For ppl who don't want to click the link (if using Memmy App) it's:
Lemmy, kbin, tildes and discord
I don't see how discord is a replacement in any way.
It says it's not so much a replacement, but rather you might want to use it if you want to follow a particular community irrespective of the platform/format. For example, right now there are several games whose communities are more active on discord servers than any of the other mentioned websites including reddit.
For specialized communities or works pretty well.
Except communities on Discord aren't search-engine-facing, so they're a complete dead end. Nobody can discover useful information there unless they are already members of that particular community. It's the "walled garden" effect.
Discords can create their own forums, with static posts people can respond to in dedicated comment chains. I think the potential is there, but discovering discords you want to join is currently very difficult.
Pretty sure tildes has an issue with the admin turning a side eye to particular user accounts who bully people on the platform
Though I learned that from someones comment on redddit in response to someone else talking about tildes and I can't be bothered to go and find it because it's reddit
i was on tildes for a few months. anyone who offers any dissenting opinion, however mild, is harassed by the bullies on the sub and they the admin bans them for 'causing trouble'
it's very much a 'say what everyone else says, or else' type of place. the admin wants it it to be his own little internet hugbox
I was going to ask how to get an invite, but if that's how it is, I'll stay away. I love how positive and friendly it is here and Lemmy.
"bring mummy her box of wine, I'm checking Lemmy"
Oh? No up/down voting?
Yeah, kinda reads like the writer didn't actually try out the services themselves.
Probably confusing it with karma.
Ahh crap, can I have my upvote back then?
I already gave it to someone else :(
"Lemmy does not have upvote and downvote buttons"
uh... don't downvote me for posting this
What? I see and use upvote and downvote buttons in Jerboa. In fact I just updated your comment.
Are you talking about these things? Those are escalation arrows, not upvote and downvote buttons, totally different.
Different how, exactly?
it causes the device of the poster to operate at 1°F higher or lower, depending. (up= lower temperature)
It's been a long time since Lifehacker has been reliable for even basic facts.
Switching to Discord is pointless. That's switching from a website controlled by one evil corporation to one controlled by a different evil corporation. Discord is still in hyper-growth mode, so they aren't going to be adding user-hostile features for awhile. Tilde has the same problem.
Discord is still in hyper-growth mode, so they aren’t going to be adding user-hostile features for awhile.
Outside of the username thing.
I don’t like the username decision but it didn’t seem hostile to users. People seem to pick a username, update their server profile, and move on. My account is old enough that I picked my username pretty early in the process though.
I agree that casual users likely found the discriminator confusing, though I never verbally shared my username with people. It didn’t seem like a strong enough reason to warrant the change.
Why do you consider it hostile? I doesn’t seem like it has degraded the overall experience.
I'm not OP but I have a friend that was pretty miffed about it. He had the same username on several platforms and on Discord he shared the name with a couple people. One of them apparently had priority and now he has to tell people "I'm blah on x, y, and z. And on Discord I'm blah123." It's not the end of the world but just gives him a reason not to share his Discord.
For a platform looking to maintain and grow users, it just seems pretty shortsighted to inconvenience even 5% of users. If the rename had led to some kick ass feature I'm sure people would be fine. There just doesn't seem to be any tangible benefit for existing users.
Yep, it’s not searchable and just another corporation. It’s fine for certain things but it’s NOT a replacement for Reddit.
Squabbles.io looks pretty slick too
is squabbles federated?
No, I don't believe so.
But aren't Squabbles and Tilde both not federated, and therefore potentially subject to changes or even an IPO by the owners?
I set up an account on Squabbles but I hope Lemmy/Kbin really take off as I would much rather not deal with another company.
Indid too but it hasnt really clicked with me the way Lemmy has. I sppent a little time in there, and its super slick love the UI, seems to hve a lot of active ontact coming up, but it also seemed pretty heavy on memes. I'll still checknit out some more though. I like trying new stuff
I wonder what the atmosphere at reddit HQ is like this week.
Phew we really fucked that up, but glad that's over! Now let's get back to finishing up these new mod tools and releasing a great mobile app and finally releasing the fix to the video player
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fires! Spez-ssistant: "Mr. Spez, another investor is blowing up my phone all morning, can I transfer the call?" Spez: "No, hold my calls, I'm searching for a PR company. Did any of those other ones answer your emails yet?" Spez-ssistant: "No Spez, they all said they are too far booked out on this submersible company thing" Spez: "Dammit! What about our moderators?" Spez-ssistant: "Bad news, the top subs are full of literal buttholes and there is nobody to delete them now that we banned most of the mods" Spez: "What if I promote you and all your friends, can you guys stay on top of this for a while?" Spez-ssistant: "I just got an email from CircleJerk Securities, it says they are pulling out of the IPO!"
*Edit: I see that my battles with formatting will continue
The irony is that reddit is creating its own competition - when before there was nothing.
Back tracking a few years when digg began to self-destruct, reddit was, in fact, a viable competitor.
Reddit never had a competitor until reddit itself, through the sheer incompetence of its gaslighting CEO, forced the creation of multiple (now) viable competitors.
yes and no: lemmy released in 2019, so let’s not sell the fediverse short! people decided that a federated forum-like platform should exist irrespective of reddit’s current implosion!
i think it’s important to acknowledge that these platforms exist not only because of reddit's incompetence: they have value regardless (ie, even if reddit does a 180 ;) )!
*edit: of course you’re totally right that reddit has helped to make the platforms viable competition with their exodus
From that article it seems like Lemmy has the best shot of replacing reddit! Not only was it listed first, it’s description was the most approachable.
I think it's relatively redundant in the fediverse which wins because all federeated instances reep the benefits of eachother (except I think maybe tildes)
Not being able to make an account on tildes kinda stopped me from even giving it a chance. Like I get they have valid reasons, but I want to curate my content and be able to be able to make the occasional comment.
Discord
Well, three out of four ain't bad.
As far as I am concerned it's just Lemmy/Kbin for life.
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