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Latest / impending Reddit bumble + Why to expect influx from Reddit? (infosec.pub)

submitted 9 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've heard Reddit is setting themselves up for another major fumble and that it relates to how much Spez is a fanboy of Elon Musk.

I can't find any details on the drama playing out though. Can someone explain the details of what's going on?

I would love to see Lemmy grow with another big "Rexxit" event, but I'm not seeing anything happening to cause one.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

they are happy for a way to increase engagement up until they get told by the government that they need to let twitter back in.

What is the fed going to tell them, specifically? Now if Elon talks to spez and whispers sweet nothings in his ears as billionaire to billionaire glazer, I could see something happening there, but from the government itself? No chance.

And do you know why digg died more or less overnight? Because there was an alternative.

It died because there was an alternative AND digg shit the bed with v4. If just being a alternative was enough we'd be on voat or tildes right now, which came well before Lemmy.

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

Voat went to hell when FPH, punchable faces, and similar subs were banned under I think Ellen Pao, and it turned into a toxic hateful shit show really quickly.

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

Instantly. And it wasn't, like, great before that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Punchable faces never got banned, it got took over by shitposters though lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

we'd be on voat

Voat! HAHAhahahahahahaha . . . ahhhhhhh fuck. Too funny.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What is the fed going to tell them, specifically

musk IS "the fed" at this point. Pay attention

It died because there was an alternative AND digg shit the bed with v4. If just being a alternative was enough we’d be on voat or tildes right now, which came well before Lemmy.

Yes. it is almost like we need both. And there is still no alternative.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

musk IS “the fed” at this point. Pay attention

And FEDERALLY he has no leg to stand on. Are you intentionally missing my point here? He wouldn't be asking FEDERALLY. He would be asking PERSONALLY, because Spez glazes him. The FED has no rule of law they can use to force a site to link to another.

Yes. it is almost like we need both. And there is still no alternative.

They say in the comment section of a post on a alternative. C'mon, you're just being contrarian at this point.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

And FEDERALLY he has no leg to stand on. Are you intentionally missing my point here? He wouldn’t be asking FEDERALLY. He would be asking PERSONALLY, because Spez glazes him. The FED has no rule of law they can use to force a site to link to another.

Tell that to USAID or all the other orgs he is gutting.

They say in the comment section of a post on a alternative. C’mon, you’re just being contrarian at this point.

Again, lemmy is not an option any more than mastodon was an option for twitter. For many reasons, people only want to go to large "simple" corporate owned websites.

Maybe you should actually educate yourself on a topic before you comment on it, hmm?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Again, lemmy is not an option any more than mastodon was an option for twitter. For many reasons, people only want to go to large "simple" corporate owned websites.

Do they? Well, they're morons then. I prefer a user base that can navigate the dangerous world of an unfamiliar interface.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Honestly? Same

But that is why lemmy and mastodon aren't alternatives. it sucks but... yeah.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Tell that to USAID or all the other orgs he is gutting.

Okay, you're just trolling at this point if you think reddit is a government agency somehow. Not even gonna bother further with you. Blocked.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Just in the interest of anyone who thinks this person had even the slightest argument:

To summarize. musk is not the de jure "fed". he is very demonstrably de facto. But hey, apparently reddit loves everyone enough that they are going to fight a federal government that has made it clear they don't give a shit about any actual laws or constitutionality.