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The Reddit Blackout Is Breaking Reddit (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“They’re shooting themselves in the foot,” Mir says. “The content of the users is what makes the platform worth visiting. These hosts kind of run into this confusion that their hosting is the reason people are going there, but it’s really for the other users on the medium.”

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. Reddit itself should be a case study. Lemmy and Kbin offer an opportunity to build something great and learn from what made current Reddit (the good and the terrible) what it is and some things to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The only real problem with Reddit is Reddit Inc.

You're right, Lemmy/etc represent a great opportunity for the users and mods to regain control over the communities they build.