They have people astroturfing hard right now arguing that reddit is not wrong for anything they are doing

I’m in the process of setting up a raspberry pi to host an instance, but the documentation is not super helpful. I’ll slog through it and issue a PR once co.plete so others may not have the same issues.

I’m in the same waiting boat. No way will I pay their insane retail prices

I was in college pre 2006 and didn’t have the option to pirate books (that i knew of). If it was an option you’re damn right I would have done it. My books were easily $300+ for the quarter and I can’t imagine how much they are now.

Chrome for anything Google related. Firefox + NoScript for most browsing. I have pi-hole running on my network and don’t permit anything but that node to query outbound for DNS.

It’s unfortunate we have to even vet mainstream news anymore. They just publish whatever gets clicks without investigating.

I wasn’t too keen on Twitter and mostly spent time on reddit. When Mastodon came out I was intrigued, but the interface just wasn’t something I was into. Lemmy seems way more up my alley.

I think for certain technology and privacy focused individuals, Mastodon and Lemmy are the way forward. Some people will always prefer a centralized solution or just don’t care enough to make the switch. They will continue to be the userbase of websites like Digg, Reddit, and Twitter.

Hacker News, Ars Technica, and I guess now Lemmy :)