About two days ago we found a bug with the registration system on lemmy. Because of this we have updated our registration process a few times, and cannot deny any applications as the person registering does not receive any message and cannot re-apply. We currently have several hundred people that we are waiting to deny, and some unknown amount of people that we denied prior to finding this issue which we would really like to contact and give them a chance to register as they didn't write enough in their registration for us to really evaluate if they were a good fit for this instance. If you're a developer please take a look at this [github issue](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1096) and please work your magic to help fix this problem. As an aside, we also have a list we've been working on for enhancements that would make moderating and administering this instance a lot easier, and enhancements we think users would enjoy in terms of UI and UX. We'd love to share these as well as facilitate a discussion to surface more ideas (and we plan to in the future), but right now we need to focus on the most pressing issue to us running this website, whether people can create an account here and participate.

Quote from the post: > Hello everyone, I’ll try to keep this short as I know there’s been a lot going on over the last few days. When we made our announcement last week, we intended to get Reddit's attention on a subject that our team found extremely concerning. /r/Videos is joining a larger coordinated protest and signing an open letter to the admins found here. > The announcement was of exceedingly high API prices which we all know was to intentionally kill 3rd party applications on reddit (Apollo, Reddit is Fun, Boost, Relay, etc.) Since that post several things have become clear; Reddit is not willing to listen to its users or the mod teams from many of its largest communities on this matter. Yesterday all major third-party Reddit apps announced that they would be shutting down on the 30th of June due to these changes. There were no negotiations and Reddit refused to extend the deadlines. The rug was pulled out from under them and by extension all of the users who rely on those tools to use reddit. > In addition to this, the AMA hosted by Steve Huffman, CEO of Reddit, which was intended to alleviate concerns held by many users about these issues, was nothing short of a collage of inappropriate responses. There are many things to take away from this AMA but here are the key points. Most disappointingly it appears that Reddit outright misconstrued the actions of Apollo's creator /u/iamthatis by saying that he threatened Reddit and leaked private phone calls, something done only to clear his name of another accusation. > So what’s happening? The TL;DR? Effective tomorrow (6/11/2023), /r/Videos will be restricting posting capabilities. Anything posted before the cut off date will likely be the final front page of our community before we go private indefinitely. In the unlikely scenario that Reddit ownership has a sudden change of heart and capitulates on their decisions we will reopen, but until that happens /r/Videos will stay closed. Many other communities have come to similar decisions and we support those who have decided to take a stand.

I'm not trying to convince anyone to go back i promise, quite the contrary actually cause I think spez plans to just decrease the cost of the API and act like it was a bargain deal sacrifice while not solving any of the issues at all But, when I think about it even if spez did actually listen and reverse all changes I don't think i want to go back to Reddit cause from what Ive seen Lemmy is just friendlier and less :Be Corporate Friendly: I would honestly love it if Lemmy did a project like r/place one of these days so we could see what the internet is actually like instead of what happened in 2022 (I really did enjoy what a bunch of communities did but when the mods started abusing their powers to make it corporate r/place lost so much meaning) but i am curious since i'm not going back is there anything Reddit can do to make you go back to Reddit?

One of Spez's answers in the infamous Reddit AMA struck me > Two things happened at the same time: **the LLM explosion put all Reddit data use at the forefront**, and our continuing efforts to reign in costs... I am beginning to think all they wanted to do was getting their share of the AI pie, since we know Reddit's data is one of the major datasets for training conversetional models. But they are such a bunch of bumbling fools, as well as being chronically understaffed, the whole thing exploded in their face. At this stage their only chance if survival may well be to be bought out by OpenAI...

The Meta leak that changes everything. This is a must read article (no affiliation). https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither

More or less Tesla's autopilot is not as safe as Tesla would have you believe.

Looking for some testimonials on these setups as I'm due for a keyboard upgrade. I like the thought of spreading my arms a bit more and the external wrist rotation from the tenting. Any suggestions?

With a fresh new start we have the power to enforce some unspoken etiquettes on the site in the hopes of a better platform than Reddit. One great feature I see no one talking about is that we can write our own text when posting links, which is extremely useful for communities that mostly link articles. A lot of the political and tech related articles are mostly fluff, filled with jargon and clickbait only to have a one line news at the end of it all. We should try to make it a habit to write the main point(s) that the article is making to avoid misinformation and ragebait titles. Ideally, a post without any text backing the article would become a red flag that it's posted by some bot or mass spammer, and would not be floated to the front page. Interested to hear what the rest of the Lemmy community thinks!

Best explanation I've seen so far of why platforms like Reddit tend to get crappy after a certain amount of time.

