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With Reddit flirting with requiring Age verification, the next Rexit might be around the corner, are we ready? (piefed.social)
submitted 7 hours ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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With previous Rexit's like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.

What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?

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[–] VexLogic@feddit.online 3 points 17 minutes ago

I've been SLOWLY getting into the Fediverse for a little over a year now. My biggest gripe has always been discovery and availability. I feel like there is a lot more effort required to find people/communities I am interested in. Then if/when I do find them they are often not very active.

So yeah I'll say what everyone else is saying that UX needs some work. I used Lemmy for a while last year and just couldn't get used to the interface, I'm not Feddit and like this interface more. But it could use some work on mobile imo.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Is reddit blocking VPNs now? I don't use reddit anymore, but sometimes I search something on the web and like it or not, redditors in niche communities have good answers to uncommon questions. Definitely better than can be found on quora or other places.

But it doesn't let me view them, supposedly because I'm using a VPN now...

If that's the case, fuck spez and all corporate sellouts. Reddit used to be a mecca for freedom of association...

[–] Addv4@lemmy.world 2 points 54 minutes ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago) (1 children)

They block unless you're logged in. It's very annoying, still have to use reddit occasionally to find some info or something niche (admittedly not as bad as finding something on discord).

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

Well they blocked every account associated with my IP, so I'm not doing that either.

Are there any third-party reddit readers that circumvent this? Or did their API shenanigans block that, too?

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 29 minutes ago

I use RedReader without an account, connected through a VPN. It's FOSS, but with these settings, it's really slow. Okay for text and images, bad for videos.

[–] TheOctonaut@piefed.zip 6 points 1 hour ago

Sign up is still a confusing, exclusionary, inaccessible mess. So, no.

[–] lambalicious 3 points 1 hour ago

We've always been ready. Ready for the drama. 🍿

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 30 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Ready for a bunch of teens coming in and trashing the place? No.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Gatekeeping, nice.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 24 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

We need more cat forums.

[–] Carrolade@lemmy.world 28 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

This. Video games too. And porn for that matter. We're overall a little weak on the trifecta of primary internet subject matter.

At least we're solid on owls though, my enduring admiration to our dedicated owl posters.

[–] lambalicious 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Unironically this. We need cute animals. Cats, owls, moths, capibaras, pangolins. If we're not gonna have one of the two "true movers" of the internet (porn and correcting people who are wrong) we need something good to compensate.

[–] aquovie@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Every time I think about starting a community about one of my hobbies, I look at a random modlog and realize I don't want any part of it.

[–] lambalicious 2 points 1 hour ago

The trick is starting a community, but delegating moderation to someone else. Admin ≠ Mod.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 6 points 2 hours ago

There's some anime titties but not enough to go around.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 points 3 hours ago

And guitars.

[–] Mikina@programming.dev 3 points 2 hours ago

I don't want people from Reddit here.

The fact that half of Twatter moved to Bluesky instead of Mastodon is a blessing.

ActivityPub is by design a data harvesting goldmine, the fact that it flies under the radar is the only saving grace.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 14 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Well, from a technical standpoint I am more prepared as an instance admin compared to Summer 2023. We're running on powerful dedicated hardware after all.

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