Mert

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‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fog, DuckDuckGo is bonkers useless for Reddit search

"Creating Supplement" by Mr. Lovenstein in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I write all my ideas down, and one of them got me my current job lmao

Every generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago

Microplastics and PFAS

No, seriously, these two will kill Earth, and us

~~Almost~~ OVER 90% of the accounts on lemmy are now bot accounts!! in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
📣 Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, thanks for teaching me this term! Fuck capitalism!

As a Reddit user for pretty much any topic in existence, I'm so glad that I've found Lemmy! in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, honestly, that's what the majority of everything does. An insane amount of people freely download malicious apps without any further research or anything, let alone know about open source being a thing.

However, I think certain communities, such as SelfHosted or DataHoarder, would start gradually using Lemmy more due to the nature of their knowledge and awareness about things, which might slowly bring over more people.

I've also seen Lemmy mentioned in a lot of threads about the subreddits shutting down in cooperation as a protest against the Reddit API change. Most are casual users and won't care, and that's unfortunate, but if more and more start spreading awareness and migrating, maybe there'll be a better chance of more of those 80%+ coming here...

As a Reddit user for pretty much any topic in existence, I'm so glad that I've found Lemmy! in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yup, corporations hire psychologists, analysts, statisticians, and more in order to create a walled garden and keep users engaged with their service or platform for as long as possible (see the addictive Instagram browsing UX loop, for example).

It's pretty evil just how far they're willing to go to drive a profit...

I'm new to the Fediverse, but I'm looking forward to its future!

As a Reddit user for pretty much any topic in existence, I'm so glad that I've found Lemmy! in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh wow, it's an honor to meet you - thank you so much for your hard work!

I had already started talking about Lemmy to people as soon as I heard about it myself, and I've seen many discussions about it in the most random comment sections on Reddit continuously popping up within the past day or two, so it's definitely starting to receive more and more attention!

As a Reddit user for pretty much any topic in existence, I'm so glad that I've found Lemmy! in c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Exactly! It's a real shame when a subreddit with lots of content, history, and human socialization and activity just gets taken down, and it just becomes... gone.

Also Rest In Peace Aaron Hillel Swartz, you were done wrong, and you improved the world with your existence and intentions!

What new communities would you like there to be created on lemmy instances lets give them something to work with in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Artistic ones, like music production, digital art, etc. maybe?

What is your favourite 3rd party Lemmy client? in c/technology@lemmy.ml
[–] Mert@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Just had the same issue while typing up a post of my own, glad I'm not the only one haha

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As a Reddit user for pretty much any topic in existence, I'm so glad that I've found Lemmy! (lemmy.ml)
 

I saw Jerboa while scrolling through random apps to potentially install, and became excited that finally there's a REDDIT alternative as well, instead of just Twitter. Mastodon might be nice, but I don't use Twitter, and I probably won't use Mastodon, either. Reddit, on the other hand, oh man...

Reddit is honestly so important to the internet at this point that you're trolling if you do web searches without "reddit" appended at the end (be it technological, physiological, historical, political, or any other type of topic that you're looking for information or opinions about).

However... Reddit is going towards a terrible corporate direction, and something like Lemmy has been desperately needed for a while now, and I hope it can eventually somehow become the new "reddit" at the end of web searches eventually, as nobody knows what could happen to Reddit soon...

I find the most random, but also INCREDIBLY important and crucial bits of information deep within Reddit thread replies, since each one can go anywhere, no matter what the original post was about, such as finding out that fabric softeners are damaging for everything, especially humans, and that they should just generally not be used... on a gaming-related subreddit. Of course I start doing my research afterwards as well, now specifically regarding what I just learned to make sure and verify I know the correct information from multiple sources, but even just that initial random warning is great to start off with.

And the worst part? We might lose ALL of these things since we're at the mercy of Reddit's shareholders (even more so in the future, most likely), and these incredible resources and HUMAN EXPERIENCES that one shares, and MANY others learn from, could just... disappear...

A quick major policy change, and goodbye Reddit...

I'm looking forward to Lemmy taking off!

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