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Neowin mentioned Lemmy, Kbin, and Mastodon in their Reddit coverage today (www.neowin.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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"Following recent fallout from the subreddit blackouts, and the controversial comments from CEO Steve Huffman, Reddit has been having a tough time in the eyes of its users who have been reportedly leaving the platform and setting up alternatives on the fediverse (such as Lemmy or kbin), used by the Twitter alternative Mastodon."

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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Every. Time.

The code itself might be highly complex and sophisticated, but it almost always takes a malicious link to get it into the system where it can do its work.