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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Well I think we're gonna see another influx

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago

Can confirm. That's why im here. Figured I'd just jump earlier with the whole avoiding US companies vibe too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yep, hi, here am I. Usually I think news like these are fearmongering for clickbait, like those old "Facebook is going to be paiiidd!" (As if "being free" wasn't at the very core of its appeal and selling point) but reading the room this day and age I don't think I'd be that surprise if a change like that did happen to Reddit. The only good think about this shitstorm of an age is that it made me find the fediverse and I will never forgive myself for not caring enough to find it earlier.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

a few days ago i saw how r/redditalternatives has only "lemmy bad!" posts and i know for a fact folks here have been spreading the word about lemmy in a positive way so don't blame yourself, reddit has been actively censoring any good thing said about lemmy or the fediverse in general

i looked marginally deeper into this and it's apparently all the way to shadow bans :) link

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

seems like its posted around the same time reddit started banning people in large numbers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Oh, so that's why I saw some post about reddit alternatives and the person replying had to mask lemmy. Oh wow.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hope all the lemmy instances are ready for a surge of users. Let's encourage redditors to join Lemmy and learn the kinks and quirks by trial and error. Let's be kind to the newcomers.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

This is the mindset to have when new people discover anything you enjoy. Great way to put it.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 days ago (9 children)

As soon as I read that I thought I'd make an account here.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago

Welcome! It's weird here, but it's great.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Same, fresh refugee here. I’ve tried mastodon before and I didn’t feel good with Fediverse, but only because I never really used Twitter. Surprisingly I only discover Reddit few weeks ago (to properly spend some time there… where was I all these years lol) I’m starting to like this fediverse though 😁

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Honestly, same. Mastodon is fine if you like the Twitter format, but I never did. Lemmy works for me, largely cuz Reddit also worked for me, until the API debacle.

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[–] [email protected] 123 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Yes let's put a site that consists pretty much entirely of user-created content behind a paywall, what could possibly go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Well, Spez is a special kind of stupid.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago (6 children)

service that owes its popularity largely to its low barrier to entry signals higher barriers to entry

cool! please do.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Seems like a bad time to be introducing such a thing in the immediate future when European users are already seeking out alternatives to US tech giants and US users are losing their jobs and facing rising grocery prices.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 6 days ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 89 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It'll be the porn they charge for.

They know only wankers will give them money.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What’s funny about that is Reddit is mostly just an advertising front for onlyfans at this point

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

Reddit has cracked down on many porn subreddits in the last few years. Most porn on reddit is now just ads for onlyfans.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Each time I visit a reddit link and see the word "Deleted" in OPs post, my heart fills with joy.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Next wave of reddit exodus coming soon...

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Recent recruit from Reddit. Finally made the jump. Love the apps like Boost, Thunder and Voyager.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Time to move on over here I guess.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

Just jumped the ship at the right time. The API wars were just a preview...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Let me guess. These will be the AI-content subreddits, right?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 days ago

fun fact: you dont have to use websites

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Watch them fuck up the implementation and suffer the worst PR disaster in recent history when they slap a paywall on r/suicidewatch.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Imagine paying actual money for shitty memes and mean comments.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wait REQUIRING?

so if a sub gets popular enough they can just say "pay wall."

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

i think they will have a youtube/patreon type thing going on, free content on youtube, while thier patreon gets"exclusive content"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

No one said he was a rocket surgeon.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Lemmy admins, hold onto your butts

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

To be honest, this is actually a genius move when it comes to NSFW content.

Almost every pornographic sub has already been astroturfed by e-girls plugging their OnlyFans and Fansly links. Giving them the ability to paywall their content directly on Reddit effectively cuts out the middle-man and allows Reddit to undercut the likes of OF and Fansly with lower transaction fees.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Reddit is just borderline unusable because of the API thing.. The app is unusable, and Red Reader is just too bland to use.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So Reddit wants to move to a pay model, which would mean they'd have banking information on record for any user that might be of interest to the federal government.

No thank you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I just got permabanned because the admins didn't like me saying "the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi"

I don't know about you, but I'm fucking done with social media companies kowtowing to Nazi, racist, and outright fascist bullshit with the intent of "not inciting violence". By tolerating intolerant people, they fell victim to the paradox of tolerance.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

They should pay me to swallow US regime garbage.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Paywall forum, what can go wrong ?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Holy crap good thing I just moved to this platform!

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