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  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Probably wouldn’t get me to leave Lemmy, but I wouldn’t mind another competitor to Reddit.

  • Glitchvid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    2 months ago

    No thanks, people hop from centralized platform to centralized platform thinking things will be different.

    Consolidated power, especially when fully captured by market forces, will always enshitify, the only out is federation.

      • Xanza@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago
        1. Find new niche media
        2. Enjoy
        3. More people join
        4. Media changes
        5. More people = more context = wider viewpoints = more infighting
        6. Media changes too much
        7. Look for alternatives
        8. Find new niche media
        9. Enjoy
        10. More people join…
    • jownz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Same. I was a Digg refuge when I joined Reddit as well. That redesign was totally ass!

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Look everybody wants to shit all over this, and for good measure.

    But we can’t all be like “Kendrick Lamar’s Superbowl performance was a deep critique on the problems in America and the resurgence of a racial divide in America!” that literally featured Serena Williams crip walking, and turn around and act like she has zero influence on her husband Alexis Ohanian, his politics, or his understanding of where America is at.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        41·
        2 months ago

        Everyone acts like Alexis Ohanian is an untrustworthy piece of shit because he was a reddit founder.

        He is married to Serena Williams. Williams has been a focal point of hate for the right wing for decades. Literally years of unnecessary hate and derision on her because she didn’f fit stereotypical beauty guidelines and is a badass tennis player. She also literally has first hand experience of having her medical issues ignored by doctors, which happens at a far greater rate for black women.

        Williams may be rich, but she was never obscene rich, and she got where she was squarely off her real talents. She also was part of a Superbowl show which made a point to critique where America is at and where it is headed. A superbowl show that made right wingers collectively melt down.

        I’m saying people are acting like she, a black woman who has experienced direct adversity from the right-wing, has no impact on how Ohanian conducts himself or how he approaches life, and that we should expect the same-old, same-old techbro bullshit from him. I just don’t think that’s the case after they’ve been married so long.

        • xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Alexis Ohanian is an untrustworthy piece of shit because he’s a crypto scam promoter.

          • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            1·
            2 months ago

            No… Lemmy users and internet people in general are attacking this reformation of Digg and acting like Alexis Ohanian continues to be a piece of shit and that we should expect the same fast path to enshittification.

            I have a hard time thinking that after a long-term relationship with Serena Williams that Ohanian is so out of touch and unable to produce something good. Like I said I am cautiously optimistic

            • Telorand@reddthat.comEnglish
              01·
              2 months ago

              Ohanian just joined alongside Project Liberty (no relation to the weirdo right-wing grift with the same name, from what I can tell) to help buy out TikTok.

              His actions seem to be mostly in line with those in favor of consumers. I, too, am cautiously optimistic.

    • Brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Strange, are people really arguing that? Back in 2020 Alexis Ohanian resigned from the board of Reddit and asked for his seat to be replaced with a black candidate. Say what you want about the guy but he doesn’t seem that out of touch with America’s racial issues.

      https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/tech/alexis-ohanian-reddit/index.html

      I don’t have any issues with the guy but IMO the Digg thing may end up going nowhere if they’re really planning on relying on AI for moderation, just seems like like a bad idea overall

      https://www.theverge.com/social/624073/digg-relaunch-2025

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
    1·
    1 month ago

    They are just trying to offload reddit libs into another corpo tank…

    There is a space for these people and it is right here!