Looks like they’re using a bullshit excuse to funnel people into their mobile app.
Looks like they’re using a bullshit excuse to funnel people into their mobile app.
Reddit was the front page of my internet for about 15 years. It’s felt like breaking up with an abusive partner. I get by now on a mixture of Lemmy and Discord. I also check out Apple News and Google News, but it seems like the bulk of the content is behind paywalls these days. On the bright side, I’ve found a new hobby as a visual novel developer. There’s suddenly so much more free time to try things like that when I’m not surfing Reddit all the time.
I think Lemmy and other federated social platforms of this type will really take off when the mobile apps start popping up. I just hope that the moderation tools can keep up with the influx, and that people will have the appetite to donate to keep these instances running.
But the name of the website is “Alternative To,” not “Related To.” For example, if I’m looking for an alternative to Photoshop, I don’t want to see recommended video editors or 3D modeling apps. That is wasting my time with auto-generated page filler.