I don’t honestly think reddit was any better than the old bulletin boards which themselves were just a variation on usenet newsgroups
any large site is going to end up in corporate control, that’s the sad and honest truth
There was initial good curation on the frontpage, and by that I mean it wasn’t product placements and right-wing or divisive narratives being pushed. You’d see people making sweaters or doing woodwork, an actual worldwide community of people building trust.
Lemmy is good, but it has no frontpage and suffers greatly as a result
I don’t honestly think reddit was any better than the old bulletin boards which themselves were just a variation on usenet newsgroups
any large site is going to end up in corporate control, that’s the sad and honest truth
I feel like without something like reddit, capital would try to worm its way into places like this, which would be disastrous if it was successful.
There was initial good curation on the frontpage, and by that I mean it wasn’t product placements and right-wing or divisive narratives being pushed. You’d see people making sweaters or doing woodwork, an actual worldwide community of people building trust.
Lemmy is good, but it has no frontpage and suffers greatly as a result