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Lemmy is a federated Reddit clone.

by jochem9 3y ago

Paul-Craft 3y ago
Lemmy is great. https://join-lemmy.org/ https://join-lemmy.org/
- Sunspark 3y ago
  What happens when the server op decides they don't want to run it anymore and pulls the plug? Or alternatively, when they decide they want to get involved with this or that.. server ops are dictators.. just because it is on the fediverse (what mastodon uses) doesn't mean they are mature people with contingency plans and codes of conduct.
  - Paul-Craft 3y ago
    What happens when YC decides to shut down HN? Or, alternatively, they do $THING you don't like? Worst case, with Lemmy, some server op decides to rage quit and shut down the server, and you're left in the same situation as if HN decided to just shut down without notice. In the other scenario, with Lemmy, you do the same thing you would if the same thing happened at HN: either play along or take your ball and go home. You're right that being federated doesn't magically make people into reasonable humans. If you happen to discover that technology, please let me know; I have several hundred thousand people I'd like to use it on for starters lol.... But, at least with Lemmy, you have an easy option to start up your own server if you don't like how someone is running one that you participate on.
  - ciex 3y ago
    Mastodon's account migration implementation has some serious issues. AFAIK you can't migrate without access to the original account, so if that instance shuts down you're out of luck. I think it's also not possible to move past posts to a different instance so if your original one gets in bad hands you cannot get your content off of that.
  - tankerkiller 3y ago
    My problem with Lemmy is that I just can't figure out what happens if server A has a "sub-section" called news, and server B also has an instance called news. Do they get merged into one view? Do both servers now have two different "news" sections? I can't seem to get any solid answers on this and that's why I haven't bothered registering or using it yet.
    - haakon 3y ago
      Communities are namespaced. You'd have news@foo.com and news@bar.com. The local server is an implicit namespace for its own communities, so for local users of foo.com, news@foo.com is presented as simply "news".
dingledork69 3y ago
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- lolinder 3y ago
  I saw someone say this the last time Lemmy came up, but I'm legitimately confused at what you're saying here. Is the "fascist" the one insisting on keeping the slur filter or the one asking for it to be removed? And could you elaborate on why either one deserves to be lumped in with Nazis, other than that Godwin's Law decrees it must be so?
  - dingledork69 3y ago
    The one who institutes a list of banned words and locks discussions about them.
    - marcod 3y ago
      > fascism is a mass political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism, militarism, and the supremacy of both the nation and the single, powerful leader over the individual citizen. And what you are saying is a stretch.
    - lolinder 3y ago
      Got it. Godwin's Law it is, then. FWIW, in the context of the fediverse where there are reportedly instances run by actual neo-Nazis, it's both wrong and confusing to label someone a fascist for instituting a policy designed to keep those people out. You can disagree with the policy, but it's particular important to choose accurate labels here.
      - dingledork69 3y ago
        Banning words does not only keep those people out. If I put up a "No whites" sign it will also keep most (all?) neo-nazis out, but that's not acceptable either. Allowing communities to decide for themselves: Great. Banning anyone who wants to use your supposedly open source & decentralized software from using certain words that you deem inappropriate in American English is not acceptable. Spanish people are not allowed to use the word for the color black, for example.

Lemmy is a federated Reddit clone.

Paul-Craft 3y ago

Lemmy is great. https://join-lemmy.org/ https://join-lemmy.org/

Sunspark 3y ago
What happens when the server op decides they don't want to run it anymore and pulls the plug? Or alternatively, when they decide they want to get involved with this or that.. server ops are dictators.. just because it is on the fediverse (what mastodon uses) doesn't mean they are mature people with contingency plans and codes of conduct.
- Paul-Craft 3y ago
  What happens when YC decides to shut down HN? Or, alternatively, they do $THING you don't like? Worst case, with Lemmy, some server op decides to rage quit and shut down the server, and you're left in the same situation as if HN decided to just shut down without notice. In the other scenario, with Lemmy, you do the same thing you would if the same thing happened at HN: either play along or take your ball and go home. You're right that being federated doesn't magically make people into reasonable humans. If you happen to discover that technology, please let me know; I have several hundred thousand people I'd like to use it on for starters lol.... But, at least with Lemmy, you have an easy option to start up your own server if you don't like how someone is running one that you participate on.
- ciex 3y ago
  Mastodon's account migration implementation has some serious issues. AFAIK you can't migrate without access to the original account, so if that instance shuts down you're out of luck. I think it's also not possible to move past posts to a different instance so if your original one gets in bad hands you cannot get your content off of that.
- tankerkiller 3y ago
  My problem with Lemmy is that I just can't figure out what happens if server A has a "sub-section" called news, and server B also has an instance called news. Do they get merged into one view? Do both servers now have two different "news" sections? I can't seem to get any solid answers on this and that's why I haven't bothered registering or using it yet.
  - haakon 3y ago
    Communities are namespaced. You'd have news@foo.com and news@bar.com. The local server is an implicit namespace for its own communities, so for local users of foo.com, news@foo.com is presented as simply "news".

dingledork69 3y ago

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lolinder 3y ago
I saw someone say this the last time Lemmy came up, but I'm legitimately confused at what you're saying here. Is the "fascist" the one insisting on keeping the slur filter or the one asking for it to be removed? And could you elaborate on why either one deserves to be lumped in with Nazis, other than that Godwin's Law decrees it must be so?
- dingledork69 3y ago
  The one who institutes a list of banned words and locks discussions about them.
  - marcod 3y ago
    > fascism is a mass political movement that emphasizes extreme nationalism, militarism, and the supremacy of both the nation and the single, powerful leader over the individual citizen. And what you are saying is a stretch.
  - lolinder 3y ago
    Got it. Godwin's Law it is, then. FWIW, in the context of the fediverse where there are reportedly instances run by actual neo-Nazis, it's both wrong and confusing to label someone a fascist for instituting a policy designed to keep those people out. You can disagree with the policy, but it's particular important to choose accurate labels here.
    - dingledork69 3y ago
      Banning words does not only keep those people out. If I put up a "No whites" sign it will also keep most (all?) neo-nazis out, but that's not acceptable either. Allowing communities to decide for themselves: Great. Banning anyone who wants to use your supposedly open source & decentralized software from using certain words that you deem inappropriate in American English is not acceptable. Spanish people are not allowed to use the word for the color black, for example.