/r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021
Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website
The difference is that Lemmy is not centralized. So it can’t really be over-populated. If an instance is poorly modded and doesn’t have that vibe you like you can find one that does. The more people using Lemmy the more options there will be, it’s the opposite of Reddit.
I quit because contributing my labor made me complicit.
I get not wanting to grow the userbase of lemmy.world which is already kinda bloated but there is basically infinite space for new instances to be added.
And unlike last time there won’t be an easy way for mods to point users towards Lemmy.
(Copied from the thread on /c/Quark’s)
I quit as the top mod of /r/StarTrek in 2021 in protest against Reddit’s platforming of vaccine disinformation subreddits. Then in 2023 during the API protest, myself and several of the remaining mods (including mods from /r/Risa and /r/DaystromInstitute) started StarTrek.website.
The consensus I’ve seen on Lemmy has been largely “we don’t need to spread the word about our open platforms because Reddit will do something stupid again and there will be another protest and Lemmy will be promoted there”. So I hope we can take this as a lesson that we can’t rely on platforms being shitty in order to switch society over to open standards. We need to do our best to make Lemmy/Mbin/Piefed good as well as known.
Those are great drives but I would not want one of those in the room where I sleep haha
That’s the user downvoting the copy of the post on their own instance. If OP doesn’t have downvotes then those votes won’t federate.
exactly. the only kind of self expression anyone needs is going on lemmy and making smug comments.
no they need it look it up
It’s not a single person instance either, it’s just using your own domain in your handle.
It’s a for profit company founded by jack dorsey and currently led by a cryptocurrency fanatic
The CEO comes from the world of crypto and it is a for profit company
Can you link to one of these other instances?
There is only one bluesky it’s literally centralized
This is the first I’m hearing of any issue with it resembling a pentagram, the criticisms I’ve heard involve the design in general not looking professional, not scaling well, and lacking a unique palette.
This logo is really unpopular hence why there is always so much talk of making something cleaner and more professional.
This logo is really unpopular hence why there is always so much talk of making something cleaner and more professional.
TrueNAS is fine but the dead-simplest I’ve ever seen is CasaOS which has one-click network file sharing.
Exactly. I remember when my favorite teacher said “This is a textbook. Check it out sometime”.