Reddit hands over /r/linux moderation to a new account with 3 posts. (UPDATE: new mod deleted their account?)
Reddit hands over /r/linux moderation to a new account with 3 posts. (UPDATE: new mod deleted their account?)
The sub was closed as part of the protests.
Edit: this news has developed, the new mod deleted their account and the post. I didn't get a screenshot of the original post, but if anyone supplies one I'll link it here.
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I read some of their comments and it seems like this is a re-created account and they got into contact with the old moderators about it instead of going the /r/RedditRequest route. They did post on /r/RedditRequest about /r/LinuxQuestions.
They are aware of Lemmy and have commented the following
I use lemmy via the browser on my iPhone. It’s not amazing and it has a lot of bugs but I believe it’s a good platform - it’s just not ready yet
and
I’m very pro lemmy but as you say, it’s not quite ready yet. In the meantime, there’s an opportunity to help new users and maintain a decent space for everyone
In /r/Linux's pinned post they stated that we have new mods despite being the only moderator but commented the following
(We’re waiting to hear back from another user who might be available)
At least so far it doesn't sound like they are doing it maliciously or squatting on the subreddit. I feel like waiting until they had additional moderators or stating which moderator(s) gave them the go-ahead before making a pinned post along with mentioning that a lot of the community has attempted to migrate to Lemmy would have been a good idea.
Seems crazy to me that Linux people feel like Lemmy isn't ready? Lemmy is what you make is just like Linux is, at least to me.
I agree. Also, I don’t see where lemmy is not „ready“. Imo, lemmy is doing the „reddit“ just as reddit does but without the fancy shmancy (although I find memmy (for example) looks a lot better than old reddit)
2 months ago, I would have agreed with them, but with liftoff and other apps, plus the old.lemmy themes, the only thing it now lacks is stability on some of the hosts. It's already a perfect replacement for reddit
I wasn’t here 2 months ago. What changed dramatically? Also, I think people talking down on lemmy while being on reddit are justifying staying on the titanic because the lifeboats are bot what they paid for.
Sorting by hot was broken, gave me 2 year old posts. It's been fixed in one way, now it's halfway decent but still has a ways to go.
I think it works pretty well. I had some issues, asked around, got sorted. Can’t complain at all.
the lifeboats are bot what they paid for.
Upvoted for possibly unintentional hilarious typo.
I really hate that particular typo. But yes, it is hilarious.
Edit: today is not my day it seems. Typos everywhere.
When I first jumped over here, there was just the native app and it was trash, they also had only one layout really and it wasn't great either. Now there are tons of desktop themes and layouts and tons of apps. It's really changing for the better
If you preferred old.reddit, there's mlmym.org (which you can also self host if you prefer) and it replicates old.reddit's interface almost exactly.
Thats insane. Thanks for mentioning it. I suppose I‘m not the focus customer because I don’t really like old reddit. I was referring to many users I talked to who were unhappy with the polished look of reddit (and the thousands of small changes that made life stupidly hard).
Well, not to “gatekeep” but they sound like they are probably more Reddit people than they are Linux people.
Yeah I'm wondering what exactly they meant. Maybe they were referring to the mobile applications?
I could see them having issues with the smaller user base or how a federated platform works with things like finding communities outside of your instance but those aren't bugs.
Possibly they meant there aren't enough people here yet/not enough engagement yet. That's the only thing I miss really, sometimes Lemmy/Kbin still feel a little deserted (although that is changing slowly)
It's weird how it seems to go through waves. Sometimes there's a good bit (though not as much as I might like) and sometimes there 0 comments for a while when sorting hot.
Granted I did block some of the more popular mags/communities but only because they were completely drowning everything else out (some of the meme communities, and all the German ones.
The grassroots internet is a thing of the past. Linux is not spared from this. People expect to open an app that's full of content for them to infinitely scroll.