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Thank you.

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It’s the mirror version of getting banned from lemmy.world.

The original demographic was male, 20-40, geek. Conversations were pretty mild, very respectful.

Only if you were also a 20-40 yr old man.

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/37870004

reddit got bad because spez (the reddit admin) restricted API access to the platform for third-party apps, such that people would be forced to use the official app or web UI, both of which display advertisement and collect user data (e.g. scroll behavior).

the reason why this happened is because reddit is a for-profit company and tries to extract money out of the userbase, at the expense of the users.

another example of a bad decision that reddit made was to push a lot of ragebait (“Am I The Asshole?”) because company shareholders want to see “engagement numbers” go up, and if somebody writes an angry reply to a post, that’s “engagement”. but it makes you angry at the stupidity of the “Asshole”, so it makes your day worse. that is another example how reddit makes money at the expense of the users.

size (number of monthly active users) is not what made reddit bad. commercialization is.

we should probably get rid of the “don’t make lemmy grow, it will ruin the platform if we grow” idea.

This community is not for complaining about bans or mod action on other instances.

Locked.

YDI. Casual russophobia, imperial bootlicking, lazy liberal disinfo, etc. are not wanted by reasonable people.

RE: https://journa.host/@sludge/117570537535124958

This is one of the last places there are still funds private equity hasn't raided.

"Private equity firms have been pushing for regulatory changes that would make it easier for employer retirement plans to include their investments. The industry would gain both a larger pool of money to invest and the fees it charges to manage the investments, plus a share of fund profits. Some progressive lawmakers and groups warn that the push could expose workers’ retirement savings to high fees and risky assets."
#uspol #401k #PrivateEquity #ChuckSchumer

@leah ah du siehst den Begriff in Verbindung mit einer Zeitepoche

No-one else cares, not unless it’s touched them personally, though by the goddess they pretend to when it’s politically expedient, when it’s one of ‘theirs’, not one of ‘ours’, and still the great majority are angrier at the suggestion that they might have done something wrong, that their entitlement might be thwarted, that their good pal might not be a good guy,

@CommonMugwort Yep. I warned about Neil Gaiman in the 80s. I lost my publisher.

Finland embassy Canberra: ✨starts an adorable, wholesome meme about dating and embassy closures ✨💕
US embassy Canberra: Nice internet cables you got there, shame if something happened to them 🤜🏻👀

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hanse_mina/117573174427099810

In hindsight, it was a mistake to allow any private company control of military-grade satellite systems.

there is always more anger at the accusation than at the accused. Always, always, always - until suddenly everybody is so sorry about that one particular individual, but damned if there’s a pattern, oh no, gods forbid we say there is a pattern.

@Mrfunkedude @Alice@gram.social That would have been:

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@PhoenixSerenity that's very cool.

@rose_alibi yeah, i'm onboard, but first i have to [mumble]

The fuck in the thinly veiled threat or spectacular poor taste are they implying?

I had to open up my roof to test Fireworks in my living room courtesy of Apple Vision Pro. Sound On! Happy Diwali!

reddit got bad because spez (the reddit admin) restricted API access to the platform for third-party apps, such that people would be forced to use the official app or web UI, both of which display advertisement and collect user data (e.g. scroll behavior).

Reddit got bad long before they restricted API access. That's what was the final drop for many people, but it wasn't the beginning at all.

I agree that growing would be a benefit for Lemmy though. While I wouldn't dismiss the dangers of a growing community entirely, we can just defederate from or block problematic parts in theory. So I wouldn't say we're in quite the same danger as centralized platforms.