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/r/esist considers Reddit as compromised, lists Lemmy as potential alternative, only comment suggests Bluesky

If you still have a Reddit account, feel free to jump in

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  • I really hope some people realize the nature of the place they're on. It's probably not healthy to let corporate admins or algorithms/bots manipulate you, why you're trying to organize resistance against big tech itself, amongst other things.

    And it comes to no surprise to me. The last very obvious event was in 2023, when Reddit showed how they treat users and moderators. And the subs had to submit to the new rules. Or when they kept protesting, their place got messed with by the admins, and the moderators got replaced by people who where more in line with the administration. Now tell me, how isn't that eerily similar to how the USA gets hollowed out by Musk and his henchmen? Why on earth would people gather on Reddit (of all places) to protest this? Their own communication platform is doing exactly what they're opposed to. And it's very clear at least since one and a half years ago.

    I'd say they're about to get defeated if they don't act now. They've had their wake up calls, and slept through them. And it's like noon by now. At some point you don't need to bother calling yourself resistance and just sleep until the proper showdown. But it's not their fault. This is a big salami swindle. Slice after slice of freedom gets taken away and the bad thing is, you don't even notice the singular slices. At some point the salami is just gone, unless you really paid attention. And at that point, there isn't anything to recover. So it's the job of the resistance to be ahead of their game and become active in time.

    (They got played. And their landlord is wearing a large hoodie with "I'm one of the salami thieves" on it, has a key to their home and they've regularly spotted him coming in and taking things out of the kitchen...)

  • Did I accidentally join the Reddit drama community?

    • This community isn't about drama, it's about opportunities to promote Lemmy to people who might be interested.

      And the thing is that most of these people are on Reddit

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