• worfamerryman@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I am so happy to see people coming together and moving away from commercial platforms. It feels silly to say it, but it seems like it is a step in the right direction. It is technological and social progress. Decentralization is a really fantastic tool and it seems to be a system that cannot be controlled internally or externally. Mastodon has been great, and I expect Lemmy to be even better.

    To anyone reading, if you have any extra cash, look into making a small donation to your instance. The people running it are not just putting in time, they are likely paying hundreds a month to rent server space.

  • Xandolas@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    The loss of the forum like help threads will probably be the most impactful thing. We can build communities elsewhere, but the 8 years old post about a problem only you and the OP is having is super valuable.

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      1 year ago

      There was talk of someone populating a Lemmy instance with reddit data.

      There is a lot of reddit data on a torrent somewhere aparrently.

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      It’s been attempted in various spots, but either reddit itself removes the mentions or edits them out