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Reddit is dead. Long live the Fediverse. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by ZWho63@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[-] ZWho63@lemmy.ml 369 points 11 months ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/16tqihd/settings_updateschanges_to_ad_personalization/

Reddit just decided it was a good idea to REMOVE the option to disable ad personalisation. Good job u/spez. We know what you're doing.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 113 points 11 months ago

Time for a new influx. Everyone still on reddit needs to advertise lemmy.

And not join-lemmy.org, that's confusing. Just pick one of the larger servers like lemm.ee or fedia.io and tell people to browse it and click "Sign Up" if they like it.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 53 points 11 months ago

I'd recommend a smaller community to help spread the load. I originally signed up on .world but they were having some growing pains (And a disgruntled idiot ddosing them) so I moved to .ca which helped tremendously.

[-] Stoneykins@mander.xyz 44 points 11 months ago

I really disagree. For learning lemmy for average people, big instance is best.

There is a point where people who stick around are likely to make a new "real" account on a different smaller server, after they know what they want to browse.

Basically big instances should be like training wheels.

[-] tryagain@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah tbh this is how I did it and I consider myself tEcH sAvVy - still started with .world because I didn't know where else to go.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

You need to know the special password for .ca

[-] Waffles@lemmy.ml 27 points 11 months ago

Is it "sorry"?

[-] Sinnz@feddit.de 11 points 11 months ago

„Eh“

[-] tryagain@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Dot see eh?

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

I'm Canadian anyway, so I have it memorized.

[-] Woodie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Hello Canadian, I’m maple syrup!

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

We may be related, I'm 40% maple.

[-] Woodie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I see! I’m actually 33% polar bear and 66% maple, we may be not so distant cousins!

[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I went to iusearchlinux.fyi and came back to .world about a week ago. It seems to be doing very well now.

[-] millionsofplayers@lemmy.one 2 points 11 months ago

maybe start posting links from lemmy like what happened with digg (i think? wasn't there for it)

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 42 points 11 months ago

Neat, so they are monetising your activities on the plattform. Isn't that great?

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 23 points 11 months ago

Corporate does corporate things.

[-] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 7 points 11 months ago

They've always been doing it, they're just gonna stop hiding it now.

[-] privateger@lemmy.plasmatrap.com 29 points 11 months ago

This really doesn't sound legal.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 14 points 11 months ago

I hope spez has good GDPR lawyers!

[-] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I was going to ask as well. Doesn't it like infringe on a law madd by California or the EU or some shit?

[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 11 months ago

Oh, okay. I had no idea. I was like "How far do I have to scroll to find out what reddit did this time?"

Wouldn't affect me anyway, because I use an ad blocker.

[-] ThemboMcBembo@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago

It still means they're selling your info to advertisers

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago

I think this is the removal of the opt out of selling my data to advertisers?

[-] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Yup ads and posts on reddit are becoming even more indistinguishable, the "organic community" is just a selling point for marketing because you can embed yourself in it, basically just exploiting their users. The metrics to gauge ad performance is based on things that make the site shitty as well. Reddit, at least the big subs, haven't been organic in this way for a long time, it's basically a simulation of an organic online community at this point.