abff08f4813c @ abff08f4813c @kbin.social

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2 yr. ago

Anyways, while I agree that they can't ignore your request for your data under the GDPR, i don't think there's a law saying that they have to acknowledge their website being broken. Technically it's fine for their system to be broken as long as you're able to submit a GDPR request (even if only by email), unfortunately.

2y ago

YSK that a lot of common questions/complaints about Lemmy are presently answered by kbin

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

I prefer the interpretation where BIN = Buy It Now. So get into kbin now, basically.

2y ago

Ordinary redditors are feeling the pain as well.

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

FWIW, when i go to duckduckgo and search for "site:kbin.social google fediverse" I get a couple of good results, such as https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/t/2/What-is-the-Fediverse and https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/14974/Will-searching-the-Fediverse-like-Google-ever-become-possible

There's quite a bit of noise as well atm but i figure this will get better as we get more content on the fediverse and more stuff gets indexed.

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

All can be true simultaneously.

Trolling just means putting forth a view that you don't actually believe in, but pretending that you do, to get reactions.

Astroturfing is where one is hired to participate, but explicitly hides the affiliation (which can mislead folks into believing that this is someone's genuine view or a normal troll when it's actually an effort by an organization like a company to unduly influence public opinion).

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

I think it's the behaviour of a certain ceo and that ceo's apologists on said website that's at issue, here..

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

I think if people aren’t getting answers from reddit they are more likely to look elsewhere.

Exactly! That's why it's so important to save our content before removing it from reddit, so we can put those answers elsewhere - like the fediverse - which can help spread adoption of it.

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

A perfect metaphor!

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

but if it stagnates it won't be worth squat after a while.

That might be true (but some content remains valuable after long periods of time too, think of all the good stories and classics from the turn of the 19th century for example), but even so, for those who are able it might be better to move the content now and delay even that much to reddit. (Not everyone can do this, and even for those that do it's extra effort, unfortunately.)

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

Also I promoted some software I wrote when applicable so it would only cut off my own nose to try and spite Spez too, so no I would rather not do that.

Yeah, that seems like a reasonable exception to the rule.

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

Just never know when some information would be helpful in a pinch, especially if it's tech or programming related.

But wouldn't directing redditors to the fediverse to get their answers (specifically like "Content moved due to reddit's stance on ... link to this answer is at https://kbin.social/m/...") be better?

Just never know when some information would be helpful in a pinch, especially if it's tech or programming related.

That's exactly why we need to work on rebuilding it in the fediverse. The danger with reddit is that this info would have always been lost no matter what. Because of central control a mod could hide it. A reddit admin could outright delete it. The ceo has edited comments before. Why should we trust that our content will be safe with him?

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

That's why I'm advocating so hard that for people who delete their content, not to rely on PDS for this - see https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/71867/Poll-Power-Delete-Suite-users-are-you-saving-your-content - but to use tools that save their content - https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/65260/PSA-Here-s-exactly-what-to-do-if-you-hit-the . The knowledge base shouldn't be destroyed - but neither should it be under the control of reddit.

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

Instead of "all the answers are gone because of these stipid protests."

I could it as a win either way. If they're frustrated with reddit, they leave, and engagement goes down.

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

I'm leaving my old posts up for anybody who might be helped by them

You could move them here and link from reddit - folks still get the help but reddit still loses ad revenue overall (as word-of-mouth and search engines slowly start to repoint others in need to the fediverse instead of reddit)

2y ago

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abff08f4813c @kbin.social 2y ago

I'm leaving my comments intact because I doubt that Spez is really going to benefit much from them in the long run anyway
The technology behind AIs

I think rather than AI the idea is to reduce ad revenue by moving content off of reddit so folks will stop checking reddit and thus reddit has fewer ads seen.