The #FOSSdroid subreddit is not only going dark for two days, but the moderator there is spending that time spinning up their own #Kbin, and encouraging the subreddit members to move.
Every subreddit that's "going dark" for 2 days and then going back to "business as usual"...if they did this instead, #Reddit would either die or cave on the API thing inside of a week.
With the whole Reddit meltdown, people think that Discord is a replacement for forums. People need to stop using Discord for everything, especially for storing valuable resources like guides, when Wikis and Internet Forums exists and can be searched without users having to join a Discord server. The content aren't readable unless the user joins. Also, what happens if the server goes away... well, those contents holding valuable information goes away, forever.
Discord shouldn't be the repository for information and only be used for text and voice chat. It's another attempt to lock users into a platform that can get exploited by late capitalism or enshittification.
Whilst #reddit is on the downfall, let's do Discord next.
Painfully needing a successor to #discord I hate how it's the de facto standard for #opensource software, podcast networks and friends gravitating there.
It's so complicated to get anyone to use anything different.
What do we do?
How do we get rid of this scourge of an app?
If you're on a centralised platform like Reddit, this is what they can do. Centralised platforms have all-powerful leaders who can do whatever they want, and you have no alternatives if you disagree.
The point of the Fediverse being on lots of servers is that each server's power is limited. If you disagree with one server's actions, you can move.
If you’re new here, perhaps from the Reddit exodus, welcome!
Things are a little different here, so follow people and hashtags you find interesting. There’s no ‘algorithm’ so the more people you follow that you find interesting… the more interesting things and people you’ll find!
Check out the awesome https://fedi.tips/ by the wonderful @feditips before you get stuck in to get the most out of the platform and stay safe.
Does anyone have any feelings on if Reddit will truly be abandoned? If it is abandoned, where do you think communities will go to organize? Is Lemmy user friendly enough to fill in the gap? #Reddit #lemmy
So it seems a sure thing that Apollo, Sync and RIS - three of the most popular 3rd party #Reddit apps for iOS and Android are all shutting down by EOM. I was there for the great Digg Implosion / Migration, but honestly no idea where things are going to land from here? #fediverse federated solutions seem ideal, but #lemmy last I checked had servers with double digit numbers of members... Were do y'all plan on link aggregating?
Wenn ihr hier im Fediversum bleibt, werde ich wohl auf Lemmy auch ein Account seperat machen.
Aber wenn nach dem #Streik eh wieder alle #Reddit User zurück gehen, werde ich es deshalb mal paar Tage noch abwarten.
Kann zwar von hier zum Beispiel ich_iel folgen, aber von den Forum bekomm ich trotzdem nur das mit was ich iel teilt. Nicht ganz praktisch glaub. Deswegen würde ich mich da noch ein Account extra dann machen.
There's lots of talk right now about how #Reddit alternatives such as #Lemmy, #kbin and #Lotide fit into the overall picture of the #Fediverse, with some calling these link-aggregation sites collectively the "Threadiverse". But how does #Pinetta fit into the mix?
Much like a link aggregator, Pinetta allows users to collect and comment on various things like links, text, images, video, and so on. In that sense, it will interact almost seamlessly with federated link aggregators. The main difference, of course, is in the user interface. Pinetta will have a number of modes that users can choose to display content:
As a "feed" chronologically or ranked based on most engaging posts (based on favourites and boosts);
As a "grid" similar to how #Pixelfed displays images in profiles;
As a "masonry" layout - much like how #Pinterest displays pins by default;
As a "mood board", which will allow users to arrange pins visually to their liking in a freeform 2D layout.
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Lemmy the Fediverse alternative to Reddit is having his moment of glory, but it takes the help of the whole Fediverse to make this magical moment become the beginning of a new era!
#Reddit's API policies for third-party apps are causing a small exodus of users to what is now its most functional alternative: #Lemmy.
In the last 48 hours, the Italian instance feddit.it has had the registrations they usually have in two months, but it seems that this is a generalized phenomenon!
Now we need to make those users stay. How can we do it?
Here we need help from all over the Fediverse and above all we need the #mastohelp of the largest community in the #Fediverse!
In fact, Reddit users feel comfortable there, not only due to its ergonomics, but also due to the liveliness of the subreddits and the number of threads; the problem is that Lemmy users are a fraction of those of Reddit: how will they be able to guarantee a vitality comparable to that of Reddit? But this is exactly where the Fedeverse comes into play! In fact, even without subscribing to Lemmy, Mastodon, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey and even Pixelfed users can comment and open threads on the Lemmy communities.
Here is a simple explanation of how to write a post about a Lemmy community:
Introductory text of the message (less than 200 characters and possibly without hashtags or mentions) which will become the title of the thread as you will see it on Lemmy
Community mention
Additional text (with any hashtags and other mentions) that will become the text of the post as seen on Lemmy
Any additional mentions for Friendica groups/forums
Link to the article (let's remember that Lemmy is basically an alternative to Reddit, which is basically a news aggregator)
Any attached images
Many of the current Fediverse users landed on Mastodon when Musk switched Twitter, and stayed mostly because they found the environment enjoyable and inspiring; now it would be perfect if they could help the "refugees" of Reddit by creating an inspiring environment on Lemmy!
If you want a list of global communities, you can take a look here: browse.feddit.de/
And if you want to support the Lemmy development project you can go to this page join-lemmy.org/donate
Lemmy l'alternativa del Fediverso a Reddit sta avendo il suo momento di gloria, ma serve l'aiuto di tutto il Fediverso per far si' che questo momento magico diventi l'inizio di una nuova era!
Le politiche di #Reddit sulle API a pagamento hanno provocato un miniesodo di utenti verso quella che oggi è la sua alternativa più funzionale: #Lemmy.
In 48h l'istanza https://feddit.it ha avuto le iscrizioni di 2 mesi, ma ora bisogna far si' che quegli utenti restino. In che modo?
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Lo sviluppatore di #Apollo Christian Selig potrebbe non essere in grado di far funzionare l'app in futuro a causa dei prezzi delle API pianificati da #Reddit.
Il mese scorso, l'app Apollo, con 7 mld di richieste, avrebbe dovuto pagare $ 1,7 mln al mese o $ 20 milioni all'anno a Reddit per mantenere l'app in esecuzione!