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The solution long term I feel is to move to a platform that won't have any issues of our freedo of speech getting crushed by the might of the elites.
Places like https://join-lemmy.org/ are quite good because its federated and so we could if we wanted setup our own forum using their code where we will have the benefit of not being governed by reddit that is now starting to censor anything that isn't in the mainsteams 'turth of information'.
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy and https://join-lemmy.org/
These devs have made significant political decisions (global slur filter) and are opinionated, but that does not detract from the solid ActivityPub implementation for reddit-likes that they have pioneered. Several Lemmy forks already exist to address these issues.
I've put this idea out a few times before. there is a project that I think would work well as an alternate solution, and would like to see it get some clout. https://lemmy.ml.
It is a more modernized / open source and completely free alternative to reddit that you can host on your own servers. Most importantly, you can integrate it with people hosting servers on different domains and everyone can communicate with each other. For example, it would be entirely possible to create a women only Lemmy instance which requires some sort of ID verification with the moderators. If you're the one hosting the damn thing, who is gonna tell you what rules you can or can't enforce?
You can whitelist specific other hosted instances and only communicate with people from there, and that way sort of spread the load amongst many volunteers..
The documentation to run a server is here https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/administration.html.
Bit annoying to setup if you're new but fairly straightforward.
Exactly.
The great growth of the mastodon system in the last couple years is not something that can easily be ignored.
The lemmy network that is a reddit style system that also uses the fediverse has a lot of potential. Unfortunately the main lemmy server has gone crazy and is just as censored as reddit which defeats its value. However the wolfballs.com server is very freedom based. Hopefully that server will grow and more servers with a similar attitude will join in like what happened with the mastodon network.
the benefits I see are: 1. decentralization 2. each server sets its own set of rules, which include moderation policies. (it's <strong>not</strong> an unmoderated reddit). and lemmy as a project is not an unmoderated 3. if you don't like a server's rules, you can change instances and still access the content. (e.g. if you don't like gmail and decide to change to protonmail, you can still send and read emails. the only thing that changed are the client's [i.e. the server's] rules)
lemmy works exactly as reddit: you can create and subscribe to communities, post stuff, comment and creste threads, etc.
since it's fedarated, you can create an account in whichever instance fits your needs the best, and still watch content from other servers that also run lemmy.
i don't know if there's a science-focused instance, but it seems that the science community on the main one is pretty active.
here you can see which instance fits best for you
it does have a night theme. if you dont't have an account, it's displays it based on your browser settings. otherwise, you can change it in your account's settings
Did anyone notice that a previous thread mentioning Lemmy was removed from /r/RedditAlternatives?
About the ban, if you dont like the way lemmy.ml is moderated, you can always join another instance. Each can make its rules and moderation completely independently.
We dont allow porn, but there is nothing wrong with other adult content (maybe it needs to be marked as nsfw). I am not familiar with "free the nipple", but if its text only like /r/freethenipple, there is no problem at all.
By the way, lemmy.ml is only one of many instances. If you dont like it you can always choose another one from the instance list, or create your own. Thanks to federation, you can interact with users from different Lemmy instances.
> Don't know where to go if this reddit thing goes south. What's the alternative?
Lemmy? Could even run your own.
There's also r/RedditAlternatives if you want more info.
I'm still looking as well... didn't care for saidit.net... presently looking at lemmy which is basically a federated reddit. Unfortunately created by self-described "leftists"... but that is the beauty of the federalized system in that it doesn't matter. wolfballs.com seems like a lemmy server that will be more to our liking. I'm going to start giving it a try.
I'm still looking as well... didn't care for saidit.net... presently looking at lemmy which is basically a federated reddit. Unfortunately created by self-described "leftists"... but that is the beauty of the federalized system in that it doesn't matter. wolfballs.com seems like a lemmy server that will be more to our liking. I'm going to start giving it a try.
It just doesn't make sense to make everyone live under one roof. Check out https://join-lemmy.org it's a federated alternative to reddit where different instances get to decide who and what is banned.
They sure do. We are actually officially listed surprisingly enough. https://join-lemmy.org/instances . Although I wouldn't be surprised if they blocked us eventually. I'm trying to help out make some better filtering tools right now. Just busy with family life.
imo there isn't enough demand to make a reddit alternative that censors just like reddit. There is huge potential for a censorship free platform. Or atleast a very low bar to it. Ruqqus proved that at it's height.
Great thing about federation is different instances can experiment with different policies and everyone benefits from any growth anywhere.
> "A distinction is that all of these (as least to my knowledge) are centralised and so welcoming to the same problems we see with Reddit."
There are federated alternatives to Reddit, Lemmy being one of them. And all you need is a browser to join one of their instances.
> "Follow communities anywhere in the world"
> "Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to communities you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote and comment on them. Lemmy isn't just a reddit alternative; its a network of interconnected communities ran by different people and organizations, all combining to create a single, personalized front page of your favorite news, articles, and memes."
There's https://join-lemmy.org/
Lemmy is free and open source software. It has a similar user experience to Reddit. Except with Lemmy, you can join existing instances or host your own instance. You can also federate with other instances and users can interact.
I browse https://lemmy.ml It isn't super active but interesting to see a community develop. Anyway, there is potential here as an alternative if needed. Though ideally, no users have to move anywhere.
Yeah basically. They can block you though when ever they want. They can also block specific communities from other instances. For example covidHoax on wolfballs is blocked on lemmy.ml . The user bases are way to different to get any productive conversations anyways. To get on their official promoted list you need to abide by their code of conduct. https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/code_of_conduct.html . But if you look at the instances on the instances list I don't think all of them are. Only one is listed as blocked. Some of them are just obvious spam instances.
If you make an account on a lemmy instance that has enabled federation and look up a foreign community in the community list the foreign instance will then show up in the instance list.
The way federation works is a instance will send updates to all instances that have asked it to federate on every update.
You don’t have to leave Reddit. But what if Reddit had a way to bring you content from accounts you follow on Twitter and Instagram without needing an account there? I introduce you to fediverse. Lemmy (Reddit like) federates with Mastodon (Twitter like) and you don’t even need an account on Mastodon! You can even respond to a post on Lemmy (Reddit like) from Mastodon (Twitter like). Pretty neat ha! Reduces the screen shots you see all over because Twitter and Reddit would rather you stay here and never link up with those other accounts.
Check the fediverse here: https://join-lemmy.org/
It's a free software alternative to reddit, and the community is what you create it to be. If you think an instance is full of scumbags, find or create an instance that isn't. The great thing about Lemmy is that it is up to you who you federate with, see the code of conduct.