Karu 🐲

I found this the other day:

https://rplace.live

Sure, it’s not Lemmy, but otherwise it’s exactly what you asked for.

I think leaving it up is just the path of least resistance to them. Censoring such an ever-present message is going to have more catastrophic consequences for their PR. Think of all the media talking about how Reddit’s violent censorship is supressing what users have to say?

Plus, they’re not honorable at all. They definitely have been deleting dissenting comments and deploying bots to astroturf all conversations about their new policies. The only reason why they’re leaving the “fuck spez” messages is because it’s purely symbolic while users feel vindicated and don’t make a bigger stink.

I mean, I get the sentiment. But this community is literally about reddit shit lmaoo

Oh, it absolutely is that bad. I gave it a generous chance, I started using it since I signed up on Reddit and kept using it for a few months.

The sheer amount of inserted unwanted content, including but not limited to ads, and the fact that at the time I was using it, it lagged massively on phones that were not bleeding edge new, did it for me. I eventually switched to Sync and then Boost and it was a huge qol improvement.

Btw, this comment kinda feels like it’s from a bot. I’m not accusing you of being a bot, but the “No one can tell why the app is so bad” part is sus, it was repeated by a lot of bots on Reddit, and it’s certainly pretty easy to find people elaborating on the exact, specific details on why the official app sucks so hard.

That’s interesting, but there’s one problem: are they really that coordinated?

Yeah I noticed that too.

It was also weird how quickly it ramped up. In early June mostly everyone agreed with the blackout, but once we got close to the blackout date, suddenly the mods “throwing a tantrum” and 3rd party app devs somehow having “vested interests” were talking points you would find in any thread? Even those unrelated to the blackout? The bot swarm definitely was site-wide and was all but subtle imo.

I love how all mainstream platforms keep mimicking each other to become exact copies of one another. I wonder if there was a way for platforms to collaborate with each other and interconnect somehow rather than duplicating efforts by copying all features from all other platforms? 🤔