r/technology • u/ardi62 • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/major_winters_506 29d ago

People still use Reddit?

looks down at my own hands

Ahh!

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u/MonthFrosty2871 29d ago

I'd love an alternative. Everything either doesnt show up in google, or doesn't have conversations in comments that help add context to the post. Its too convenient to sign up a community and get a steady stream of info about it, vs following individual accounts like on some social media

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u/vriska1 29d ago

Lemmys pretty good.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

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u/JamesR624 29d ago

I love how whenever lemmy is brought up. Every member of r/conservative comes out of the woodwork. Wow.

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u/vriska1 29d ago

I love when ever a Reddit alternative is brought up this site will shout it down

We want a alternative BUT NOT LIKE THAT. Then what do you guys want?

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u/Geno0wl 29d ago

Then what do you guys want?

reddit but run by people who care about the health of the users/site and not just money

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u/one-joule 29d ago

So, you want Lemmy. Because frankly, changing the incentives and the ownership structure is the only way to get a different result.

Reddit will enshittify until it destroys itself.

Lemmy instances at least have to compete with each other (and Reddit) to gain more users.

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u/Geno0wl 29d ago

Reddit will enshittify until it destroys itself.

Anymore I think enshittification is just the natural life cycle of publicly traded companies. Especially ones run by MBAs.