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The Reddit Blackout Is Breaking Reddit (www.wired.com)
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“They’re shooting themselves in the foot,” Mir says. “The content of the users is what makes the platform worth visiting. These hosts kind of run into this confusion that their hosting is the reason people are going there, but it’s really for the other users on the medium.”

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[–] [S] 47 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Look, I am happy as long as there are enough people on lemmy and kbin to have a fun website here. I can go and visit reddit now and then to see what kind of stuff they're upvoting, that's not a problem. But I want the potentially better alternatives to grow.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That's the spirit. We don't need to complete obliterate reddit to make it the better alternatives viable. We just need to get a minimal mass of people here to keep momentum growing.

    I keep thinking of Taleb's essay where he talks about how effective a intolerant minority can be on affecting change in general behavior.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Exactly. Reddit itself should be a case study. Lemmy and Kbin offer an opportunity to build something great and learn from what made current Reddit (the good and the terrible) what it is and some things to avoid.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    The only real problem with Reddit is Reddit Inc.

    You're right, Lemmy/etc represent a great opportunity for the users and mods to regain control over the communities they build.

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