Neowin mentioned Lemmy, Kbin, and Mastodon in their Reddit coverage today (www.neowin.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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From the article:

"Following recent fallout from the subreddit blackouts, and the controversial comments from CEO Steve Huffman, Reddit has been having a tough time in the eyes of its users who have been reportedly leaving the platform and setting up alternatives on the fediverse (such as Lemmy or kbin), used by the Twitter alternative Mastodon."

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[-] sunbeam60@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

“Sophisticated and highly targeted attack”, ie some dumbo click an official looking email and provided their credentials to a spoofed webpage.

[-] comicallycluttered@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I hope it was Huffman.

[-] Viper_NZ@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

While I don't condone the hackers behaviour, I will enjoy some delicious schadenfreude.

[-] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Guess it’s time to change my password again.

[-] kool_newt@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

le sigh

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