• Erk@cdda.socialEnglish
      1097·
      1 year ago

      What better way to show how much you don’t care about Reddit than to spend all your time talking about it?

      • islandofcaucasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        If people didn’t care about reddit then why would they be upset that it’s fucking everyone over? A lot of people, myself included, would still be there if Spez wasn’t a sack of shit

        • TeddE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          Perhaps it’s controversial, but I actually disagree. I think the fediverse protocol (ActivityPub) would be enriched by even some of the scum and the toxic people switching over.

          Half the appeal of decentralization is different servers can cater to different demographics (at least that’s the goal as the project matures). While we both agree that we’d like our content to not be adulterated with garbage, having some unsavory people here will help us build the tools to deal with them effectively.

          And at the end of the day, I have my suspicions that sometimes social media platforms with a profit motive may amplify the ‘controversial’ simply as a way to drive engagement. ActivityPub doesn’t do that, so those people might have less influence. Heck, is it too much to think that the environment change to Lemmy may snap some of them into healthier social habits (a stretch for sure, but I’m hopelessly optimistic).

    • DBT@lemmy.worldEnglish
      236·
      1 year ago

      Can we not be pissed about the main site we used for entertainment and news telling us to fuck off after ten years of normalcy?

      Carry your ass to Squabbles or some shit. This ‘touch grass’ comment is is as original as the ‘fuck around find out’ shit that’s played out.

  • Pratai@lemmy.caEnglish
    1115·
    1 year ago

    Seriously, you people are like that kid that won’t stop talking about how much he doesn’t care about his ex girlfriend.

    Hint: everyone knows he’s obsessed with her.

    • TeddE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      Yes, but also ‘bringing back a classic’ and having it wash away the controversy would also suit Reddit’s goal. I assume they plan to spin it favorably in any case.

      I personally think the better plan is to shift focus back to where it should be - the people. Making Reddit look the fool in the court of public opinion matters more to me than Reddit’s shareholders, present or future.

      • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        They won’t look the fool, anyone that matters will be shown an edited version of place with no protests and a chart showing fantastic engagement numbers that the protests caused. Visiting that site is just helping Steve’s IPO and we shouldn’t be doing that

    • substill@lemm.eeEnglish
      331·
      1 year ago

      “Oh no! Our engagement is up right when we’re prepping for an IPO.”

  • islandofcaucasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    Looks like that space was instantly reclaimed. There’s too many people here that are determined to not participate, I don’t see lemmy getting any space

    • outdated_belated@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Seriously. Who gives a rat’s ass if Reddit’s DAUs are say 0.01% higher than they would be due to our participation there to post Lemmy links to place, if in the longer term, we draw more users away from them.