How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit
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A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever

  • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    29·
    6 months ago

    My problem with Lemmy is that it seems/ feels empty.

    This might be a me-issue, not doing something right but all I see is technology & politics articles.

    I’m subscribed to many communities (like multiple anime communities) and I barely to not see them). I quite miss the conversations on Lemmy.

    However going back to Reddit seems to be no point either, everyone just repeat what another one said - or just people fighting each other.

    For example; saw a Reddit thread about relationships. Everyone just echo-chamber “leave the relationship”. But what happened to adults just communicating to each other? Lol

    • Tug@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      Yeah I know what you mean about the “empty” feeling. Lemmy.world site info on the tab has 2.2k users a day and under 6k a week. Those are miniscule numbers compared to almost anywhere on Reddit.

      I too used to post daily here to help generate content but got down voted so badly the thread was deleted, so now I don’t post.

      Edit- so many communities here are virtually dead. Federation may be a solution but it’s a far cry from the user base even a decent sized forum has.

      • tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        I hope you keep posting again sometime, shit will get downvoted for stupid reasons, I don’t blame you though I probably would have stopped too because of my shame lol. Even the best poster will have those posts that get hated too.

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      6 months ago

      I’ll be honest, there was a recent thread bitching about me that got taken down where the dominant complaint seemed to be “The jerk just posts every little thing that pops up in his head, fuck that guy, but ya sometimes he creates some interesting discussion”.

      It was absolutely pathetic and banal and kinda shows why it doesn’t always pay to be contributing and organically creating engagement. I don’t post as much anymore cuz I just don’t have as much enthusiasm for participating anymore.

      Edit: to be fair, one takeaway for me that nobody actually said was I wanted to be way more handsoff in my posts cuz it was a bit much to be as engaged/in the weeds as I was gettting and also, I prefer to let my posts and top-levels + responders to speak for me and I can avoid tampering or influencing the way the discourse plays out as to how the truth-seeking dynamic of it is consequently served

      • zip@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        21·
        6 months ago

        That’s ridiculous, messed up, and sad. I’m really sorry that happened and I’m sorry they killed your wonderful enthusiasm. :( That kinda breaks my heart a little. Why do people have to be such needlessly mean turd faces?

        • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          This same guy stalks people into other threads to post comments that can only be followed by someone encountering a psychotic break. Had to put a user note on them so I could more easily avoid engaging

          So my guess would be it wasn’t just that “this guy posts too much” that got on people’s nerves

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I didnt participate in the anime polls but remember that moat of it was episode discussions or fan art.
      Also remember that the subs there were in the millions with probably high 50-100k posters and remaining lurkers.

    • Masimatutu@mander.xyzEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I’m subscribed to many communities (like multiple anime communities) and I barely to not see them). I quite miss the conversations on Lemmy.

      I only subscribe to smaller communities and browse big communities from ‘all’ (although I rarely do). That way big communities don’t drown out what I actually want to see.

    • skulkingaround@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      33·
      6 months ago

      And God forbid you’re anywhere right of Marx himself or you’ll get people telling you you’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

      Like come on, we want 95% of the same stuff, let’s just work together and have some productive discussions and enrich our political mindsets instead of flinging shit at people who are basically on the same side as you.