By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about the Reddit protests and blackouts but what exactly is going on with Reddit? Why are people protesting and why did the pro...

A video about the effectiveness of the Reddit protest

    • Lugado ( Lugado@beehaw.org ) English
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      3 years ago

      Sorry for the question, maybe it’s not appropriate so don’t answer if you don’t want to but, what was the problem with Kbin? I saw many people telling it’s really good so I would like to hear about the opposite.

        • blindsight ( blindsight@beehaw.org ) English
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          3 years ago

          Agreed on all points, but re: Lemmy.world, not Kbin.

          I just installed the Liftoff app which defaults to showing Lemmy.world and posts there are just like /r/popular from the last few years, with lots of shitposting, low effort comments, and mean-spirited memes. That side of Reddit is why I was only subbed to niche communities.

          Here feels like Reddit circa 2010, where people use upvotes to highlight thoughtful/insightful content.

          It was particularly jarring on Lemmy.world seeing thoughtful posts supporting a different view being downvoted.

          Anyway, fully agreed. Beehaw is my Reddit replacement. I just need to start posting more links again, which I mostly stopped doing on Reddit like a decade ago.