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So what corners have redditors gathered to during the blackout? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here (kbin), Lemmy, Tildes... I hear Mastodon had a user spike. Is there something obvious I'm missing?

I ask because I haven't felt the same mass of users that Reddit had. Obviously users have spread out, servers have been hammered, UIs have a learning curve and so on... But there might be other alternatives I haven't looked at that are worth that look.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After reddit my needs from a social book marking website are simple:

Completely open source
Moderators can be recalled by the communities they mod.
Not for profit (ads are not the primary source of funding)

The internet needs to have something like reddit as core infrastructure. A digital public square. This requirement is incompatible with profit motive. This is why time and time again social media sites fail.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I second your list and I'd add my personal preference: the public square shouldn't be ginormous.

Reddit feels like trying to have a conversation at the she time with all the people that could fit in St. Peter's Square.

After these few days on Kbin I realised I'd rather be in a small town's square where maybe I recognise some people and my voice isn't drowned.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A st Peter's square of everyone trying to be the funniest person in the room. It was impossible trying to have any level of conversation because everyone just jumped in with a dumb joke constantly