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Fuck Reddit (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After years of using reddit, i finally deleted everything including my account there. Personally, i am not affected by the api prices, BUT, i couldn't live with me supporting people, who see their userbase, moderators and creators as nothing but noise. The point i'm making? Greetings Lemmy. I joined a few days ago and i'm here to stay so cheers everyone and, hi

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It is about time we take back OUR internet, as it once was OURS.

Yes exactly!

I remember the days when 'online community' meant someone with a cable modem and a laptop would set up a 'server' with an IRC bot or a Shoutcast stream and people would gather on forums and the like. It wasn't as slick as the Facebooks and Reddits and Twitters and all that, and it took a >90 IQ to figure out how to make it work, but it was ours. There was no billionaire owner in California deciding what you could and couldn't do or say or post according to what his advertisers would tolerate, and no giant machine learning algorithm vacuuming up your every keystroke to show you more relevant ads.
Those were good days.