Shlomito

I mean yeah, they just really have to make a seamless way to see other instance's communities. From what I understand they have to be searched manually, at least for the first time, or use a separate site to search for them. And in Reddit a huge way to find new subs was with crossposts (which idk if they exist here) and recommendations you got on your feed (which many people hated, even if I think they were useful, if not we'll implemented) so it's not as simple

I wonder, how good are Mastodon and Kbin? I know nothing about Kbin, and with Mastodon I worry that, being so similar to Twitter, it may end up with the same shortcomings

It is sad to lose communities, though it was already happening slowly with bots showing up more and more.

But how can we ensure bots don't become a problem here? If anything, restricting the API should help with that issue, although afaik many of those still fall on the free tier.

Anyway, here's hoping you're right and it does get better

It isn't unique to it, but it makes it waaay worse. And in Reddit it was mostly a problem of originally different subreddits eventually losing it's original meaning and getting diluted into just "funny stuff" or "interesting stuff"

And yes, I know they're counting on us thinking that way, and I do feel conflicted about that. But, for better or worse, Reddit is an important part of many people's lives, and an invaluable resource of information. Losing that would be a big loss for many people, and it will take a long while for Lemmy to catch up, if it ever does.

If this protest goes for long enough though, maybe they'll concede. That's the plan anyway. The options aren't only "return in two days" and "never return", there has to be a middle ground that will make them listen to us.

What worries me is how much of it is the initial hiccups of its early stages, and how much if it is a fundamental flaw with this paradigm