I'm not terribly surprised but I was excited at the potential of everyone going "fuck it replace me then" and Reddit trying to limp through an IPO with a whole army of noob mods with zero moderation tools 😂
Facts. Everyone been running around shrieking about how impossible signing up is because you have to checks notes pick a server.
I think I recall hearing about TOTSE. Wasn't it BBS?
This. Violence is not the answer.
Until it is. Violence sometimes only can be corrected with violence.
Except for the veteran sub where I got perma banned for literally saying I don't like fascism, I never had many paths cross with mods.
Where I lost respect for them is when Reddit started telling them to open up or get replaced and most of them complied. I'd have some more empathy if it was at work where getting canned meant scrambling to pay bills - but we're talking about Reddit. They claim to stand for something but the second they're asked to give up anything for that belief they cave.
Psuedo interwebs powers just trump morals and values these days.
"Here's your free speech zone 6 blocks from the event you're trying to protest behind a huge black curtain so nobody can see you"
Cool story bro
Now try being this angry about cops when THEY break things and steal shit and yknow KILL PEOPLE.
This. Even "liberals" are out here "PROTEST IS COOL AND ALL BUT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY JUST MAKES EVERYONE HATE YOUR CAUSE" over a fucking sticker or sign stuck to something.
A vague interest in taking my data away from "Big Tech" led me to get hosting a few years back and use a private email solution professionally hosted. Last year, I bought a pi then went through a breakup and didn't touch it until recently haha.
I just had to rebuild from scratch but I'm running Flame dashboard, Vaultwarden, Nextcloud, Baikal, and a rickroll server disguised as a Docs app, because I'm a red blooded American. :P (and the boring stuff lol)
OOOOHHHHHHHHH You're comparing apples to turnpikes and claiming it a win. Gotcha. Have fun mate.
If it's the same writing I'm thinking of I'll try to remember to link it when I get home.
"Tolerance isn't an ideal, it's a contract you're automatically entered into at birth. The contract protects all involved who agree to the contract, but if you break the binds of the contract you are no longer entitled to it's protections. To be intolerant of an intolerant person does not break ones commitment to the contract because the intolerant person is no longer protected by the contract. "
Paraphrased AF
Lemmy is strong enough that Reddit trolls have to come and try to lure us back to Reddit by badmouthing the competition.
Seems like Lemmy is doing pretty well to me. 😉