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banning and defederating communities

Hey all, I recently left reddit like many of you. I have a question regarding lemmy and the fediverse on the history of banning and defederation. I have noticed several posts calling for varying communities to be disconnected. were these removal requests as prevalent before the mass migration? Usually I am all for communities...

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Chozo, to RedditMigration

Reddit admins appear to be removing links to Lemmy instances posted in comments.I'm seeing quite a few "[Removed by Reddit]" comments in /r/RedditAlternatives this evening. Anybody else seeing their comments being manipulated by Reddit staff today?

l-rs,

@Chozo Huffman is really taking all the cues from his hero Musk. Halving the valuation, alienating loyal developers and a core set of users and stifling freedom of information on the internet.

Dark_Blade,
@Dark_Blade@lemmy.world avatar

lol they’re fucking terrified. Internally, they know they screwed the pooch.

Too bad though, the news is all over the internet.

ikantolol, to RedditMigration
@ikantolol@kbin.social avatar

I saw someone recommending Aether aside from Lemmy and Kbin, what is it ? googling Aether give me...

"According to ancient and medieval science, aether, also known as the fifth element or quintessence, is the material that fills the region of the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere. "

so yeah..

ikantolol,
@ikantolol@kbin.social avatar

@NormalTownLeader ah thanks, I thought it'd be like another link aggregator site.

cutitdown,

@NormalTownLeader Hmm -- doesn't seem to me. They compare themselves to Reddit on their about page. I think it's just the fact that it is an app and has a similar layout to Discord that gives those vibes. The actual communities and posting style seem more Reddit/forum to me, or perhaps a hybrid of sorts.

@ikantolol

umbraroze, to RedditMigration
@umbraroze@kbin.social avatar

A lot of people are boasting here like "well I just deleted my 15+ year account with quintillion karma."

I'm not going to delete my account yet (but probably won't be posting anything on Reddit either). Instead, I came up with a Strange Hobby.

Because password managers are so ubiquitous and easy to use and everyone should use one, I somehow found a complete list of all Reddit throwaway accounts I had over the years. (You know, from back when you could create accounts in seconds and Reddit didn't make you sign a blood pact or whatever.)

So I've been deleting those accounts. There was a pile of them.

And I like to every time I delete an account, a little siren goes off in Reddit HQ and Spez is like "Aaaaagggh! Not another one!"

Cevilia,
@Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Good idea! Also, it’s not always about boasting - putting things into words makes it easier for certain kinds of brain to process them. For some people, the act of leaving snoosite isn’t enough to fully internalise it, they need to say goodbye. Which is fine, btw. :)

collegefurtrader,

If ass pennies were reddit accounts

Peruvian_Skies, to RedditMigration
@Peruvian_Skies@kbin.social avatar

What exactly are Reputation Points and how are they calculated? I've got mostly upvoted comments and a few boosts but I'm sitting at -3 and I'd like to know how it works and what it means.

VulcanSphere,
@VulcanSphere@kbin.social avatar

@Peruvian_Skies As for reputation point on kbin, it's currently broken.

Pamasich,
@Pamasich@kbin.social avatar

@Peruvian_Skies

Currently reputation is calculated from boosts and reduces (downvotes). Upvotes are favorites and not counted. This will be changed iirc.

wafer, to AskKbin

How do I block top level domains on kbin? For example, I only speak English so I would like to block *.de.

Nepenthe,
@Nepenthe@kbin.social avatar

Adding /d/domain-name-goes-here to kbin's normal web address will take you to that instance's "homepage" and you can block it there. For example, https://kbin.social/d/feddit.de

Keep in mind, this will only block posts coming from that instance, so you'll still be seeing comments from those users elsewhere, but it should take care of a good deal of it on your feed if you don't mind losing out on the three or four communities there that aren't in german

wafer,

Thanks for the help! I know how to block an instant but I'm looking to block every instance in the same top level domain, so anything ending in ".de" so that I don't have to manually block several instances. If it's not possible yet that's fair, I know Ernest has a shit ton on his plate.

Xperr7, to RedditMigration
@Xperr7@kbin.social avatar

Well, had my content curated on Reddit and despised the recommendation stuff on the official app (that I never used lul). But now that I'm on a new platform, I want to have recommendations lol. The Random stuff on the sidebar's pretty neat, could've sworn Reddit has similar like 10 years ago.

Xperr7,
@Xperr7@kbin.social avatar

Oh, I'm well aware lol. Just having a bit of a chuckle at the irony .

hoshikarakitaridia,
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I feel you, it’s a bit chaotic in here for now.

That said, Lemmy is open source and that means if you really want something to change you can literally write the code yourself and make a pull request, and because we don’t have to appeal to anyone except the users, all options are on the table.

kurgal, to RedditMigration

Can anyone explain to me what a Microblog is and how is it different from a thread? Are they similar to what a Toot is on Mastodon?

anteaters,

Microblogging is the name for things like Twitter. You "blog" only small texts like the famous 160 characters of Twitter. A tweet or toot would be called micropost or just "status update". On microblogs you usually don't have threads but replies to a post. These replies and the initial post effectively form a thread but all the replies are also separate posts by the user.

ono,

Microblogging is tweeting, or tooting, or similar. Very short messages, usually from one person and directed to whomever happens to notice them.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging

A thread is a collection of comments from people replying to one another, usually organized in a tree structure. It’s more like a conversation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversation_threading

Elegast, to AskKbin

Is there a kbin Android app yet? I know the web app works, which is what I'm using now, but would really like a native app. I'm assuming these are being worked on and just need time to bake!

s6original,
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They are being worked on but in the meantime there are a bunch of Lemmy apps you can install and use now.

I have accounts on both kbin and Lemmy but Lemmy is where I spend my time because of the availability of apps. I prefer an app.

Jcb2016,

@s6original There are so many lemmy apps. Why not kbin. if i could program i would have been had an alpha kbin out already!

@Elegast

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