I know probably not the perfect place to post this but want to get the discussion started and don’t know enough to be scared or not: because of the decentralization of Lemmy, is it extremely vulnerable to malicious/ad bots, astroturfing, spam and such?

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    Former Digg user who migrated to Reddit once everyone stopped posting. I don’t actually remember why though. What did Digg do again that pissed us off? I remember something about the navigation changed that I didn’t like, but it’s all a blur.

    • Dick Justice
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      71 year ago

      If I recall correctly they changed the algorithms to prioritize “promoted” corporate content and deemphasized user content. They also did multiple redesigns, removing and changing features, and ultimately removed messaging, downvotes, and video posts with DiggV4. That final redesign, and user generated content getting buried lead to the mass exodus.

      • @Saneless
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        51 year ago

        Sounds like Twitter Blue now. Except the corporate content is bluetlicker dipshits

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        For me it was always the redesigns. Man they just never stopped and it just got worse and worse. I’m sure they were in aid of something but it sure as shit wasn’t the users.

    • @mysoulishome
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      11 year ago

      The site is still up now and you can see what it is. Just a bunch of links