• Vlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    I also just got a warning, lol. Fuck them, I really need to come here more often :-/

    Gravitated back to Reddit due to lacking content unfortunately…

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      53·
      9 days ago

      Nahh deff upvote and then never log back in…

      Welcome to the fedi verse, we got our own neo lib acolyte mods on Lemmy.world and you will get some bans from them.

      Rest of fedi is a decently safe space for proper discourse.

      And remember folks, deny the parasite profit and engagement

      Luigi did nothing wrong

        • SmokeyDope@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          9 days ago

          Not really. Lemmy.world is alright as long as you have two functioning braincells to read community guidelines and understand you can’t just say whatever you want in a large fairly moderated public space.

          You can get away with being an anarchist edgelord in a small instance but on Lemmy.world calls to violence are a no-no. When you get as large and stable as .world you need stricter rules to cover ass legally which is understandable.

          The people who complain about being instance banned usually leave out key information that makes them look bad or just plain lie about why they were banned ,cwhich you can check if you go into modlogs.

          Besides that, theres always going to be power mod fuckery any internet fourm you go. At least you can at least post it to c/yepoweryrippingbastard to vent.

          • btaf45@lemmy.world
            2·
            8 days ago

            To jump go to ur profile and hit export then make a new account in a different instance and do import.

            Wow didn’t know you could do this.

    • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netEnglish
      73·
      9 days ago

      Meh, I’m not so sure. We need to get used to the fact that reddit’s fuckery is unlikely to ever re-produce the massive influx of new users that the API nonsense did in 2023. That was a one-off thing that drove out all the OG users. The people left on reddit are the types that refer to it as an “app” and probably don’t even know old.reddit exists. Those kinds of people will grumble but they aren’t going anywhere. And frankly, that’s fine by me.

      Edit: lmao okay, okay, Lemmy got 6 new users today. I get it. My point that we’re never going to see another user influx on the scale of the summer 2023 API changes has been proven wrong. Congrats everyone. Let’s hope half of them actually stick around.

        • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
          16·
          9 days ago

          Welcome. Let us know if you have questions. I recommend to you and JandroDelSol that you play around with the Hot, Scaled, New and Top 6 Hours and 12 Hours to see more action and posts.

          • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
            7·
            9 days ago

            Honestly, Lemmy reminds me more of old Reddit. Back when /r/AskReddit had daily “my house is on fire, should I evacuate or just stay here at my computer” types of posts.

            • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              9 days ago

              nowadays askreddit is mostly political, or an incel, or a entertainment type question that people cant handle the answers.

        • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          3·
          8 days ago

          Welcome! I’ll leave this comment explaining Lemmy that I’ve previously left for new users:

          Welcome to Lemmy! I’m glad you joined. There are tons of tutorials out there for how to use the platform, but if it helps, here’s my advice:

          I use the Android app Sync For Lemmy. Reminds me a lot of rif is fun from before Reddit shut down 3rd party API access about a year ago.

          Lemmy.World is the name of the biggest instance on Lemmy. Think of it as a discord channel with different sub-channels except those are called communities here (and instead of r/ for subreddits we have c/ for communities).

          There are still trolls here. What’s nice about Lemmy is that you can block individual trolls, communities of trolls, or even instances of trolls (if you deem them so). Conversely, if you get banned from any of the above, you can make a new account on any other instance (like dbzer0 or shitjustworks) and still have access to the content from those people/places. The same is true if certain communities/instances change their policies on things like Luigi, which happened on Lemmy.World recently. I switched over to dbzer0 to avoid that censorship and to also see stuff about pirating - that which is banned on Lemmy.World.

          Lastly, we can see posts/comments from other people on the Fediverse, like from Mastodon (Twitter alternative) and others.

          Hope you enjoy your stay here! Lemmy is primarily tech- and politics-focused rn, but a lot of people draw parallels to Reddit’s early days, which is good!

        • AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          8 days ago

          Welcome 🙂 this feels similar to old reddit, but a bit less nerdy and a bit more political than reddit in 2014 or so, but the times have also changed.

      • Nougat@fedia.io
        28·
        9 days ago

        A small number of reddit users leaving translates to a large number of new users here, comparatively speaking.

