Expected.

I used to, but then they removed crypto because of propaganda efforts by reactionary idiots masquerading as progressives. Now, I have no way to donate to them.

I'm in law school.

Improved on the Chandrayaan-2 one. Fingers crossed!

Done!

Reddit is part of the symptom. We need to treat the disease at its roots. And yes, that is going to take at least some amount of sacrifice/inconvenience on our part.

I think it makes more sense if you think of it like a system.

Another reason why Lemmy is better. Reddit algorithm will suppress actual unpopular opinions to push popular opinions in the form a of rant, to the top to boost engagement!

Another thing I've noticed. It takes a lot for me to downvote people on Lemmy. On Reddit, I just assumed they were a clown, downvoted and never thought about it again. Here, I am open to giving them the benefit of the doubt and assume they are talking in good faith.

I don't think the point is to be welcoming to big tech messing up another platform. Seriously, which big tech platform hasn't had a scandal around fucking over its users?

I understand the feeling of not having the kind of content you vibe with yet. There's a lot of stuff on Reddit that I miss too. This is still primarily a Western audience, while Reddit was just starting to get popular in my country.

The insufferable people going on about open source and privacy is the reason we have Lemmy in the first place. If you don't have strong opinions and a desire to get away from big corporations, why would you make Lemmy in the first place?

The algorithms big tech uses to boost engagement on their platforms is the reason things don't stay friendly on their platforms. So, it's fine if they come over but helping extend the reach of big tech over Lemmy is a serious no no.

Think of a union striking. Yes, it could impact your daily life and inconvenience you by making you late to your appointment. But, at the end of the day, they're fighting for your right to reasonable working conditions just as much they are fighting for theirs. You don't have to actively support them, just not oppose them for the slight benefit of your present convenience!

For example, the "normal" people are the ones who will complain about jobs going overseas but then not buy American because of minimal price differences! Here's a link that talks about the case of American Apparel.

It's interesting to see the perspective of non-Western/global south audiences compared to a Western/global north audience.

They're the same for me because my account is 2 years old when lemmy.ml was the only instance with the bare minimum activity!

Yup, I joined in 2021 too and it was a ghost town. Just seeing hundreds of comments on posts is a shock.

Yeah, the original creators ask you to pirate it instead.