I recently stumbled upon Lemmy from SimpleX github. This is my first interaction.
Why Lemmy? It seems to be an alternative to Reddit, but what sets it apart? I’ve explored, participated and built nodes in Nostr, which positions itself as a Twitter alternative, so I’m curious about what makes Lemmy unique and what it needs to succeed?
Who Lemmy? Like Nostr, the community here seems to define the platform. Without algorithms to shape the narrative, the vibe is driven by its users—radicals, dreamers, and wayfarers. Is that a fair read? Who else calls Lemmy home?
How Lemmy? What’s the vision here? How does Lemmy aim to change the social media landscape? Decentralization is intriguing, but what’s the endgame? Escape from algorithms is exciting but from what I see raw and unfilters humans have chaotic thoughts.
Where Lemmy? Where’s the Lemmy Lobby? When folks onboard where do they go to connect? The communities Ive checked seem to have a variation of really old posts and infrequent posts. Are we that early or is this platform suffering from slow growth?
What’s your perspective on the success of decentralized social media?
What is shameful about loving Reddit? Honestly asking.
Biggest red flags I saw was non-FOSS, beginning of enshitification, overall cringe and mean user base.
For me: it engages in the same discourse shaping that legacy media employs to manufacture consent to please their investors.
The most savvy media literate people have difficulty deciphering the unspoken truths from social media, including reddit, so there’s very little likelihood that the average person won’t be affected and your circumstances determine your views, so you too will be affected by someone like reddit’s manufactured discourse no matter how much you try.
Seems like more than enough to me.
I’m not saying that others would be shameful of someone liking that but I personally would be ashamed of myself liking it.
Reddit used to be FOSS :(. There used to be a badge for having a merged reddit PR