It's the social media equivalent of supporting a bunch of Mom and Pop shops (or opening your own!) vs some hyper-sanitized, corporate monstrosity like Wal-Mart.
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The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied. -
Lemmy is so ez, btwPart of it seems to stem from people's excitement to infodump about how federated social media works.
That's relevant and interesting to learn about, but the average person just needs to hear "make and account here and start browsing memes" first.
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The /r/piracy link to lemmy /c/piracy hit the reddit frontpage with 7K+ updoots! -
Reddit is purging NSFW subs as well as trans-related subredditsPeople were predicting this a while back as a way that reddit would make themselves more "advertiser-friendly".
I also wonder if there were some legal concerns in those states that now require porn sites to check IDs.
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Just a reminder we are the future of social media.Public opinion seems to be souring on all the big corporate social media sites, and I truly think if we're able to get the word out about federated social media platforms, people will jump ship.
Also, it's hard to dislike a platform that isn't showing ads, selling user data, or generally making decisions for the enrichment of shareholders.
