This is a good point. Well, they either have a plan or we're going to witness a top 20 website fail in real time.

True enough. In any case, it would be beneficial from a UX standpoint to have something that lets users combine the feeds of multiple communities into one. I think there's probably something clever that can be done (or maybe something simple, this likely doesn't need to be overly complex) to solve this, I'm just too tired to really give it the thought it deserves.

I mean, he's right. They have their work cut out for them though. They'll need to be on top of things especially regarding moderation, otherwise they will probably continue to bleed users.

Feeds, probably. I don't believe that there's any meta-thread, but Lemmy does have a Matrix channel. I imagine that is where you would find that type of discussion.

#lemmy-space:matrix.org

me too lol. no ill intentions but just cba to apply for an account

I suggested this in a different thread, but I think it would be cool to be able to create and share feeds surrounding a topic. All the posts from the communities that are included in the feed show up there, and you can share that feed with other people so they don't need to do all the hard work of discovery themselves.

Surely the devs are already looking at something like this.

I imagine he personally is under immense pressure right now, and that probably isn't doing too well for his decision making. It's either that or this guy really just doesn't like the users that would be enabling a very large payday for him and their investors.

Right, which is why I can understand it as a "just in case.." type thing, but I really haven't seen anyone all that upset about it, not to the point where they're threatening violence against Reddit staff (which wouldn't make sense anyways, since this is clearly a decision made by the executives, and not regular employees).

Strange times.

After the 30th, we might see it. They haven't exactly handled this situation well, so I don't have high hopes for the transition when they do finally enact their pricing changes.

Anything for that IPO, I guess..

Are people really that angry? I mean I know we live in a crazy world, but this seems a bit much.

Hey all! Zach here.

Bit of a refugee, bit not. I've had a Mastodon for a bit now, and have been interested in federated networks and p2p stuff since even before that. Mostly lurked on Reddit, primarily due to the sheer size of the place (unless you post in the first few minutes of a thread in the major subs, your comment is likely to get buried). Most of the time things didn't feel conducive towards having a normal conversation, so I would just hold back.

I'm a software engineer, currently working for a company that creates mobile + cashless solutions for casinos and resorts. Fun stuff. Background in cyber security and cryptocurrencies. Mostly self taught, since I got my first PC when I was 7. Went to college for a bit, learned nothing I hadn't taught myself, and dropped out. Seems that worked out just fine.

In my free time I'm an avid gamer. Pretty decent (better than my IRL friends at least) at FPS', played a lot of CoD and then CS:GO while growing up. Currently jumping around between RDR2 (RedM) and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Before that, I was on a Rust kick. Most mainstream studios have completely shit the bed the last few years with a few exceptions, so I enjoy playing games that have lasted for a while and maintained communities around them. Not to say I don't ever try new releases, I'm just not often sucked into them how I used to in the past.

Two dogs, one cat, and an axolotl. Fortunate enough to have found my better half at a young age, and we've been together since.

Glad to have found Lemmy and a community like this one in the wake of Reddit's decisions. I'm looking forward to engaging with people again. Cheers everyone.

I think the fediverse is inherently different than the "normal" Internet. The way I'm thinking about it now is that each instance is a bit like it's own town, and the activitypub protocol is the road infrastructure connecting each town. There may very well be a group of technologists in Town A, but that shouldn't stop anyone from making their own group in Town B.

That being said, it's very beneficial to be able to gather all of these disparate communities into one place, and going back to the analogy, this would be something like a city center, where many people from smaller communities come together.

Perhaps in the future, we'll be able to create our own feeds (i.e not just subscribed, local, and all). I think that would be a solid way to handle things. Bonus points if those feeds can then be shared with others, so that they don't also need to go through the work of finding and subscribing to the individual communities that make up the greater feed.

I do agree that the average Redditor will not only not switch, but will probably continue to use Reddit, at least until the 30th. We'll see what happens after that. That being said, I think that's a good thing. Reddit has 500m MAU. Not sure the fediverse is up to the task just yet.

In the meantime, Lemmy as a platform can benefit from this by fostering a solid community from the refugees that do make their way over. I imagine there's a fair few software engineers who may now be interested in working on this project, which I think will be healthy for things in the long term.