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I decided to take a peek at Reddit to see what kind of activity is happening, a good handful of the subreddits I am subscribed to are still super active with posts and commenters.

There's quite a few news articles on the front page regarding Spez and the blackouts, I am surprised those articles are even still up for people to see.

The comment section is filled with people saying how they should just kick the mods out of the dark Reddit's and take over, ofcourse these posts are heavily upvoted...

Perhaps there is some AI activity going on, I mean it's kind of easy to do in this day and age. You just prompt an army of AI bots to defend Reddit, and try to keep users engaged.

I am so happy I found Lemmy, and I am so happy that there is a comfortable level of activity. Sure it's only a small fraction of what Reddit is activity wise, but it's so much more hearty and welcoming.

Reddit has just turned into one big toxic mess. Lemmy reminds me of what Reddit used to be 10 years ago.

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[–] lixus98@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I hope these people stay there, I like the community that moved to Lemmy/kbin as they are friendly and chill.

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[–] KillaBeez@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It blows my mind that r/Apple decided to cave after all of that.

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[–] positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Please crosspost to c/general@lemmy.world or c/reddit@lemmy.world or c/reddit@lemmy.ml instead of here. This is

intended for posts about the Lemmy.world server. That means announcements from the team, issues you see etc.

Also mod @sunspider@lemmy.world can you change the name of this community to Lemmy.world - Server or something?

[–] crankybear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

β€œHow can people keep doing what they’ve habitually done because it’s what they’re used to?” ask all the folks who are posting in a community that’s clearly described as not being the place for those discussions but people are doing it anyway.

People are generally the weak link in any system.

[–] lemann@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My feed is literally filled with Lemmy.world@Lemmy.world posts because of this (not that I have a problem with that though lol).

These nice discussions really should be in their dedicated communities as you suggest

[–] coldv@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Search for communities that interest you, subscribe to them, instead of Local feed, look at Subscribed, maybe even All, then sort by New or Hot. Because it's still growing, New actually comes up with some good stuff without going by too quickly.

[–] thesoloist@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been on reddit for almost a decade and a half. Never have I seen so many users gilding pro corporate reddit/pro spez comments. It is almost always the former. It's very unusual and makes me a tad suspicious. I'm not sure if reddit has evolved into a platform overflowing with users that I truly don't synchronize with, or perhaps reddit is virtually augmenting these posts/comments, increasing bot posts to augment activity, etc. I accept either or and for that and many other reasons I have contently moved on from the platform. It's just not for me anymore and has been fracturing into an environment that lost its luster. Too many common folk have saturated the platform, too many bots, too much corporate shenanigans, too many miserable users, too little civility, too much ignorance and a lack of analytical literacy. The fediverse has given a breath of fresh air and something of nostalgia from the early days of reddit. I do think this is the way forward with time and I'm here for it.

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[–] victron@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

They gonna stay there until they feel the real consequences. Most people just don't get what's the real problem. I'm happy in the fediverse, feels like I make better use of my time, instead of scrolling like an idiot.

[–] Huschke@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

It's pretty simple. Most people won't do anything unless it directly impacts them.

This has been true time and time again throughout history as well. People only revolt or start an uprising when things get so bad that it directly influences them. Even then most won't do anything unless they aren't able to ignore it anymore.

[–] jrest18n@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Of course that site is like that now.

Everyone who cares left...

[–] Ragnell@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

From the fediverse side of things, good. The bootlickers can stay there until the whole thing gets shutter, people with sense can come here.

[–] BodyBroker@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Mane25@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

While yes I'm gone from Reddit, it's still sad for me to see communities I once cared about to have ended up as they have.

[–] TheUtopianCat@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] CoffeeBlood91@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is not reddit... Lol

I realized that after I posted it. I was able to fix it in the title even! This is so much better than Reddit.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah unfortunately with today's attention span no protest really works

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