Boost is like retweeting something, you can have followers in the fediverse. Boosting makes something more visible to everyone, so you upvote/downvote things you personally like/dislike and boost things you think your followers/everyone would like
Think of this place as a cross between email, Twitter and reddit. All communities can interact with each other and are independent
Is this new to post-blackout reddit is or has it been this way for a while. Top post of r/all is a tweet from like 2 years ago about a "current event" that no one has talked about since then and 100% of the comments are talking about this like this topic is the focus of today's or any recent time's 24 hour news cycle. Nearly 30K...
Don't sweat it my guy, some people are passive aggressive and/or won't bother defending a position for character reasons. Most people reading your comment can recognize it as reasonable
Also many people don't realize they aren't anonymous since they are new here, so people are still acting like they were in reddit. Give it time and ignore it regardless
I'm changing my stance on the whole Meta/project92 thing after reading this article. I think the entire* fediverse should block project92 by default. Later, some instances can re-evaluate whether to maintain those blocks, once we have a better idea of what the benefits and consequences of federating will be:...
Big companies are driven by profit and power. I don't expect us to keep them out but it would be nice to prevent them from becoming the default, or else we'll just repeat the same thing over again
Multiple smaller communities connected together is the best strategy for a free internet IMO
postmarketOS has posted to their Mastodon: "So Reddit has sent us this nice "either you open up your subreddit or else" letter too. We will keep the subreddit private, let's see what their "next steps" look like.".....
The first problem is people tend to follow the hive mind. If it's downvoted, they will also downvote and vice versa. They also will believe a comment with lots of upvotes and won't fact check.
The second problem is people will abuse a karma system. Bots can increase the reputation of an account to make them seem more trustworthy
The third problem is that the current system let's you see who is downvoting/upvoting. People take it personally when they are disagreed with and will retaliate since they can see those users and stalk their account
I don't think these problems warrants a change in the current system. The transparency is a crucial feature. Seeing the number of downvotes serves as a great red flag to warn readers that a comment might not be true even if it has a larger number of upvotes.
This does take away the anonymous part of your social media voting experience, but the ability to manipulate the platform is greatly decreased. People that get riled up about disagreement will need to chill and you will need to block those individuals that can't.
I think this will allow the development of a more mature community by taking away some of the anonymity
It's a definitely an area to watch but I'm a huge believer that transparency makes a community better regardless of size. If you being brigaded or abused it's visible to everyone and you can block those accounts if you wanted
The ultimate hope is that social media evolves for the better
A week ago I was all excited... It looked like we had momentum. I even created a few local communities and the people came. Fast forward to today: my local communities are dead (no posts in many days) and 90% of the posts I see on the All: Hot have zero comments, 9% have 1 comment, and 1% have 2 or more comments. Despite the...
Money grab via IPO. During covid Reddit saw all the crap companies going public and making bank and tried to get in too, but the bubble popped before they could close a deal. Now they are trying again while things are on the upturn and investors are more willing
I wouldn't touch this IPO when it does happen, major rug-pull vibes
It's definitely a slow bleed, but most people aren't content creators or visionaries. They will migrate with time, we just need the tools here and things will grow.
I have no doubt that federation will lead to the best network of positive forums
The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric (www.usatoday.com)
Alef Aeronautics' 'Model A' has a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 110 miles. The company plans to start delivering cars by late 2025.
Businesses can discriminate against their customers? Alright then... (lemmy.world)
Woman’s leg amputated at Bangkok airport after getting stuck in moving walkway (www.theguardian.com)
Airport expresses ‘deepest condolences’ after 57-year-old gets caught and has left leg removed from above the knee
Fuck Reddit u̶p̶v̶o̶t̶e̶ boost party!
The apps have all gone offline, welcome aboard to all the other refugees, fuck /u/spez!
Top of r/all (old.reddit.com)
Is this new to post-blackout reddit is or has it been this way for a while. Top post of r/all is a tweet from like 2 years ago about a "current event" that no one has talked about since then and 100% of the comments are talking about this like this topic is the focus of today's or any recent time's 24 hour news cycle. Nearly 30K...
Call to action - renewed protests starting on July 1st (www.reddit.com)
The latest from /r/ModCoord.
Why is no one decorating their magazines?
Why is no one using CSS to make their magazine's visual appearances more unique? That was the main draw of old Reddit for me....
What animal or insect going extinct would have the greatest impact on the ecosystem?
Curious on some replies here. I always hear having bees go extinct would be horrible for us. Curious if that’s the worse?
Should the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ! (privacy.thenexus.today)
I'm changing my stance on the whole Meta/project92 thing after reading this article. I think the entire* fediverse should block project92 by default. Later, some instances can re-evaluate whether to maintain those blocks, once we have a better idea of what the benefits and consequences of federating will be:...
postmarketOS going all in on the fediverse (fosstodon.org)
postmarketOS has posted to their Mastodon: "So Reddit has sent us this nice "either you open up your subreddit or else" letter too. We will keep the subreddit private, let's see what their "next steps" look like.".....
What other less-toxic system could work instead of karma?
Hey! Thanks to the whole Reddit mess, I’ve discovered the fediverse and its increidible wonders and I’m lovin’ it :D...
Is Lemmy dying?
A week ago I was all excited... It looked like we had momentum. I even created a few local communities and the people came. Fast forward to today: my local communities are dead (no posts in many days) and 90% of the posts I see on the All: Hot have zero comments, 9% have 1 comment, and 1% have 2 or more comments. Despite the...
Imagine Lemmy becoming so popular it drives Reddit to support ActivityPub or go extinct
Reddit would become compatible with Lemmy essentially making it it's own "instance", and suddenly 3rd party apps work with Reddit again....
Global Constipation Treatment Market to Reach $27.5 Billion by 2030 (finance.yahoo.com)
When you fail on day 2 of the Lemmy 3 day challenge (lemmy.ca)
Is Lemmy more likely to succeed than Voat? Why or why not?
I don't remember what caused the Voat's origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020....
I need to survive for 3 days while pooping as much as possible. I can pee as often as I like. It can take up loads of space. What food do I pack?
Please don’t ask why I need this....
Reddit is a Dying Mall (www.staygrounded.online)
Why it'll only get worse from here.
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
A warning and a perspective from an insider who has been through this before.