r/RedditAlternatives doesn't like a Reddit Alternative

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Lotta people coming here from Reddit expecting 1:1 replacement, and then get pissy that the 2 man dev team that's just trying to keep up with this sudden burst in activity isn't at parity with the multi-million dollar company that's been developing their site for almost 2 decades.
Honestly, I'm just tired of the constant comparison. Lemmy can be it's own thing. It's a work in progress and it has a lot of promise, but for anyone looking for their reddit experience, there's really only one place to get that.
- I don't want Lemmy to be as big as reddit. When it does it's guaranteed to be enshittified.
  
  It’s an open source project. It has no investors driving it toward user hostile profit seeking which is the primary force behind enshittification. A large user base doesn’t cause it, merely triggers it where the cause is already present.
  
  I'm aware, that doesn't mean it's impossible though.
  
  Enshitified is the wrong word imo. Reddit went downhill long before the API changes. Most popular subreddits were filled with karma farming bots spamming the same shit over and over.
  By the end I only used reddit for news and niche hobbies.
  
  "Enshittification" is the wrong word for everything. It is both often used incorrectly for what it means, and doesn't even represent what it means well. People just like it because it has the word shit in it. It's a bad term and I can't wait for it to fall into obscurity.
  
  Then tell us how it would happen. You seem to know for sure it's not impossible.
  
  Instance admins are already compromised sometimes. They can be bribed or get greedy.
  
  Then why aren't you setting up your own instance? You do have the option.
  
  Because I don't have to for them to be terrible or to prove what I said is right.
  
  What you said is right, so what? Is your only course of action going to be to loudly moan about it, on an instance whose admins can also be bribed or get greedy as you say?
  
  I don't have to take action on a fact to have the right to state it.
  You might not like the fact that Lemmy admins are just as susceptible to corruption as everyone else, but no one is going to stop saying it simply because you don't want to hear it. And you can't bully us into being quiet about it, either.
  
  Nobody's bullying you. We're just surprised you aren't doing anything about the thing that's clearly bothering you.
  
  What you're actually doing is forum sliding to protect corrupt Lemmy admins as if it'll get you someplace, and it won't.
  I won't play your stupid little game anymore. Bye
  
  Despite you complaining about the prospect of corrupt Lemmy admins, I'll bet money that you didn't vet the admins of any instance before signing up. Slacktivism at its finest.
- Also, fuck that guys tone. Condescending prick calling other people pedantic.

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