• Reddit has begun issuing warnings to users to regularly upvote violent content with a view to taking harsher action in future.
  • The company says that it will consider expanding this action to other forms of content in future.
  • Users are concerned that this moderation tactic could be abused or just improperly implemented.
  • @doodledup
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    57 hours ago

    Delusional. There’s like 100 users on Lemmy. Reddit has grown its userbase this year.

    • Otter
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      7 hours ago

      I think it’s a joke about dead internet theory, rather than userbase size

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory

      The joke comes from an increase in bot use on Reddit, and the subsequent false positive / false negatives in trying to figure out which ones are bots

      Lemmy has that problem too, but it’s much smaller in scope. Mostly because there’s less of a reason to try and control the narrative on this smaller platform, but also because the goals are different. Lemmy instances get no benefit from a bunch of fake engagement, and public upvotes makes it easier to catch manipulation

    • @kitnaht
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      27 hours ago

      Most users on Lemmy are Delusional. especially here in /c/Technology – turns out, this community isn’t for technology at all, but rather for bitching about silicon valley companies.

      • @small44
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        13 hours ago

        Is it exactly like reddit technology sub

      • Otter
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        [email protected] is decent if you’re looking for the more technological side, since the rules filter out

        • Minor app updates
        • Government legislation
        • Company news
        • Opinion pieces
        • @kitnaht
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          36 hours ago

          Hell yeah, thanks for the suggestion!

      • @[email protected]
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        67 hours ago

        Technobitching in the valley. You just prefer boring conference-tier activities with slideshows, mumbling and occasional pafos hand clapping.