Reddit's gaslighting against the Fediverse is getting desperate

God. This is the first I'm heading of Reddit staff actively organizing against Lemmy- what's being said?

Well, I'm stretching the truth just a little here. It has been reported that they're censoring any links or mentions of the Fediverse (just like Twitter did with Mastodon), but they are engaging in gaslighting about the protests.

Most recently the subs that voted to become NSFW in protest marked themselves as such (thus self-filtering for anyone not wanting to see NSFW content), however the admins removed that designation from those subs... without removing the NSFW content first! They then sent the mods of those subs threatening messages about how the mods showed NSFW content to everyone without the proper filters in place!
- I popped on earlier today following a google link, I've made one comment in the last week or so, earlier today, when someone asked where everyone's migrating to... I said lemmy.world. So we'll see if they've got some kind of search filter setup I guess if that gets altered or left alone
- Not sure about censoring links but they definetly rolled back manual edits i made to about 6 months of posts and comments pointing to join-lemmy.org and lemmy.world
Some stuff I'm seeing is "But but, what if your instance admin goes crazy????" or "I just want ONE community, not a bunch of fragmented ones"
- "but what if the ceo of your big centralized corporate website goes crazy?..."
kbin.social. I heard they removed posts, banned users etc.
They've got astroturfers in every thread on the big subs that are basically FUDing the shit out of everything that isn't Reddit. Oh Lemmy too hard, oh Lemmy too complicated, Oh Lemmy require email on signup. They have so many shills now that they had to actually start handing out six month old accounts. It's hilarious to see.
Staff? The post doesn't really specify if it's Reddit admins or users that are talking about us

Oh, it's about to get far worse for reddit in short order.

I suspect that we will be seeing some very beloved third party apps that just got bullied out of reddit, available for lemmy very soon.

What the fuck is spez going to do, when he now has to compete against the look and feel of apps that make his app look like dogs shit? He can't boot them from reddit again.

The Sync app author has confirmed they're working on a Threadiverse app, and I suspect we'll get at least one more from the reddit 3PA authors.

There are also some nice ones shaping up from other developers already too.

My opinion is that without proper moderation tools, the best mods will leave or just quit moderating. Slowly the site eats itself when that happens.
- I've been extremely lax about my moderation these days. But the only posts getting reported are my sticky posts on where else you can find us.
- Hopefully a rif replacement is coming
- Slide for reddit is working on Lemmy support as well!
  
  Slide has unparalleled customizability imo. Definitely my favorite.
These 3P app developers have millions in their audience. Millions of people who'd love nothing more than to open that app as usual on July 1st and just keep doing the same thing they did the day before.
My favourite Reddit app, Infinity, just popped a message this morning saying as of July 1, they're going subscription.

While I understand, I'm not paying to use Reddit. Even if I did, my understanding is that NFSW content won't be available, and, let's be honest, that's half the usefulness of Reddit.

So, Lemmy it is! And so far, I've got no complaints.
There's already 3 in development that I know of. 2 for Android and 1 for IOS.

Bro get people from reddit to use Lemmy. Create guides for boomers so that they know how to register and navigate lemmy

Create guides for boomers

lol. Babyboomers and Gen X invented and built the internet. We programmed VCR's and could navigate dial-up settings for v90modems. Maybe write a guide for gen Z, as anything more complex than a swipe is too much technology for them XD
- I feel there's more nuance to this and this is an inaccurate and disingenuous generalisation.
  
  A very small portion of baby boomers and gen x were involved in this compared to the masses who simply exist as sheep.
  
  The "enlightened" ones are a minority in every generation from what I can see.
  
  I also feel this whole my generation > your generation is just another mechanism of segregation. Instead let us bring forth our collective knowledge of setting VCR times and laugh about getting to the last floppy/stiffy disk in a set and finding corruption because... magnets.
- Heck, genXers are the only generation who can set the clock on a VCR. A skill now lost to time and technology.
- Lol you assume all boomers invented and built the internet ? Wait till you meet my uncle.
Boomers and certainly gen X/older milenials are probably more into tinkering and getting it working....it guides for zoomers with their point and click tablet/ipad interface or SaaS that need guides.

As a youth of the late 80s I know bbs, forums, etc
- This exactly. I navigated setting up BBSs and using them before commercial Internet. Then when Internet came to my city, you had to dial into your slip account first. Reddit's ancestors were usenet groups. You login to your news service (usually your ISP) and then browse the groups that interested you. Each group is like a subreddit, it would be discussion on a specific topic. If you wanted to see a video, you had to download it in parts (often only getting SOME of the parts, then having to post requests for files by their part number and then wait a few days) and then use another program to recombine them into one file. Then you needed to download an app that would play that particular file type (avi, mpg, etc). You would also need to download and install the correct video codecs.
  
  My experiences with the Fediverse so far remind me of those late 80s early 90s years, when the Internet didn't have a corporate polish. I am a GenXer, and I welcome growth of the Fediverse. I don't need Facebook, Reddit, Instagram, etc to die or fail. I am just thrilled to feel like I can come here and SEE what is here to be seen. I don't want my social experiences tailored by an algorithm designed to keep me engaged and eyes on ads.
  
  This, to me, is how the Internet flourishes. Not controlled by corps.
  
  It feels free and exciting again.
- I would not include boomers but I get what your saying. Gen z isn't a monolith though and neither is Gen x. Some people are techies and won't have a problem figuring out the fediverse. Non techie "normies" will probably get confused and write it off unless it becomes more accessible. Good thing apps are coming!

I don’t think you’re using the word gaslighting correctly

Hey OP, is that Ubuntu font you used for this post?

Indeed! Ubuntu Mono Bold (I think). I made this in GIMP.

...hello? Streisand?

This is pretty accurate... Sadly.

If Reddit made this then I'm sad to say all is lost already for them. That meme isn't gaslighting it's making fun of Reddit. Whenever you end with not uh you are, it's over.

I know you are but what am I?
- A dork apparently lol
- Literally the worst come back ever since college lol

Future is today, old man.

undefined> old ma

What does this actually have to do with Futurama?

Some of it is questionable if it falls within the guidelines of what we want for the community. However, this being one of the more active communities right now it does provide area of discussion on big changes that may be coming to Lemmy. Also, everyone has been really behaving here so no need to crack the whip, yet.
- Totally agree with @Alchemy. I'm ok with it as long as people are being civil. However, let's avoid extended discussions on this particular topic (Reddit) on future posts. Thanks!