Via [QuantumBadger](https://github.com/sponsors/QuantumBadger): > It has been agreed that **RedReader falls under the exemption for non-commercial accessibility-focused apps**, due to the work that has been done to optimize the app for screen readers, and the app's high level of usage within the blind community. > > ... > > I still have concerns about Reddit's current trajectory, and plan to expand the range of sites RedReader is able to access in future. > > ... > > Over the last week I've been in touch with the developers of Lemmy, who indicated that they would prefer a slow ramp up of traffic rather than a sudden influx. Similarly, the major Lemmy instances are struggling under the sheer number of Reddit refugees right now. > > ... > > We will continue to prioritize accessibility in the app, while also continuing to serve the userbase as a whole.

The RedReader app has been given accessibility status by the graciousness of reddit and will not have to shut down. The dev is not particularly happy about how fellow devs were treated though and still plans on adding lemmy in future. Read the announcement [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/145du4j/update_4_redreader_granted_noncommercial/)

As a once and sometimes avid Emacs user, I don't want to relate to this as hard as I do. FWIW: I tried to set this posts language to elisp but it wasn't an option.

Pretty sweet google docs alternative

Hi, I create a sub/community to discuss all VPN related without affiliated to specific brands. https://lemmy.world/c/vpn

We need an international coding subreddit for obvious reasons. I don't want to make it in my Lemmy instance because it's an Italian-only one.

> > > DeArrow is a browser extension for YouTube for reducing sensationalism, misleading titles and aggressive thumbnails. DeArrow works by formatting all titles, and replacing thumbnails with screenshots at specific timestamps. > > > > > No more dealing with clickbait, arrows, or annoying faces. > > > > > Users can submit better titles and thumbnails for each video and vote on them. > > hopefully it's going to work with Piped and Invidious in the future, too.

just so this doesn't overwhelm our front page too much, i think now's a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let's try to keep what's happening in this thread instead of across 10. developments to this point: - [Apollo for Reddit is shutting down](https://beehaw.org/post/467863?scrollToComments=true) - [Reddit is Fun will also shut down](https://beehaw.org/post/468731?scrollToComments=true) - [Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update](https://beehaw.org/post/468505?scrollToComments=true) - [Sync has announced it is shutting down](https://tedd.it/r/redditsync/comments/144jp3w/sync_will_shut_down_on_june_30_2023/) - [ReddPlanet has announced it is shutting down](https://tedd.it/r/ReddPlanet/comments/144glbz/an_unfortunate_goodbye/) - [Reddit creates an API exemption for noncommercial accessibility apps](https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/7/23752804/reddit-exempt-accessibility-apps-api-pricing-changes) - [/r/videos is planning to shut down indefinitely, beginning June 11](https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/145vns0/the_future_of_rvideos/) - [A subreddit dedicated to migrating to kbin.social has been closed by Reddit](https://mstdn.social/@feditips/110519237586930084) The Verge is on it as usual, also--here's their latest coverage (h/t [@dirtmayor@beehaw.org](https://beehaw.org/u/dirtmayor)): - [It’s not just Apollo: other Reddit apps are shutting down, too](https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/8/23754616/reddit-third-party-apps-api-shutdown-rif-reddplanet-sync) other media coverage: - [Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA](https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/09/reddit-ceo-doubles-down-on-attack-on-apollo-developer-in-drama-filled-ama/)

Blue Microphones under Logitech is getting a new name.

So, this isn't meant to be a "guide" or anything but I thought it could be helpful to some. - Find yourself an RSS feed reader (e.g. Feedbin). - Grab your subreddit link. (Example: `reddit.com/r/museum`) - Add `.rss` to the end of that link. (Example: `reddit.com/r/museum.rss`) - Add your subreddit RSS feeds to your feed reader. This way, you can keep reading reddit without having to visit it. You will still need an account to participate, of course. But I asked myself this question: "Do I *really* want to participate and keep feeding reddit content for free?" **You** are what makes reddit what it is. If you can be yourself elsewhere, why waste your precious time on reddit? You deserve better.

I'm personally crossing my fingers for Discord.

How does simple communication and the rollout of new polices remain so very, very difficult for Amazon’s Twitch platform? Over the past several years, we have written up many posts of all the ways that Twitch has sucked out loud when it comes to communicating with its creators, particularly when it comes to policy changes the platform decides to make. It changed how it responds to DMCA takedown requests without bothering to tell anyone about it, for instance. Then it turned its vaunted affiliate program into essentially a pay-to-play scheme. All the while, creators have been subject to DMCA abuse, Twitch started playing silent games demonitizing some creator content, and it failed to promptly inform creators that it had banned as to the reason for those bans. Has it gotten better? Not really, no. The most recent news is that Twitch decided to change up its rules and policies on how streamers can partner with advertisers on the platform in a manner that has the potential to have massive effects, before quickly retreating from its own announcement.

Is there a subreddit like this on fedi?

Hi Guys I create a new community related to Intel products. feel free to join https://lemmy.world/c/intel

whelp, there it is

Last paragraph makes a good point >But now it’s been a decade. Everything he knows is old and out of date. Everything we know is old and out of date. The NSA suffered an even worse leak of its secrets by the Russians, under the guise of the Shadow Brokers, in 2016 and 2017. The NSA has rebuilt. It again has capabilities we can only surmise.