Subj : Re: mastodon
To   : Paulie420
From : AKAcastor
Date : Fri Apr 12 2024 16:14:04

 p> I really like Lemmy - both that its a Reddit competitor, 
 p> and that it can be community based or federated to the 
 p> larger Lemmy community. I had thought about standing a 
 p> lemmy server when Reddit started being arseholes about 
 p> their API.

I haven't looked into running a server, but as a user on some of the established servers it's been a great experience.  Part of what makes it a great experience is knowing that I can setup my own server and connect it, if I want.

 p> In fact, did the 3rd party reddit clients get taken down 
 p> (or charged 2M dollars to exist...) like Reddit said 
 p> they were gonna do?? I think so.

I never did use 3rd party reddit clients, but I think they pretty well got wiped out?  Honestly, I'm not sure really what to make of the current state of reddit - I do visit the site and do some scrolling and clicking, but the quality is the lowest I've ever seen it.  It really feels like it's been overrun with AI bots and advertising and generally anti-user design choices.

I think the enshittification is inescapable with corporate-controlled platforms.  In the modern world, businesses can't operate in a way that isn't exploitative.  The real problem is that we keep choosing to let them run our platforms.

Another platform that is going to hurt a lot of us when they inevitably crank up the enshittification is Discord.  It's been a pretty nice user experience so far, but the clock is ticking on when they start to squeeze.  Discord has become pretty ubiquitous so I expect it to happen fairly soon, little bit by little bit, until it's a lot.


Chris/akacastor

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