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Reddit Activity Plummeted After The Protests (www.garbageday.email)
Excerpt:...
Reddit's crappy app has code for a "get money for your karma" program (www.androidauthority.com)
Excerpts from the link:...
[db0] Reddit is a dead site running (dbzer0.com)
The link contains db0’s views on the ongoing state of Reddit, and I think that it’s worth sharing here - both to document a piece of opinion, and as food for thought. The main points are:...
Reddit invites mods to “feedback” conversations with the admins (www.theverge.com)
Two IMO on-point excerpts of the article:...
Reddit might once again be flirting with an IPO (techcrunch.com)
IPO = Initial Public Offering, where shareholders offer to sell their shares to the public, shifting a company from a “private company” (it belongs to me, you, and that guy) to a “public company” (it belongs to anyone who pays enough for the shares)....
Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge (arstechnica.com)
The outcome was predicted by plenty users in this community, but now the news are noticing it.
[The Verge] Reddit protest updates: news on the apps shutting down and Reddit’s fights with mods (www.theverge.com)
Here’s the list of highlights from the article, as it’s a good TL;DR:...
Concrete proof that, contrariwise to what Reddit Inc. says, non-mod users are also pissed. (archive.fo)
[Note: the link is for the archive, to not give Reddit unnecessary traffic. Here's a link to the original.]...
Reddit mods dumped tokens hours before blockchain program termination (cointelegraph.com)
Summary: Reddit warns mods that it’s ending its crypto program, before it warns the other users. What could go wrong? /s
Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time (www.theverge.com)
Users are already planning protest art. I personally wouldn’t encourage people to join because it’s more traffic for Reddit, but that’s just me....
Reddit has started assigning power mods to subs they took over. (imgur.com)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/233339...
Relay for Reddit now charges based on how much you use it (www.theverge.com)
Relay was (yup) one of the third party apps that survived the API-calypse. But this sort of model is unsustainable in the long run, given that the competitor (the broken native app) is free and unlimited....
The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. [Clickbaity title, but be sure to check the article itself] (gizmodo.com)
The title is a bit clickbaity but the article is worth a read. To keep it short:...
Admins switching subs back from NSFW to SFW (archive.fo)
Original link....
Deciding the fate of c/snoocalypse - tell me what you think!
I wish to stop being a moderator in lemmy.ml. However, I don’t know what to do with this community; the last time I asked for new mods nobody showed interest. So I’d like the help of other members of the community to decide it....
[Meme] Inside Reddit Inc... (lemmy.ml)
Credits to the idea go to BarqsHasBite.
Simple script for PulseAudio, to quickly switch between headphones and speakers
I often switch between phones and speakers, but I’m too lazy to do it through the sound preferences window. So I came up with this script*, and I’m sharing it here as others might find it useful....
[The Verge] Reddit is testing “official” labels for profiles and making parts of its app compatible with screen readers (www.theverge.com)
I’m sharing this here mostly due to the “official” labels. Excerpt from the text:...
Moving this community to !linguistics@mander.xyz
UPDATE, 2024/JAN/17: this address has been locked so mods only can post. Use the new one....
[Discussion] Reddit-like aspects of Lemmy that make no sense in a federation.
Disclaimer: I like the Fediverse, Lemmy, and the concept of federation, I’ve been here for two years, and I feel grateful towards people working on this platform - devs and admins and mods and everyone else. As such, I hope that what I’m voicing is interpreted as constructive criticism and food for discussion....
IMO the Lemmyverse, in certain aspects, is _already_ better than Reddit.
I'm serious. Specially, the community - you folks, no matter the instance, you rock. You're amazing....
How Reddit handles competition (lemmy.ml)
Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou. - Episode 01 - Discussion (lemmy.ml)
Also known as wataoshi or I’m in Love with the Villainess....
BlackCat claims they hacked Reddit and will leak the data (www.databreaches.net)
Archived link...
Do you guys want to join Operation: Razit (raze it) [provisory name]?
June 15th will drop by, and everyone will notice what most people here already know: that Reddit is hopeless, and it's showing its middle finger to the community....