I want you to know that you're not alone in seeking a more thoughtful and accepting community :)
We are, we moved to lemmy. In the short term the majority absolutely will stay at reddit and nothing will change. There's no use in despairing over that or getting angry. We will plod on, stone-faced and indifferent to those who don't care. They don't affect us. We will grow as we grow, and getting emotional will not change any of that
This is the curve of history. Movements arise, they grow, and once they hit a mass large enough to capitalize off of they're co-opted. This has always been the way. It will continue for a long time. We keep our chins up and our eyes forward. Yes, it's frustrating. But we keep on keeping on. We do the right thing because it's the right thing - not because it's easy.
Have heart, lemming
Some communities aren't updating on lemmy.world
Specifically, I moderate /c/[email protected] and I noticed that lemmy.world's side is not updating. No new posts from lemmy.ml's side, and their side shows 300+ subscribers while mine shows ~80
Idk that I'd call them more principled so much as differently principled. Like yeah, they do make good products and are banking on a good reputation with their customers. But they've also founded their business on exclusivity, planned obsolescence, and child labor
Probably the most realistic comment here. Changes may come, quality may decline, but reddit is here to stay
Admins when mods use their leverage to manipulate content and troll their own communities: I sleep.
Admins when mods use their leverage to protest company decisions: Real shit.
A lot of people on reddit are addicted to content. I realized this after watching people get so vitriolic in their fandoms. Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Marvel, Lord of the Rings - these are just the examples I know because I was around those circles - they all have had a point where they made something a lot of people on reddit didn't like. And instead of acknowledging that it just wasn't that great, people got nasty over it.
People on reddit are very defensive of their vices and points of view, and they feel very self-justified
We should get 4chan to brigade. You know they'd love to brick reddit
Wild to remember a time when reddit felt like a niche, grassroots community.
I wish we had little business cards we could hand out with the alien and “JOIN US” or something.
Of course! One day I hope we have the same level of activity and expertise as r/academicbiblical :)
Does it actually break the system tho?