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Lemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the left (lemm.ee)
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[-] dartos@reddthat.com 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah but capitalism also made reddit great, before making it terrible.

There’s a balance in there somewhere. What we got ain’t it tho.

[-] Bobby_DROP_TABLES@hexbear.net 86 points 2 years ago

There is no balance though, the shit-ification that happened to Reddit is a necessary function of capitalism. What we saw as Reddit at its best was, from a capitalist's perspective, Reddit at its worst. I'm sure you've noticed a similar process taking place in lots of other areas as well.

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago

What we saw as Reddit at its best was, from a capitalist's perspective, Reddit at its worst.

And capitalists will allow this "at its worst" phase in order to capture the market, before squeezing it. This pattern is consistent in many industries.

[-] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 71 points 2 years ago

Reddit was never great lmaoo

It was a pedo networking tool reknowned worldwide for it's jailbate and non-consensual creepshots. These moderators received awards from admins. Then it got too much attention and got a PR workover, burning a woman CEO at the stake to satiate the gamer-fascists before becoming a bland Atlanticist CIA sockpuppet front of bland corporate posts.

At no point during this entire thing did it ever approach anything comparable to greatness

[-] dartos@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago

I meant the platform more than the company.

It’s my favorite format for social media… that’s why I’m on lemmy.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 54 points 2 years ago

communism made lemmy so where does that leave us

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[-] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago

I mean the stages of economic transition have been "fuedalism->capitalism-> socialism" as each one is progressively more efficient and supercedes the previous.

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[-] space_comrade@hexbear.net 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah but capitalism also made reddit great

Engineers and designers made it great. Reddit could very well exist without capitalism (see Lemmy). What fucked up Reddit was explicitly capitalist incentives.

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[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 24 points 2 years ago

People made Reddit great, not capitalism.

[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago

When did capitalism make Reddit great? It took a while for capitalism to take effect, and it was still ok. Capitalism took effect, and it was bearable. Now it’s shit.

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Capitalism made Reddit a CSAM site early in its existence

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