Microblog post: "Family won't move our group chat to signal. Had to leave. Here comes the guilt trip ๐Ÿ˜’". Screenshot of a iMessage conversation with a contact named Mom: "Please come back to the group chat. We are making thanksgiving plans and we need your input." - "As I said in the group chat, you shouldn't be using iMessage. Signal is better Opsec. Once everyone starts taking that seriously you know where to find me." - "Gam Gam is 92. She barely knows how to use the phone she has." - "She needs to adapt"
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[โ€“] 20 points 5 months ago (4 children)

People didn't leave reddit because of the bots, lemmy was created in opposition to reddit's openly nazi ownership and leadership; as well as a way to ensure no single reddit-style platform can be dominated by a few superusers that impose far-right moderation policies and tactics in order to limit discussion and artificially reduce left-wing political discussion.

The fact Epstein's owner, Ghislaine Maxwell was a power-mod for multiple default subs tells you exactly who owns and runs reddit and that mods there aren't exactly neutral unpaid members of the community.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I'm here because reddit didn't value my use and made my favorite client no longer work. That's it. However, if it weren't that, it would have been one of the myriad of problems reddit had since then. Obviously, I do appreciate the federated aspect of Lemmy, but it wasn't a consideration when I moved here.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 5 months ago

    Agreed, but OP's comparison probably wasn't representative of most people's gripes with Reddit (blocking of API access for moderation and interactivity bots).

    Lemmy has an open API, doesn't universally block bot accounts or third-party tools, and has a bunch of different independent mobile clients -- so the implication that it's no better than Reddit on that front is bizarre.

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