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What does make any user who can access and use Reddit choose Lemmy instead? (programming.dev)

submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by Tea@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In theory as far as I can see Lemmy is heading for Reddit 2.0, which is way worse.

In my eyes, currently:

Mods are abusing their powers, as usual.
Lemmy. World is acting more like a company by day.
Some instances block VPN and Tor.
Federation is kinda of not that perfect right now.
I guarantee that not a single instance will defend their users privacy.

So.. That bring me to my question, Why would anyone who can use Reddit, use Lemmy instead?

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[–] giorovv@feddit.it 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I am quite new here, I didn't have reddit, I come from fb. I choose Lemmy because it is not own by a fucking schizophrenic billionarie (I mean shittenberg, I don't know who owns reddit, but it is USA and, not to offend anyone, but I am very fed of USA in general) and this for me is enough. I think the issue with our data is mainly what companies do with it (of course the privacy principle itself too matters), and the issue with centralization is that here I am free to say to an admin or a mod to go fuck himself, if I ever feel doing so. And change my instance. This is something unimaginable in the classic socials. You pointed out a list of reasons but actually didn't elaborate any of them, and I am curious. Please elaborate.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 hours ago

Welcome to Lemmy, here are a few pointers to help you settle in