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Luckily, we have alternatives: Bluesky, Mastodon. Even Lemmy is a great alternative to Reddit nowadays (I'd say, even better than Reddit). It has a bit of a Hac

by reddalo 9mo ago

Luckily, we have alternatives: Bluesky, Mastodon. Even Lemmy is a great alternative to Reddit nowadays (I'd say, even better than Reddit). It has a bit of a Hacker News vibe, but on different subjects.

browningstreet 9mo ago
I've weaned off Meta and X entirely, but not a single person I know IRL, including family, has. Standing on principle shows you how many people you know wouldn't even consider it.
padjo 9mo ago
I’m on a lovely local mastodon instance with polite people who post interesting things. It feels like internet from a bygone age.
ciberado 9mo ago
Can you please point me to some interesting Lemmy instances? I haven't been able to find anyone with strong activity by myself. Appreciated.
- reddalo 9mo ago
  You shouldn't look for interesting Lemmy instances; you can pretty much use any instance and subscribe to interesting _communities_ from there. If English is not your native tongue, I'd suggest you to find an instance in your language, so you can easily see all kinds of content if you filter by "Local". Some random active communities to follow: - https://lemmy.world/c/selfhosted https://lemmy.world/c/selfhosted - https://mander.xyz/c/science_memes https://mander.xyz/c/science_memes - https://feddit.org/c/europe https://feddit.org/c/europe - https://lemmy.ca/c/pcgaming https://lemmy.ca/c/pcgaming
- AuthAuth 9mo ago
  Depends how you define "strong activity". Its only 50k MAU so i'd say its punching far above its weight in terms on good content/users. The tech(selfhosting, linux, privacy) communities are pretty good, you make a post you will get answers and discussion.
shermantanktop 9mo ago
We also have the alternative of logging out and disengaging with social media. Why search for the best version of a bad thing? Especially when entropy inevitably takes your investment in building a digital persona there and devalues it?
- reddalo 9mo ago
  So why are you here?
  - shermantanktop 9mo ago
    I view my presence as mostly transactional here. I read posted content, I read comments, I sometimes comment and have exchanges like this. But aside from a little dopamine hit from getting a few upvotes, my emotional investment here is limited. I don’t have professional or personal connections here (though I know a few members irl) and this is not part of my permanent digital identity— I don’t have one of those, for a few reasons. Others do it differently, and I think the risk of HN going bad is low, so I understand the risk they are taking. This is a mall - a publically open space privately owned by others - not a true public square. It’s better than x, fb, etc. in part because the private ownership is mostly used for good (strong moderation) rather than for obvious bad.

by reddalo 9mo ago

browningstreet 9mo ago

I've weaned off Meta and X entirely, but not a single person I know IRL, including family, has. Standing on principle shows you how many people you know wouldn't even consider it.

padjo 9mo ago

I’m on a lovely local mastodon instance with polite people who post interesting things. It feels like internet from a bygone age.

ciberado 9mo ago

Can you please point me to some interesting Lemmy instances? I haven't been able to find anyone with strong activity by myself. Appreciated.

reddalo 9mo ago
You shouldn't look for interesting Lemmy instances; you can pretty much use any instance and subscribe to interesting _communities_ from there. If English is not your native tongue, I'd suggest you to find an instance in your language, so you can easily see all kinds of content if you filter by "Local". Some random active communities to follow: - https://lemmy.world/c/selfhosted https://lemmy.world/c/selfhosted - https://mander.xyz/c/science_memes https://mander.xyz/c/science_memes - https://feddit.org/c/europe https://feddit.org/c/europe - https://lemmy.ca/c/pcgaming https://lemmy.ca/c/pcgaming
AuthAuth 9mo ago
Depends how you define "strong activity". Its only 50k MAU so i'd say its punching far above its weight in terms on good content/users. The tech(selfhosting, linux, privacy) communities are pretty good, you make a post you will get answers and discussion.

shermantanktop 9mo ago

We also have the alternative of logging out and disengaging with social media. Why search for the best version of a bad thing? Especially when entropy inevitably takes your investment in building a digital persona there and devalues it?

reddalo 9mo ago
So why are you here?
- shermantanktop 9mo ago
  I view my presence as mostly transactional here. I read posted content, I read comments, I sometimes comment and have exchanges like this. But aside from a little dopamine hit from getting a few upvotes, my emotional investment here is limited. I don’t have professional or personal connections here (though I know a few members irl) and this is not part of my permanent digital identity— I don’t have one of those, for a few reasons. Others do it differently, and I think the risk of HN going bad is low, so I understand the risk they are taking. This is a mall - a publically open space privately owned by others - not a true public square. It’s better than x, fb, etc. in part because the private ownership is mostly used for good (strong moderation) rather than for obvious bad.