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a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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just so this doesn't overwhelm our front page too much, i think now's a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let's try to keep what's happening in this thread instead of across 10.

developments to this point:

The Verge is on it as usual, also--here's their latest coverage (h/t @dirtmayor@beehaw.org):

other media coverage:

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[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn't get on Mastodon either, as I never got the appeal of Twitter.

I misread the last sentence in your prior response the first time around. That's worrisome. What's the practical impact of being banned on the main server? "Decentralized" is not the term I'd use for a network where one node has absolute control.

[–] rimlogger@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let's say you sign up on Beehaw. You post a comment that gets you banned from Lemmy.ml. That means your posts will no longer show up to users of Lemmy.ml. If all federated instances were equal, then that wouldn't be a huge problem; your comments will still receive enough interactions. But right now, since most of the activity is on Lemmy.ml, getting banned could reduce the quality of your experience on Lemmy as a whole, i.e., you receiving fewer interactions from your posts.

[–] Kovari@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wait is that really how that works? Geez..that doesn't seem right.

Edit; on second thought, I do kind of see how this would be beneficial...on certain topics. Okay, I'm not sure how to feel about that exactly yet.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, you'd only be able to interact with those on instances that believe the Ukraine war is a valid topic of discussion? Kinda seems like a feature. Reddit is the easy example of why quantity is not my goal in online interaction ...

[–] rimlogger@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I imagine as Lemmy scales you are going to see moderation issues. But that's message board culture in general.

[–] cousinofjah@twit.social 4 points 1 year ago

@Powderhorn @rimlogger the cool thing about decentralization and activitypub is that I'm replying to you now from a Mastodon instance. The conversation isn't as nicely threaded but it works.