I don’t know if this is the right community, but I suppose it’s close enough.
You can’t even make posts like this on Reddit anymore, Reddit has become such a hog on the internet traffic it’s ridiculous. It wouldn’t be a problem if Reddit didn’t take such precious internet space.
They censor people, regular people who aren’t even doing anything too controversial. Reddit’s automated filters constantly remove people’s posts, only conformist content is allowed there, and so nothing of value remains. Just generic conformist post after another generic conformist post.
Why is this platform still popular is honestly just beyond me at this point. No really, can someone please, please explain to me why do people keep using this broken website anymore?
That’sWhyI’mHere.ObiWan
I’d say the network effect is a big part. A lot of the established communities are there, so people stay there.
I do my best to stay off there, though. One thing that helped me drastically cut down on Reddit interactions is donating an Euro to PieFed for every comment I make on Reddit. (besides, either it works, or I help keep the fediverse running and improving. It’s a win-win :P)
That’s a genius idea, I love it
I also made c/takeyourtimeback and kept track of it there (forgot to post about it last month tho) https://piefed.social/c/takeyourtimeback/p/2077191/piefed-donation-pledge
The link must be broken, I can’t open it
Ok but the most effective way to cure ourselves from reddit is to get so permabanned that every whisper of our likeness gets rejected from participating over there.
Yep that’s exactly what happened to me. I’m still really fucking bitter about it. I didn’t even do anything bad. Just absent-mindedly posting from different accounts to a sub I had been banned from. Didn’t even think about it honestly and boom Perma band
Me too. I’ve seen many people with the same story. They set AI to do it and AI is bad at it.
Love this idea
Also, stop using X. Like why do so many foreign companies even still bother? Drives me nuts.
Network effect. You want to reach people, then you go where people are. It’s self perpetuating.
You would have thought when the Nazi bought it, everybody would have stopped using it
Everyone still wears Adidas
I’m out of the loop, what did Adidas do? I’ve never bought them before but it’d be good to know why to boycott them if I see a friend about to buy some.
Started by Nazis.
"Adidas was founded by Adolf “Adi” Dassler in 1949 in Herzogenaurach, Germany. "
Edit: a long time ago. I’m not sure what the statute of limitations is
Korn was on to something
thats ones eaiser to not use, i never had an account
Funny enough when Twitter came out I thought it was the stupidest damn platform. Only 180 characters to say what you want to say I just thought it was so completely stupid. And then when the Nazi bought it I was so glad I never signed up for it.
Governments use it, until they stop, others won’t
I miss r/nursing. I’m lucky if I get 1-2 commenters on memes that used to get 100+ upvotes and 20+ other nurses commiserating with me about some common work frustration. Tbh a big part of the problem is that a lot of nurses aren’t crazy tech literate so the barrier to entry for fedi in general is higher plus when they get her they have to content with the “I Use Arch” types.
Honestly for the love of sanity you should probably also stop using Lemmy, for similar reasons. Many of the large communities heavily censor, and many communities are super toxic.
Reddit is occasionally still useful for getting answers to questions because they actually have a user base to support niche subjects. I never post, but there is a good chance someone has already asked the question I have and there is an actual answer, unlike here.
I browse Lemmy like once a week, but I try to limit actually posting or commenting like once or twice a month, because the engagement is often so vitriolic that it causes anxiety and is generally bad for me. The benign communities are usually small and boring.
The only thing I truly miss is meme dumps. I know that is a weird thing to miss. Crazy that Reddit had basically become a new google, too, with added benefit of user context. Like if I need a know something. “Query + “reddit””= some dude in Lithuania who did the exact same thing 4 years ago and 12 people’s comments with additional tips.
Youtube similarly on DIY fixing. Had to add commercials. I’m looking for a video on how to replace a latch in a fucking dishwasher, I do not want a video about dish soap.
Enshitification of all nice things is the way of capitalism.
I just caught a seven day ban on a post that was a shitpost about how theres lots of guys named Dan Sullivan in Alaska. I caught a ban for making a joke about Dan Sullivans being an invasive species with no natural predators in Alaska and they missed their chance to cull the Dan Sullivan population and now they’re, as the phrase goes, “Breeding like Dan Sullivans.”
