Lemmy should do the same.
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2025
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Until spaz says that's a no go and forces them to allow them. Just don't use reddit
I have an account for a few specific subs (that shut down during the strike) that don't have Lemmy equivalents. But I really don't browse. The only time I get on there is to check reactions to big events (football games, new movies, etc). And even then it's pretty rare.
Be the change you want to see in the Fediverse.
Thanks for that. I have always been a lurker on reddit and Lemmy (and the other platforms). It's really pushed me to join and have a voice here.
To anyone else out there thinking about this? Do it. I took over /c/gamedev a couple of months back. Not because I dislike anytging about r/gamedev, but because I want more than one place for that kind of thing on the Internet, and am beginning less of a fan of reddit itself.
(And yes, it's slow going, especially with the holidays and job hunting. But I'm okay with that.)
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That won't happen. As Twitter dies those users have to go somewhere. While Reddit isn't a direct competitor as a service, it is in terms of time/eyeballs.
Ideally folks would move to Mastodon/Lemmy/etc, but that's a different problem.
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Honestly the fact how bad user experience X is for unregistered users should be reason enough to ban links to X.
The experience for unregistered users on Reddit is almost as bad as twitter, I don't think Reddit cares about that.
Yeah, especially on mobile where they keep bugging people to install their app even if you've logged in. Sometimes they even block you from viewing certain communities on mobile if you're not using their app but if you've desktop site enabled from browser settings.
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What a coincidence, I've been banning all links to reddit. This is working out great.
Maybe they will leave oligarch owned social media next.
I mean I doubt it. After all, the next-best thing is Lemmy.
Are any Lemmy instances banning x links? I haven't heard of it, but would be in favor of it.
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LMAO well said. It sucks that we really don't have a decent alternative to reddit. I miss my niche subs.
Digg should have never released V4. It was reddit's only competition, but now it's a soulless, corporate curated media platform. You can't even comment anymore.
Reddit's response to this will reveal where Reddit likely falls on the Spectrum of Evil. They're a privately-held company, so any possible protection money they may have paid to the Nazis won't be visible like Meta's and such until the FEC report is (likely never) released in 3 months.
Can't say for sure, but knowing spez, Reddit Inc willl be bleep Trump's bleep harder than a Philippine bleep on a black Friday sale...
50 bucks say that within 6 months Reddit will have a policy that prohibits reddit subs from blocking twatter links.
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Didn't they recently go public? They're traded as RDDT on the New York Stock Exchange.
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We're spending so much media attention on this Nazi salute that I'm wondering if it may have been the intent all along - tie up media coverage while the Trump administration pushes harmful legislation through under the radar.
Well, trump is doing some weird old chap shit... musk did a master move (relative to it's intelect)
That is how i read the situation
The thing is, Trump's harmful policies are in fact Nazi policies. We need to be spending more attention on the fact that there are now Nazis in the White House.
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Boycotting Twitter is a good idea for many reasons. However this kind of blanket link ban will lead to more informational segregation quickly. This has already happened in many ways since the beginning of the war on Ukraine. Linking to Telegram or any Russian website is no longer allowed in many forums, e. g. Reddit. That has made finding original sources and verifying information much more difficult.
Take links to videos for example. Reddit is full of videos copied from YouTube, Telegram, TikTok, etc. without attributing the original source. The World Wide Web was supposed to link information together into a network, where you can follow up on origins snd details. Nowadays it has turned into a series of copy & paste silos, enabling the most extreme echo chambers.
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And they'll eventually not do it considering they are still debating about it. Just do it.
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So that's what it takes before people think of leaving twitter.
They have concepts of leaving, but addiction is a bitch. Most will stay.
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Garbage blocking garbage. Fuck Reddit
11 year old account banned for saying that if there was a revolution the rich wouldn't have the resources to protect themselves
No previous infractions
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I've banned new Teslas from going before me at stop signs, passing me on the freeway, and not being cut off by me within inches in the left lane at any opportunity I can take.
Edit: was really expecting greater than zero downvotes for the last sentence. Thanks for letting me talk shit and knowing I'm not trying to endanger any safety for real
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I can't believe it's taken this long. I get disappointed when microblogmeme jpegs don't have 2 @ symbols in them.
Have had twitter blocked in my dns server for ages. All the big social media companies. Totally worth it.
I wish I could stop using WhatsApp but that's where all the people without phone plans are. I wish I could stop using Telegram but that's where all the drug dealers are. I wish Reddit would ban X links, but that's where all the sassy hot takes are.
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eh, spez is probably going to step in and force them back to require Twitter or something. he wouldn't want to be pushed out of the oligarchy.
fuck spez in advance
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