow those mods over to lemmy. Over the last few years they have gotten heavy handed with the temp-bans for anyone that doesn't fall in line with their excessively positive views of Trek. Which has not only resulted in some quality conversation being comple…
What are the current solutions for discoverability in Lemmy? Having a tombstone on Reddit pointing people towards a specific instance is good but it’s still hard to be the definitive community when the namespace isn’t as restricted any more. Maybe that’s better?
Much like any true decentralized system, there can be as many star trek communities as there are trekkies. But this is not a technical problem, it's a social problem: when wanting to discuss, they will naturally converge towards the same space(s). If there are multiple, that's not a problem, just like it's not a problem to have multiple linux distributions. Each space will have its rules, its technical background. You can be part of both.
This situation can't be solved with technical tools, only with a human consensus. That's as good as it gets.
this is so sad. i understand the protest, but it feels like burning books. is all that prior information gone? or is the protest temporary way to get the community migrated away but content will be restored for historical purposes?
They can transfer the information if they want, API changes don't go through for another couple of weeks and archives do exist.
No, the members of /r/startrek are vowing to not use Reddit anymore. /r/startrek will be considered abandoned and given to anyone who asks for it. Reddit will take it away from these mods and I don't blame them. Maybe nobody will use it, but some people probably will, people who don't give a shit about stupid Internet wars and just want to read about and discuss things Star Trek. ...which, believe it or not, is most…
I came in here to say exactly this. The mods don't own the subreddit. Reddit isn't just going to go "well, guess we can't have a Startrek sub with the most obvious name for one because the mods of /r/startrek don't want to use reddit anymore." The reinstated reddit sub will very quickly overtake the Lemmy sub in activity. Many of the posters who went to Lemmy will slowly migrate back to reddit. The mods will have los…
There was a brief period where the internet was shockingly stable. However, 'creative destruction' and churn is inevitable as the whole world continues to desire a better internet. If reddit cannot productively use this to come out with a better product and commitment to its community, hence destroy the bad within itself, it should fall apart in favor of new services. I spent a decade+ actively on reddit, and I truly…
Seeing things change is honestly really exciting - I didn't realize how stale things had started to seem. Fragmenting into a bunch of smaller communities honestly seems kind of ideal.