So fucking stupid.
Honestly atp the censorship isn’t even the worst of it. Go to Lemmy.ml, say anything bad against China and see how it goes. Many Lemmy communities are no better.
No the worst of reddit is the fact that it’s a data-mining operation at this point, with age checks and a complete Mishandling of your user data (everything is indexed and easy to search even if you set your profile to private…)
Even better: don’t go to any ML instance and enjoy increased happiness and mental wellbeing.
It’s not a problem like it is on Reddit though because the admins/moderators on lemmy.ml can’t censor the network, just the coms they moderate. Using instances and coms that have moderation policies you prefer will always be an option, there’s no single authority.
You have a point, but in reality this isn’t exactly what instances advertise, so especially users who aren’t already in the loop are unaware of what they are not seeing. Even more so because defederation-heavy instances also treat discussions on the matter as off-topic or worse, so those users are actively prevented from making an informed decision.
I haven’t found it (if it exists) is there a way to block all posts and comments from Lemmy.ml users? I may start my own instance to do so
It’s possible on piefed. Literally the first thing i did after signing up.
I’ll be honest with you. I prefer everything about Lenny’s technology and ownership/maintenance structure. However the only topic I know I can get consistent substantial input on here is communist revolution.
For literally everything else, Reddit has captured people who know things. They are enshittifying it to be sure but until I can post a picture of a coffee table on Lemmy and have someone tell me if it’s finished with lacquer or shellac, this will be the answer.
We don’t have to like it, and we should hope to change it. But please don’t pretend you can’t understand it. Critical mass of community investment builds up in one place, in Reddit’s case over decades, and it doesn’t quickly migrate away, even under some enshittification pressure. Perhaps in time.
What can you do, other than complain? You can start a community on some topic of substance here and build it up. Moderate. Post. Recruit key individuals away from Resditnwirh private messages. Wait.
Oh, does that sound like actual work? That’s because it is. Did you want to change things? Or just complain?
Lenny
autoconnect
That’s the shortest sprog poem I’ve ever seen.
Len
It starts with a communist revolution
I have already built my own community. But no one shows up. nightash.net if you’re curious.
It’s hard to get an online community going. I’ve worked with many of them through my job and you’d be amazed how many of them got their start when “another similar forum went offline for several days and everyone migrated here.”
Certainly it’s not a case of “build it and people will magically show up.”
There will come a reckoning for the Internet. Corporate social media will eventually crumble. Nothing lasts forever and these corporations are overextending themselves.
I really wish it will turn out this way, but I fear it won’t.
People are really slow and it has to be convenient. They still use Facebook and reddit. Or worse, WhatsApp is absolutely dominant in some countries.
Facebook didn’t exist 25 years ago. All it takes is a couple years of bad decisions by management, a shift in market conditions for them to fall apart.
I know and agree! But that’s the frustrating part. If it’s useful someone will always pick it up. In capitalism there’s this self sustaining loop of abuse.
Amen to that.
It’s a daily vice I’ve used since 2013 with my very first smart phone. It was tough, but feels good to kick it in 2026. Damn, 13 years of scrolling. It’s a terrible addiction. I’m telling myself I’m using lemmy differently bc I’m interacting more. Thanks for reading!
I mentioned I am fat on Reddit and had a bot admonish me for being insensitive. I guess I should ostracize myself.
On another note, reddit is only against inciting violence via comments.
Posting videos demonstrating it, however, is completely fine.
I’m really trying not to go back there but Lemmy is doing its best to alienate me.
I’m still blocking tankies and incels one by one.
Tankies is still a new one for me. Maybe my interests just keep me removed from them.
You lucky duck - my interest in leftist politics definitely puts me closer to the tankies.
niche stuff dont exist on lemmy, plus every time a minor disagreement between an instances, people just scatter so theres no growing a community.
Lemmy doesn’t have a Timberborn community.
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They don’t know better.
This is the age of convenience.
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It’s true… we should have stopped at pottery.
