I’ve experienced pro-reddit astroturfing on lemmy. I posted this criticism of reddit on the [email protected] comm, and it was heavily astroturfed and then deleted by the mod for a bogus reason.
I think I remember this.
Federated alternatives like Lemmy: I grew up on the internet and am far more tech/internet savvy than the average person, and I find federated options confusing and complicated. I also read that they’re very complex and not scalable on the technical end as well. They don’t seem like a viable option that can gain major traction. I’ll keep watching though, maybe I’ll be wrong.
I really dislike the bloated UI they’re all using, but it looks like there are solutions on the way.