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Why do people on reddit seem to hate Lemmy/Mbin/other federated link aggregators? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I was just reading this post https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1gmv76n/is_reddit_going_to_remain_the_primary_space_for/ and many barely see the fediverse as an alternative and they seem to have a negative bias towards it. Super ironic when it comes to the self-hosting community. Yes, some instances are problematic, yes, some devs might have had problematic views. But it doesn't really matter when it's federated and FOSS. I think it's clear-cut that the selfhosting community on Lemmy is a perfect alternative to reddit. Why is there such a negative bias?

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[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

Sounds too much like Threads, the invasive corporate thing which can get fucked. Never going to market for them.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 days ago

don't let them change the meaning of our words then

[-] aasatru@kbin.earth 9 points 6 days ago

Likewise the heroic nerds of the Threadiverse coined the term months before Threads was even announced, and they would be hard pressed to give it up to some scumbag billionaire.

It's an epic culture war being fought between two largerly agreeing parties.