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We can do it again
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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org
Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
Oct 01, 2026, 11:32 PM
Replying to @naught101@lemmy.world
Not quite. I went here initially because I got permabanned on reddit. But I now realize reddit is a shithole so I like it here. I do wish there were more active niche communities and I really wish you could comment while on VPN, which you cant for some reason
Replying to @zemo@lemmy.world
Why can’t you comment while on a VPN? I’m on a VPN right now and I’m commenting.
Also, I hate to tell you this, but reddit is the way it is because it’s so popular. If we had the amount of people necessary to make niche communities thrive, it would be just like reddit. Well, at least as far as the people posting and so on. There wouldn’t be any of the weird administrative stuff because it’s run much differently. But the fact that the system is just like reddit’s means that it attracts the same kinds of people and encourages the same kind of behavior.
Replying to @zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
Just like you can only find the specialty stores in the cities, where you’ll also find parking and traffic problems
Replying to @zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
Reddit has additionally deteriorated because it’s pushing more and more algorithmic content surfacing. The home page there is now closer to a facebook feed than the old default ‘Hot’ sorting. You also get pushed random subs and posts at the bottom of pages. Comments are also buried or surfaced depending on some algorithm not directly tied to upvotes.
Plus a ton of the users are now coming from mobile and are “app first”.
Replying to @zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
Looks like your shit just works, while it’s not like that in the whole world
Replying to @zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
Lemmy.world blocks posting from Tor and some VPNs.
Replying to @scutiger@lemmy.world
How do I get around this then? I still have to disable vpn to comment.