Random YouTube comment on the whole Reddit situation that perfectly sums up my thoughts (lemmy.ml)
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To each their own, but I find this decision really misguided....
It is so frustrating seeing how people received the protest....
What in the promoted post?
www.reddit.com/settings/data-request...
If you have it installed on iPhone, thats fair, i have it, to promote lemmy, but please just turn “allow tracking” of in settings, so they cant make money from the data thet collect, also background refresh, because I’m pretty sure that also allows them to get a bit of data from you
I am not advocating for ban evasion....
Source:...
Even in its prime, Tumblr was never profitable. It was sold and resold to several companies who never had a clear vision for what to do with it, other than run ads to generate revenue. Its main draw was its users. For several years it was the social media platform for LGBTQ and fandoms, along with many niche interests....
This is the first time in about 15 years that he will finally see the sunlight.
This is getting hilarious
An in depth analysis of the crisis we are currently living, with the perspective of reddit’s history and heritage. Most informative
TL;DR: Request it at www.reddit.com/settings/data-request...
I think it’s great that so many people want to build and grow Lemmy, but why are we doing it by copying over Reddit content? It didn’t seem as bad when it was funny pics or memes or whatever, but now I’m seeing discussion threads, which doesn’t make sense to me....
I really want to cut ties with Reddit. I keep reading this stuff to keep me motivated to cut those ties.
From Mastodon toot.cat/...
Different viewpoint and perspective from pcmag
Tried to submit this post but it gets filtered by the automod so posting here for now....