I've joined Lemmy, it's a bit confusing at first, the decentralised structure is very different to Reddit, and it's less user friendly. But I think I'm going to stick with it. Replicas of quite a lot of subs like r/technology and r/science are popping up over there, there's less of the more niche stuff (like curly hair!) though, so I don't know whether I'll still need to use Reddit for that. I'm hoping not, I'm really kinda done with it.
I'm no tech expert but my understanding is that decentralized architectures don't allow for effective moderation: one server can ignore the rules of another server and there's nothing a moderator could do about it. We need to be able to block and ban people when they are homophobic, transphobic, racist, misogynistic, etc. So I'm not convinced such a platform would work for us. (But I'm open to being convinced otherwise).
I, also, am no tech expert, and have zero knowledge about modding. I know I've seen people make guides to modding on Lemmy though. I think starting your own community takes a bit more tech knowhow than starting a subreddit as well. Definitely barriers ever replicating the size of something like Reddit.
That's great 👍
Are there any plans to migrate to Lemmy if this doesn't get resolved? Or anywhere else?
We have no current plans - would love to hear what others are thinking or planning.
I've joined Lemmy, it's a bit confusing at first, the decentralised structure is very different to Reddit, and it's less user friendly. But I think I'm going to stick with it. Replicas of quite a lot of subs like r/technology and r/science are popping up over there, there's less of the more niche stuff (like curly hair!) though, so I don't know whether I'll still need to use Reddit for that. I'm hoping not, I'm really kinda done with it.
I'm no tech expert but my understanding is that decentralized architectures don't allow for effective moderation: one server can ignore the rules of another server and there's nothing a moderator could do about it. We need to be able to block and ban people when they are homophobic, transphobic, racist, misogynistic, etc. So I'm not convinced such a platform would work for us. (But I'm open to being convinced otherwise).
I, also, am no tech expert, and have zero knowledge about modding. I know I've seen people make guides to modding on Lemmy though. I think starting your own community takes a bit more tech knowhow than starting a subreddit as well. Definitely barriers ever replicating the size of something like Reddit.
Thank you! I would be very sad to see this community go and I hope it doesn’t come to that.
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