      • kay_peep@lemm.eeEnglish
        24·
        9 days ago

        Both me and my partner joined today. Problem is a lot of people don’t know about Lemmy, I’d never heard of it before today but someone commented about it on reddit in response to reddit’s latest nonsense.

        I’ll likely stick around reddit for a bit and do my part to comment about making the switch. I can’t blame people for not joining something they know nothing about.

        • naeap@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          9 days ago

          I’m sorry, never heard about shorthand systems.
          What’s that?
          And why can’t we have a comparable community here? (Like the one you linked and it’s about screen didn’t really give me any info on what it’s about ;⁠-⁠))

          • dpflug@kbin.earth
            8·
            9 days ago

            Shorthand is a method of writing faster and/or more compactly. Speeds over 200 words per minute are attested, or fitting an entire printed page on a sticky note.

            It’s an extremely niche interest, so the main thing preventing a comparable community here is enough active users who are interested. I’ve wanted to do a series of posts teaching one of the systems, but I’ve not hand the chance.

            • socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              4·
              9 days ago

              I’ve actually been interested in shorthand for years. If you want to migrate over some of the better old content from reddit, I’ll sub and see what happens

            • naeap@sopuli.xyz
              3·
              9 days ago

              That sounds pretty cool actually! :⁠-⁠D

              Is it hard to learn?
              And could you maybe give me some entry level links or so?

              • dpflug@kbin.earth
                3·
                9 days ago

                I think so!

                The difficulty depends on several things, but the easiest systems can be picked up enough to use in a few days to weeks.

                I’ll try to put together an intro post this weekend. How would you rank these features?

                • Speed
                • Size on page
                • Less study required
                • Number of users
                • Ability to type it
                • Phonetic (texts written phonetically are about 20% shorter, but it is an extra thing to learn)
                • naeap@sopuli.xyz
                  3·
                  9 days ago

                  As I’m rocking a reMarkable, my priorities would be ranked:

                  • speed
                  • size on page

                  Everything else, I’m not exactly decided on, like number of users isn’t really important to me, because I’m mostly taking notes for myself.
                  Phonetics also aren’t really important, because I’m mostly focused on technical stuff.
                  Study time? Well, it is what it is. And when it’s worth it, I’ll put in the time. But maybe it would be nice to have something quickly rewarding to start?

                  But this probably shouldn’t be orientated about my needs.
                  Anything you provide about this interesting topic, especially when you include practical usage, is absolutely appreciated!

        • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          there are a couple of niche communities there, that wont be easily replicated here if at all.

          • dpflug@kbin.earth
            2·
            9 days ago

            That’s the biggest problem with everyone doing the corporate socials’ enshittification cycles instead of POSSE and/or independent services. Cool communities just fracture and die.

            I’ve tried to get people to see this for decades. Maybe it’ll finally enter the zeitgeist this go around.

      • SmokeytheBeard1@lemm.eeEnglish
        9·
        9 days ago

        Not even with the other news of them warning people for upvoting content?

        It’s what got me over here finally.

        • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          and before that, it was the massive purge that was going on, and i believe its still ongoinging especially if they upped thier filtering of anything they deemed “bannable”, the people that lost the most were the ones using hundreds or thousands of accts to earn income for themselves. my hunch is reddit knows this, thats why they went after those bots/of accts, reddit wasnt getting a cut, and wonder why they do very little against propaganda trolls. i also use adblockers so reddit doesnt get money anyways.

      • FrostBlazer@lemm.ee
        6·
        9 days ago

        I started the switch over after how grossed out I was with Reddit advertising betting on the elections, and the overwhelming number of bots and bad actors trying to influence people constantly in most of the subreddits. Since then, I’ve been promoting Lemmy, BlueSky, and the Fediverse as a whole on Reddit.

        I believe we are on the cusp of another great migration. The more enshitified things continue to get on Reddit, the more real people will leave for spaces like here. At some point it could just be mostly bots talking to other bots on Reddit.

        • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          9 days ago

          mostly right wing propaganda, drowning out the actual news. right wing prop, includes just positng all the doge, and trumps gaffes. and whats not really reporting on the other sht.

