this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Reddit Was Fun

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Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023

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How to avoid the Reddit downfall (lemmy.world)
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  1. Use distributed, federated services like Lemmy, mastodon etc.
  2. Support the hosts with our own funds.
  3. 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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[–] R00bot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It doesn't seem like an issue yet, but I'm interested to see how the fediverse combats the inevitable GPT spam it'll start receiving as it grows and misinformation/advertising becomes more attractive on these platforms. It's not an easy problem to solve (though handling it better than Elon should be pretty easy lmao).