This whole thing is a shame and I still am going through a morning period about it. Reddit will persist in some diminished state. I can only hope the quality communities and people move here, and that Lemmy rapidly improves (though it is very usable now). The trends so far are good. The value of social media lies in the user base.
Let this be a lesson to all who produce and manage content (that’s us users and mods). Don’t use platforms that are destined to monetize your data at your expense.
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This whole thing is a shame and I still am going through a morning period about it. Reddit will persist in some diminished state. I can only hope the quality communities and people move here, and that Lemmy rapidly improves (though it is very usable now). The trends so far are good. The value of social media lies in the user base.
Let this be a lesson to all who produce and manage content (that’s us users and mods). Don’t use platforms that are destined to monetize your data at your expense.