Was banned from the sinusitis subreddit for telling (apparently a mod) that a deviated septum absolutely can cause a sinus infection. He got upset and banned me- and even denied my ability to respond to the ban....
If you recall reddits growth many of their communities evolved as offshoots of a single generic community. This made it easier for people to see discussions they normally would not get involved in, and once the posts in a similar category reached critical mass it moved to a sub Reddit....
I got real lucky. I have google earth as my new tab page and would click the home button to get to reddit. Me leaving reddit coincided with firefox removing the home button.
Gaming, news, tech, general literature. All of these are somewhat thriving, with a steady influx of posts and comments. At the same time, the userbase is sorely lacking for more niche communities. In my case it'd be stuff like poetry, yoga, religion, linguistics, meditation. Or many other communities I'd doubt they'd form a...
Think about things from the point of view of someone who has never used Reddit or the fediverse, but you've heard about them both from recent news articles and want to see what they are about....
IF you think its gonna get worse when all the redditors come over cause of third-party apps getting squashed wait until reddit shuts off old reddit. Hell will break loose!
At first it was all about presenting data in an original looking way. In the end it was about pushing political ideas in your throat using a plain bar graph. It was not about sharing something interesting you found but about taking advantage of a captive audience.
"That's a bold move, Cotton" - Reddit to begin paying people for popular posts (bbc.com) en
The social media site will split revenue with contributors who are awarded "gold" by other users.
11 year old account deleted today. Final straw. (kbin.fedi.cr)
Was banned from the sinusitis subreddit for telling (apparently a mod) that a deviated septum absolutely can cause a sinus infection. He got upset and banned me- and even denied my ability to respond to the ban....
Reddit refugee with a question (kbin.fedi.cr) en
Hello all,...
r/Place 2023: The Good Ending (peertube.io) en
Reddit removes years of chat and message archives from users' accounts (mashable.com) en
Many Redditors were caught off guard by the removal of their chat and message history.
I think the rush to recreate communities is a bad idea. (kbin.social) en
If you recall reddits growth many of their communities evolved as offshoots of a single generic community. This made it easier for people to see discussions they normally would not get involved in, and once the posts in a similar category reached critical mass it moved to a sub Reddit....
Reddit's Contributor Program could earn you real money for your Reddit karma (androidauthority.com) en
Reddit could be working on a Contributor program, letting top contributors earn real-world money from the gold and karma they receive.
This is the Reddit app. They are making it really easy to want to migrate (lemmy.world) en
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1032247
Reddit threatens the mods of r/CyberpunkGame (the main subreddit for Cyberpunk 2077). Mods decide to go down in a blaze of glory, whole sub agrees. (old.reddit.com) en
Surprising nobody, Reddit Corp threatening a gaming sub of a fanatically anti-corporate video game doesn't go as they'd hoped....
World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp) en
TOKYO -- A Japanese research team is making progress on the development of a groundbreaking medication that may allow people to grow new teeth, with c
I was so hopeful that Reddit might see reason, but at this point, pigboy can take reddit and stuff it up his spez (kbin.fedi.cr)
This is honestly probably for the best. It’s a really bad idea that we’ve let reddit monopolize niche knowledge
While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities (kbin.social) en
Gaming, news, tech, general literature. All of these are somewhat thriving, with a steady influx of posts and comments. At the same time, the userbase is sorely lacking for more niche communities. In my case it'd be stuff like poetry, yoga, religion, linguistics, meditation. Or many other communities I'd doubt they'd form a...
Fediverse won't replace Reddit as long as Lemmy is the main platform being promoted (kbin.social) en
Think about things from the point of view of someone who has never used Reddit or the fediverse, but you've heard about them both from recent news articles and want to see what they are about....
Mass #RedditMigration (kbin.social) en
IF you think its gonna get worse when all the redditors come over cause of third-party apps getting squashed wait until reddit shuts off old reddit. Hell will break loose!
It was fun while it lasted! (kbin.social) en
Lemmy and kbin are gonna get all jacked up in the next couple of days. It was a good ride until everything settles down!
What was the subreddit that represented to you the best example of downspiral of quality? To me it was /r/dataisbeautiful (kbin.social) en
At first it was all about presenting data in an original looking way. In the end it was about pushing political ideas in your throat using a plain bar graph. It was not about sharing something interesting you found but about taking advantage of a captive audience.
r/ZeroWaste mod talks about ongoing "plague of bots" spamming comments at an extremely high rate (media.kbin.social) en
Reddit Migration (kbin.social) en
The real #redditmigration starts the 30th or the 1st, I hope lemmy and kbin are ready for the traffic!
Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out (arstechnica.com) en
Things to think about and lessons to learn.
Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it (arstechnica.com) en
Minecraft is leaving Reddit (media.kbin.social) en