Let’s put it this way:
Spez, reddit’s ceo, used to mod r/jailbait. Did it matter to the users? It didn’t. Why should this be any different?
Also, this is a public platform as much as reddit is. Reddit’s TOS is horrible and yet people stayed. Lemmy is not worse than reddit in terms of privacy. I had to use a script/program before deleting my reddit accounts because reddit won’t delete what’s in there.
I don’t see a lot of difference in terms of effort in searching for communities between here and reddit. I’m on Jerboa and I tried searching “technology” and “science.” The communities with the same and similar names popped up. That’s how I did it when I first got here and that’s how I do it in reddit. If I wanted to, say, join an anime sub all I have to do is search (for example) anime then tap the sub I want to join if there is more than one. There’s a huge subscribe button there (I just tried it since I’m not subbed to that yet).
I have’t come across crazy mods/admins yet so I can’t comment on that. Which subs have them?
Edit: I think the main problem is with the browse.feddit.de and that’s what you’re referring to?
I agree with this. I’m not worried about that fracturing because it’s also pretty common on reddit. IE: the r/nba sub alone has more than a couple of spin-off subs.
Been here 6 days and here are some of my thoughts:
Pros:
Cons:
Is it a reddit replacement? No. Reddit is too big and established (and mainstream) to be replaced in such a short period. But imho lemmy is a great alternative. Like I’ve mentioned before, just participating here has drastically lessened my reddit usage. It can get better. I’m excited to see there it goes.
Edit: sorry for all the typos. I’m new at using flosiboard and it doesntl’t have spell check yet lol.
I’m still hoping some of the subs I frequent will migrate here. That’s my only concern, tbh. If even 90% of the subs I’m following on reddit move here, I can quit reddit altogether. I’m also concerned about nsfw content (not just porn), but reddit is killing that too.
Can’t start my own subs because, 1) I have no time, experience, nor patience to mod, and 2) idk of many of the people from those subs are already here.
Overall, though, lemmy/fediverse has been nice to me.
The major one is a CRM application. I’m not sure but I think it’s an internal app since I’ve tried searching how to make it work on Arch but never found one.
Windows 10 on my desktop. I game and work on it, and there are applications for my job that I can’t get to work on Linux (even on Wine).
My laptop is on Linux (Endeavour OS). It’s my portable device and I don’t use it for work so Linux, imho, is my best choice. It’s pretty old as well.
I’m still amazed at how many people I know still think cars are better before because they were “harder to break.” Yeah, you can sit on the hood of an old car and it won’t do anything to it, but try crashing at 80km/h and you’re gonna wish that unbreakable object broke. Anything higher and you might not have a chance to wish for anything. Lol.
Quite niche, but communities for specific games (Path of Exile, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn) as well as audiophile subs (audiophile, budget audiophile).
I’m still confused if it’s going to be bad or trippy.
I used power delete and it sent me a backup. Idk what to do with it yet.