This is the first time in about 15 years that he will finally see the sunlight.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Reddit wasn't like that all the time. I do remember a time on Reddit where it was - or at least felt like it - a bit like it feels on Lemmy right now. Lots of nerdy outsider communities and admins who seemed to care. Not trying to be a negative nancy here, just a reality check or something like that.
Federation is over-hyped when joining or promoting. It's only really important when there's a problem.
It's like trying to sell a new car by featuring the warranty, or trying to sell a computer by talking about backups. Both important, but not a shiny selling point for new users.
I get why the devs want to feature federation. If you build a car, you're probably going to want to talk about the engine and its design. But the users just want "car go fast".
Reddit was always kind of shitty broadly speaking, but it's waaaay shittier now compared to 10 years ago. Some things got better, like Jailbait and The Donald getting banned (way too late of course), but overall it's been getting ruined more and more by corporate greed.
If this place catches on, the same problems that plagued Reddit will eventually come up over here too. Unfortunately, enshittification is inevitable, and there's no good way to stop it.
If that means enjoying Lemmy for 5 years before it becomes awful, and then migrating to the next place, I'm perfectly fine with that.