It's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigration
It's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigration
Disclaimer: This is kind of a long write-up, but please don't downvote before reading it, put effort into this one:) Hello everyone. I’m back...
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I always have to laugh when I see an ostensibly pro-lemmy comment that says:
"Reddit mods are out of control"
Do these people understand that basically the whole idea behind a Federated system is that community owners have significantly more moderation power than they do on commercial platforms? If someone's main problem with Reddit was unchecked mod power, I have some bad news for them...
Eh, it's not that the moderators are out of control on Reddit. It's that they're under control... by a single corporation.
A moderator here could potentially move their community to another instance if the owner of the instance tries the asshattery that Reddit Corp does.
Users choose the communities that have mods that are cool, the mods choose the instance that's owned by someone that's cool. The second half of that sentence isn't true for reddit which turns it into a top down power dynamic.
Eh there are also power mods on the platform that have a lot of control over loads of large communities there who are an issue in Of themselves in the ways they can control or stifle narratives on the site.
Reddit mods aren’t some boogeyman monolith under control by investors.
Reddit mod tools have been historically bad and ban evasion is a big problem even in smaller communities. I’d argue the substandard tooling contributes way more to aggressive moderation.
I think many of those people are conflating subreddit moderators with reddit site moderators/admins. On many platforms, "mods" refers to the top level people.
Yup. Mods here are forced to have public mod logs, and people can create the same community under a different instance. Even instance admins have less power than Reddit admins.
So yes, if you hate mod abuse, Lemmy is better
The mod log is public and transparent.
No, they don't realize, because their sense of where the proverbial line should be drawn matches the mods. If you're a moderate (or heaven forbid a conservative) then you likey won't stay long or post these views often.
You hit the nail on the head. People can't seem to see themselves, especially when they're using the same language as their proclaimed enemies. They'll oppose with all the same tactics while calling the other side fascist.
Edit: I think I'll start referring to them as kettleblacks.
Except if I really have a problem with the mods here I can set up my own instance with blackjack and hoo…wait.
The problem with Reddit is the centralized corporate control. The company can, at will, make all the community apps useless, and they did.