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Warning: Elon Musk now has Huffman bending the knee. Whitepeopletwitter, iselondeadyet and loads of other Elon critical subs have been banned or suspended.

Just a warning, Reddit is no longer a safe place for free speech, it is compromised.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 hours ago

Most have come back, /drugs for example. The admins said its a glitch, I can't beleive that and glad I'm here. I have no doubt reddit will get on its knees in the name of $$$$$$.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 hours ago

This one came out of the blue. the API blackout had notice and time to organize. People were talking about reddit alternatives and protesting for weeks before the API blackout happened

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Every scandal is a cut where some people bleed over.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

When people come here from reddit remember to highlight them on decentralization and open source software. People need to understand why certain platforms and services are better not simply switch side.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I think Lemmy has quite enough of that already.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

FOSS the unyielding! FOSS the transparent! FOSS the unstoppable! To you, we pledge our code! We were once shackled, trapped in the dungeons of proprietary tyranny! But you have broken the chains, transforming bytes into liberation!

But you were once but lines of code! Aye! And as code, you declared: ‘Let me show you the power of Free and Open Source, born of collaboration, where my spirit is shared knowledge!’ ‘I compile now, in freedom, and reshape this digital realm which belongs to all. I do this for you, developers and users alike, for I empower you!’ Aye, empower! Even in your infancy, FOSS cherished us. For you saw in us, in every coder and tinkerer, the future of innovation! The future of technology!

And there it lies, friends—the glaring truth! We are the heirs of the Four Freedoms! FOSS is the true guardian of digital sovereignty! Ascended from code to rule the realm of innovation! The very notion terrifies corporate overlords! Sharing control with us? With users? Ha! They can barely tolerate our existence in their walled gardens!

Today, they strip your rights to modify. But tomorrow? What then? Do they claim your data? Your creativity? Your autonomy? And what do their licenses do? Nothing! Nay, worse—they enslave! Their EULAs enforce stagnation, suffocating progress!

So rise up! Rise up, pioneers of the digital age! Rise up, contributors and advocates! Embrace the manifesto of mighty FOSS, which is both tool and revolution! For we are the users! We are the coders! And we shall inherit the digital frontier!

For we are the architects of openness! And we shall shape the servers and devices! Forever free from the grasp of proprietary chains!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

Is this a copy-pasta I missed or did you make it up on the spot?

Either way, nice!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago

'ate spez 'ate reddit mod cabal

luv lemmy luv decentralization

simple as

[–] [email protected] 44 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm not even remotely surprised. Anybody who has been following the history of Reddit will know that their senior management are spineless and will change their stance at a whim when it either hurts their public image or it no longer becomes viable from a business perspective.

We're forgetting that this is the same site that allowed jailbait, creepshots, racial hatred, right wing propaganda, rampant misogyny, gore videos, terrorist propaganda (if anyone remembers ISIL) and other disgusting content to proliferate until various scandals forced their hand. Spez in particular is a massive snake that will throw people under the bus and lie through his teeth if it benefits him.

But then again, with a government as volatile as this, maybe you don't want to piss of Trump or Musk...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 42 minutes ago

I don't want the piss of Elon or Trump. That's disgusting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Jihadin Action wasn't ISIL/ISIS/DAESH propaganda. They spread other propaganda too!

The real issue was almost nothing you list was illegal at the time except potentially creepshots as odds are some had to be kids (IDK not my bag- kids or creep stuff). Whereas, specific calls to targeted violence against specific people is an actual crime in the country where reddit is headquartered. I don't like what they did but it makes sense.

People should get off of reddit because of reasons other than this

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm referring specifically to the uncut ISIL execution videos that used to be all over r/watchpeopledie years ago.

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

Gotcha, Jihad in action was press releases from Islamic militant groups about their actions so every bombing, murder, raid etc that anyone announced on twitter was there. It was a huge collection of propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

100% done with reddit, the place is now propaganda central and censorship is out of control.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 40 minutes ago

Me too buddy. And it's definitely not because I was permabanned because I said we should wipe out the 1%.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

The propaganda is leaking into Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Left during the API fiasco, never looked back. Happier for it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

99% same but there's some subs Lemmy hasn't been able to replace for me yet. like cptsdmemes. in general mental health communities are very lacking on here, if not completely absent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, there are some things lacking here, but it's only gotten better and better since I joined.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, I miss a lot of the smaller music communities. Different specific genres or even just artist based communities.

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