Reddit Was Fun

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How to avoid the Reddit downfall (self.redditwasfun)

submitted 1 year ago by peterg75 to c/redditwasfun

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Use distributed, federated services like Lemmy, mastodon etc.
Support the hosts with our own funds.
Moderate our own communities.

The second point is the most important. Reddit happened because they are a corporate entity seeking profit. Let's own our social media platforms by actively contributing funds to them.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With the initial blackout, there was at least some vague hope they would listen. But then we got to July 1st with them quadrupling down and here we are.

[–] jcb2016 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. Reddit is gonna burn and we are am here for it!