• Scrubbles
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    389 months ago

    This gets posted so often, and it’s always so tone deaf.

    I don’t want Lemmy to become Reddit. I don’t care if it gets huge. I’m content now. If it grows it grows, if it doesn’t it doesn’t. I left Reddit - why would I want it to become that here?

    • @givesomefucks
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      179 months ago

      It’s a five day account, that basically became active an hour ago…

      Probably the same person who just keeps making new accounts to say the same thing.

      It happens weirdly often

      • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️
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        59 months ago

        The technocrats want nothing more then to cast FUD on to federated platforms. Mastodon worked in their favor when it meant getting people away from right wing Twitter but no doubt they’d find a reason to turn on it later. Expect news reports about harmful misinformation spreading through federated sites.

        I would be surprised if the establishment wasn’t doing stuff like this.

        • @givesomefucks
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          09 months ago

          FUD

          Why are people using that as an acronym now?

          Is it just a crypto thing that people keep trying to make common?

          I dont agree with anything you’re saying, I just want to know people keep trying to make FUD happen, it’s not going to happen.

          • @bitchkat
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            89 months ago

            FUD goes back to Microsoft during their embrace, extend, extinguish era. It was their game plan for killing open source.

          • @Lifecoach5000
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            69 months ago

            I had to look it up. FEAR UNCERTAINTY DOUBT for anyone else who is feeling out of the acronym loop.

          • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏
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            59 months ago

            I’ve seen the “FUD” acronym thrown around for a while to be honest, usually in the context of highlighting misinformation.

            I don’t follow the crypto community though - i’m guessing they use it a lot more there for some reason?

            • @Asidonhopo
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              39 months ago

              At least since the 80s, I think it comes from that Far Side “Cat Fud” cartoon

      • Scrubbles
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        29 months ago

        I think you’re right… Probably why I recognize the name!

    • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️
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      19 months ago

      The federated nature means that instances and users can break away from other instances that turn toxic. The current structure is very centered around the home instance with federation being more of an SSO that uses the page of the home instance as a client.

      • Scrubbles
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        209 months ago

        It’s obvious. Lemmy is a self-described Reddit clone. The only comparison to Lemmy with at least 1mil users is Reddit. More users means a culture closer to Reddit. I like lemmy because it’s smaller. I’ve gotten to know a few users. I even recognize your user, I’m pretty sure we’ve interacted before. Bigger is not always better.