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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago

I just feel like The Joker in The Dark Knight reading this. The scene where Batman is driving his motorcycle straight at The Joker, and The Joker isn't flinching. They're playing chicken.

Reading this headline I'm like "do it....do it.......c'mon do it, you coward......C'MON!!!! DO IT!!!!"

Because I know that if he DOES try that, it'll be just as big of an exodus as Twitter had when bargin bin Lex Luther bought it.

Do it. C'mon, do it you coward!!!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They are going to pay those mods, right? Right?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

LOL next it'll be you need a Premium Member Subscription to be a mod.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Gross and also why is this here?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Every time Reddit does something stupid, there is an opportunity to bring more users to the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

wow someone tell lemmy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

why is this here

Because it's relevant?

Don't let a bad thing go to waste, it's a great opportunity to shore up, improve, and accept migrating users with friendliness and openness.

A great time to share the ideology behind decentralized social media.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Yup, every Reddit screw up is an opportunity to get more users here.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So every negative news about Twitter, Instagram and literally every non-fedi social media platform is "relevant" too?

The post itself doesn't even make an effort to connect this to potential benefits for fedi.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Yes, I'm surprised with the score of the post as usually those tend to be downvoted. [email protected] is there for a reason

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Also after a week of other posts about this (mostly to other sub's, but still).

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Other than OF-style content, what exactly are they planning to paywall?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Could please share the article from the screenshot? The one where he says he wants to paywall r/asshole design?

So basically anything goes in terms of content...

EDIT: The reference to assholedesign is a joke, the first part is legite (that they are generally considering paywalled subs).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm sharing the screenshot posted to Reddit, I haven't seen the article. You can follow the link to the Reddit thread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

That's a satire article

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

OF content would be a massive money maker. That might be enough to justify the whole project

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If they paywall their porn, the site tumblrs off a cliff.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

the site tumblrs off a cliff

Beautiful turn of phrase.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not just paywall their porn, also force linking:

  1. Payment method and thus Identity to reddit account

  2. Identity to whatever degenerate shit you like to get off to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That's why I downloaded the top 250 non-text posts from 250 different pornographic subreddit when they announced the API bullshit over a year ago. I got an old man style static spank bank like playboy magazines in the 70s on my home server for safe keeping.

I should probably scrape the top 250 from this past year from my favorite 20 or so subs manually or find some automated way that still works 🤔

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Don't underestimate Reddit coomers. They gots to coom and they'll pay to coom.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

Lmao gold lounge.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is what got me to return to Lemmy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Welcome back! How are you finding it this time?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Welcome back

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

[email protected] has a thread about this for people interested

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I went back to check things out for the first time in a while and realized just how awful it is in comparison to Lemmy. It's an incomprehensible clusterfuck of bots and influence campaigns. As long as engagement and new account numbers look good on paper to appease shareholders, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Not every sub. The ones I use are mostly unchanged

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

@Five

I went on Reddit for the first time in months yesterday on two different occasions. Both times, Reddit kept throwing server error notices at the top of my screen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Reminder that people did fuck-all to actually try and stop spez from turning Reddit into this dumpster fire

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

We are here now, so there's at least that

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Everyone on this website did something to stop it. Leaving.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

Reddit still has over 70 million daily active users. The actions taken were entirely ineffective.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I actually think this might be good, imagine communities that will benefit from the involvement of professionals like therapists or nutritionists (like for stopping to smoke or drink alcohol or losing weight). If it has a market a lemmy alternative for that i think is definitely on the table.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I disagree. The Reddit community at large is a bunch of spiteful shitposters who'll spin anything and everything you put infront of them. They've done this for years.

It is the worst place for anyone with mental instability issues to frequent or seek advice in. Mainly because as we all know, Spez doesn't give a shit about anyone's privacy so anyone can just comb through your profile and stockpile ammo from you. Things you wouldn't tell anyone else - now it's in their hands. Information you thought was "safe" - now they know.

There are other places out there that are more knowledgable and credible than Reddit pretends to be. Plus, they care about privacy. Like there's a suicide forum out there that will not let anyone outside, who hasn't registered anyways, to view the contents of the forum. Does Reddit do that? No, not even if you're a subscriber!

I don't see a lot of dietitians, therapists, nutritionists, psychologists .etc spending all of their hard work to get the credentials to be where they want to be, just so they can offer sound and legitimate advice on a platform that doesn't give a single shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I disagree. The Reddit community at large is a bunch of spiteful shitposters who’ll spin anything and everything you put infront of them. They’ve done this for years.

In my experience lemmy users are worst on average , but maybe it depends on what kind of sections of lemmy and reddit you use.

There are other places out there that are more knowledgable and credible than Reddit pretends to be.

the benefits of communities of practice for learning are documented in research, in terms of communities of practice for self improvement for example i found nothing better then r/selfimprovement (and i spent a fairly large amount of time trying to find one). It's very helpful when people just share what helped them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah, on the recycling table maybe. Garbage idea, boooooo