I came here because reddit ruined my app by trying to make me pay monthly for it. But really that was just the last straw. I’d been wanting to find an alternative for ages, ever since they allowed mods to use bots for banning you based on participation in subs they didn’t like. Default subs run by power mods fully embraced censorship and shut down discussion of things they decided were verboten even if they happened on other subs. It was a takeover of Reddit. A takeover of the kind of things allowed to be discussed on Reddit, the kind of people allowed to discuss on Reddit. It didn’t matter which side of the discussion you were even on. The rules were simple to get your ban lifted. Repent and never visit that subreddit again.
Over time the list of subreddits on the auto ban list grew and number of subs using the auto ban to grew. Reddit did nothing.
Reddit is anti free speech. Reddit became an aggregator of memes and posts with very specific political ideology and nothing else was allowed.
Yes, and my point still stands. Lemmy is explicitly modeled in leftist fashion, not liberal or fascist, or any other conservative ideology.
It’s just interesting, that’s all. Choosing Lemmy isn’t an accident, it’s a fringe community formed due to the failures of Reddit. Choosing Lemmy over Reddit is an inherently political choice.
It’s because Lemmy had an influx of new conservative sign ups.
Why would conservatives choose Lemmy over Reddit? Genuinely. Lemmy is the explicitly leftist answer to Reddit, at least in intention.
I came here because reddit ruined my app by trying to make me pay monthly for it. But really that was just the last straw. I’d been wanting to find an alternative for ages, ever since they allowed mods to use bots for banning you based on participation in subs they didn’t like. Default subs run by power mods fully embraced censorship and shut down discussion of things they decided were verboten even if they happened on other subs. It was a takeover of Reddit. A takeover of the kind of things allowed to be discussed on Reddit, the kind of people allowed to discuss on Reddit. It didn’t matter which side of the discussion you were even on. The rules were simple to get your ban lifted. Repent and never visit that subreddit again.
Over time the list of subreddits on the auto ban list grew and number of subs using the auto ban to grew. Reddit did nothing.
Reddit is anti free speech. Reddit became an aggregator of memes and posts with very specific political ideology and nothing else was allowed.
Not all conservatives are Republicans and Trump supporters. Joe Manchin, Liz Cheney, Joe Lieberman, etc. Many Democrats have conservative leanings.
Yes, and my point still stands. Lemmy is explicitly modeled in leftist fashion, not liberal or fascist, or any other conservative ideology.
It’s just interesting, that’s all. Choosing Lemmy isn’t an accident, it’s a fringe community formed due to the failures of Reddit. Choosing Lemmy over Reddit is an inherently political choice.