      • Kurroth@lemmy.world
        5·
        9 days ago

        Also, obviously we want more users, but do we want that type of user? Remember what Reddit was before digg, before a few ‘endless summers’ that happen every year

      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        reddit’s fuckery is unlikely to ever re-produce the massive influx of new users that the API nonsense did in 2023

        While Reddit might not have a single screw-up of that scale again, that is probably better for long-term Lemmy growth. I think we’ve forgotten just how ill-equipped the small handful of Lemmy instances were to cope with the 2023 influx. We have many more stable instances now, and the onboarding process is smoother.

      • merc@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        8 days ago

        My point that we’re never going to see another user influx on the scale of the summer 2023

        You never know. When Digg did a redesign basically all the Digg users fled to Reddit. You never know what is going to be the last straw. And since we’re dealing with network effects, there can be this feedback mechanism where people leaving leads to more people leaving. It’s hard to predict when something’s going to tip over.

        IMO, it’s just a matter of time. Reddit wasn’t profitable and now that they’re public their investors are going to demand growth and profit. That means enshittifying the site, and one of those changes is going to be too much. It could go on for years, but I’d be shocked if Reddit is still around in 10 years.

      • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        im an OG user, originally created for use of friendsafari on pokemon(i still have the og acct, that is flagged). i remember when they were there banning “illegal subs” like shoplifting and such, i know they moved to a international site(the users). they dint start aggressively banning til trumps first turn, like around 2018, now everything after that your comment is on thin ice every time.

      • obvs@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        9 days ago

        Yeah, we all know nothing in 2025 will ever be as consequential as what happened in 2023.

    • Ravenfreak@discuss.onlineEnglish
      25·
      9 days ago

      I just joined Lemmy after lurking on the Fediverse subreddit for the past few weeks. I’m always open to joining new platforms, and I’m a quick learner. I don’t think my wife is willing to leave Reddit for Lemmy though… But I do suspect we’ll see some more people joining after this and possibly after they start locking content behind a paywall too.

    • valkyrie@lemmy.caEnglish
      22·
      9 days ago

      I’m glad I found this, Canadian owned!

      reddit is this: and I don’t think enough Canadians know.

      this is 2014. 50million raised. led by Sam Altman

      https://blog.samaltman.com/trump 2016.

      “Trump is right about some big things.” “Trump is right about the problem” “I take some risk by writing this” “this is not an ordinary election”

      in a way reddit helped facilitate and validate Donald Trump as a mainstream candidate helping him gain popularity and credibility with /r/the_donald

      Marc Andressan - “Marc Andreessen says half of his time goes to helping Trump at Mar-a-Lago” 2024

      Snoop Dogg - “I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.” 2024

      Donald Trump Was Peter Thiel’s Most Successful Investment. “Thiel is one of the conservative mega donors that has the ability to shore up candidates that might need additional support. His spending is targeted, and his ability to spend millions can be impactful,” Reddit was targeted, to be impactful.

      Ron Conway - says “Crypto Economy” Is the Next Multitrillion Dollar Opportunity - 2021

      yesterday, - “President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile”

      Jared Leto - “We want to see your America in all its imperfect glory.”

      now reddit is valued at $6 billion, off the data & memes of unsuspecting Canadians supporting their own threat to their sovereignty.

    • KAbeene@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      9 days ago

      Took me a min to figure out this place but yeah been a long time redditor. I got an email warning me I upvoted something they didn’t like so I joined up here.

      • merc@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        8 days ago

        I’m curious, what was hard to figure out? I assume it was something federation-related?

        I never really had a problem figuring things out (though I’m sure there are still things I could learn). The only difficulty was that when I was subscribing to communities, it was sometimes hard to know which was the “main” or “most popular” community. For instance, there are half a dozen fairly big gaming communities spread across various lemmy instances. Some get more posts, some get more comments. Reddit also had a few different gaming-related communities, but it was easier to figure out which were the bigger ones and which ones had a slightly different focus.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      9 days ago

      reddit is just following facebook and YOUTUBES lead. reddit is just basically a reposting site for X and truth social.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
        1·
        9 days ago

        yes, that’s how a shill ops work…

        i am not sure if reddit base will accept these narratives. sure they are able to place r/conservative on the front page but comment section there is a shit show. anyone asking questions gets removed lol

        you aint got to be reddit pro to understand what’s that is about.

    • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 days ago

      Not really, the community mod gets to say yes or no to the post. As long as Luigi Mangione coverage doesn’t incite violence, it too can be greenlit.

  • 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it
    80·
    9 days ago

    The enshittification of Reddit started when they hid new features behind API in order to push their shitty official app. Every next move just made the slippery slope steeper.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      he does look like an alien? what does have to be scared about, he can just ressurect from a pod.

  • DooshDoosh408@lemmy.world
    60·
    9 days ago

    I knew Reddit was dying after they went public and immediately purged all the mods who didn’t fall in line. It was disheartening to see so many users continue to shill for such decisions. Maybe it was a lot of bots, who knows. But watching this site explode in popularity after these new changes is encouraging. Everyone here should do their part to inform people of this place and continue to stay connected. Good luck everyone!

    • Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      13·
      9 days ago

      so many users continue to shill for such decisions

      I think that something that a lot of people need to be reminded of here, especially ex Reddit moderators, is that the users have NEVER particularly been fans of the moderators. In fact the moderators on Reddit helped the admins bring Reddit to the point where it is now in the first place. Setting up automoderator to catch buzzwords out of context and make people’s comments disappear without notice or a trace is just as fucking dodgy as the admins flagging the word “Luigi”.

      So no, it’s not a surprise that moderators getting into trouble for not falling in line with the admins doesn’t cause a mass exodus. Because most people don’t give a fuck about the moderators and would be glad to see them gone. With the way they have been abusing automoderator over the years, it wouldn’t make much of a difference if they were replaced by an automated system anyway.

      So if you want people to come to Lemmy, stop acting like they give a shit about the moderator that treats them like dirt. Because that’ll probably have the opposite effect. I know that it did on me when all the mods were crying about the API and their modding tools. Start offering more reasons for why USERS should come here.

      • moakley@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        9 days ago

        The mods here can also be equally ridiculous. That’s just a problem with internet mods in general. It’s a role that attracts petty tyrants.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      9 days ago

      AFTER censoring luigi related news, and promoting trump, is a death knell, and reddit thought it was clever to “ban” a bunch of subs after musk complained about whitepeople twitter, they only backed off when the mods said they wernt inactive.

    • JimmyMcGill@lemmy.world
      9·
      9 days ago

      The worst thing about the API changes wasn’t even that most people didn’t care or weren’t on board. It was that they were actively against the people protesting. In real life when this happens I always give some leeway because everyone has their own problems and they might be a bit annoyed by the protest action (which is part of the protest). But on Reddit?? People lost their fucking minds because they couldn’t have access to some subreddits for like 24h.

      Sooooo many people failed to realize that even if you didn’t use third party apps that it would still affect you even if indirectly. They didn’t even have to do anything other than literally do nothing/something other that browsing reddit for a day. And they couldn’t. They vilified and downvoted the protesters and took the side of the billionaire trying to take advantage of everyone ruining Reddit in the process

      That fiasco in pretty meaningless in todays world events, but fuck, I still find it a great insight into how much we can suck as a species

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 days ago

      I modded about 30 sub’s, mostly niche subs just to keep the spam and hate speech at a minimum. Apparently I was the “landed gentry”. Haven’t been back in almost 2 years now. Fuck spez.

      • btaf45@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 days ago

        I modded about 30 sub’s, mostly niche subs just to keep the spam and hate speech at a minimum.

        Then you were doing it right. Thank you for your service. But there were lots of bad mods passing out rando-bans left and right.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          7 days ago

          I usually broke the other way on modding and let people get away with shit for far too long. In fact, if they were arguing with me directly, I let them get away with behaviour that I’d immediately ban them for if they were pulling it on other users. I didn’t want to be accused of using my banhammer just to win arguments.

          I find Lemmy’s modding to be way more aggressive and arbitrary than most of what I ever saw on Reddit, unfortunately. Certainly more agressive than I would do myself.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      this massive purge last month, is definitely revealing how dead reddit is without people using multiple accounts to comment in, wether to evade or to troll or to even use the site normally. for example after they had a big purge in december, we noticed how little activity there was in political subs , like there was very little engagement. after it the trolls came back everything went back to being “trump did this or that”. making more than 1 accounts just risks you can ban, because thier filters are too stupid to discern if yuor ban evading or not.