• QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    bro don’t use discord, use Plerg! it’s compatible with both Pleeb AND Schmoob!

    also remember how we all left reddit because of the bots, when Lemmy doesn’t have bots either…

    • cally [he/they]@pawb.social
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      we all left reddit because of the bots

      I left Reddit because of the API pricing changes didn’t even notice bots

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        Isn’t that funny? They promised us all of these things are to prevent spam and misuse but the misuse never seems to be impacted in the slightest. There is occasional spam problems on the Fediverse but overall you’re less likely to have bot problems. I’m certainly interested in knowing what kind of tools will need to make sure this stays the case but we have structural incentives that line with our own interests and not those of Wall Street so we have a good chance

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      People didn’t leave reddit because of the bots, lemmy was created in opposition to reddit’s openly nazi ownership and leadership; as well as a way to ensure no single reddit-style platform can be dominated by a few superusers that impose far-right moderation policies and tactics in order to limit discussion and artificially reduce left-wing political discussion.

      The fact Epstein’s owner, Ghislaine Maxwell was a power-mod for multiple default subs tells you exactly who owns and runs reddit and that mods there aren’t exactly neutral unpaid members of the community.

      • Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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        The largest Reddit migration to Lemmy was due to the API changes. Don’t attach the creators’s philosophy to other people.

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          Yeah, I’m here because reddit didn’t value my use and made my favorite client no longer work. That’s it. However, if it weren’t that, it would have been one of the myriad of problems reddit had since then. Obviously, I do appreciate the federated aspect of Lemmy, but it wasn’t a consideration when I moved here.

        • egrets@lemmy.world
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          Agreed, but OP’s comparison probably wasn’t representative of most people’s gripes with Reddit (blocking of API access for moderation and interactivity bots).

          Lemmy has an open API, doesn’t universally block bot accounts or third-party tools, and has a bunch of different independent mobile clients – so the implication that it’s no better than Reddit on that front is bizarre.

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      iMessage is reasonable but discord is as evil and stupid as Skype used to be. Mumble, Matrix, Signal, Simplex, flux even halfbaked stoat. Get off Discord