Yes, they are still in restricted (read-only) mode and redirecting here.
I created a place for model trains: @modeltrains / !modeltrains@kbin.social (on Lemmy, if that link doesn't work you should use the search button by your username to look up https://kbin.social/m/modeltrains
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Yep, places with more people will have a wider range of communities in their "all" feed.
That said, the barrier to making an account isn't too high. My first account was on Lemmy.ml back in 2020, shortly after Lemmy was created (I never stuck around and left pretty quickly).
Last month I realized I don't trust Lemmy.ml, so I joined Beehaw.org.
Then I thought Beehaw.org was a little overzealous at times, so I came here to Kbin.social.
I've largely stuck to Kbin because I really like how it looks and feels, but I did make accounts on Lemmy.world, fedia.io, and sh.itjust.works as backups in case Kbin goes down.
"All" shows every community/magazine that at least one person on your instance has subscribed to.
The different sort options sort then differently, of course.
FWIW, Kbin integrates a lot more smoothly with Mastodon than Lemmy does. Lemmy does this weird thing with boosts, but Kbin looks like native posts.
this one right here
That's true, but that's not how Reddit sees it. Reddit says they have a "legitimate interest" in keeping your posts around, no matter what those posts say. They say that just removing the username is enough.
Again, I can't speak to whether that'll hold up in court, but that's what Reddit is saying.
But that would be the subreddit's mod team, not necessarily the Reddit admins. I'm willing to bet those posts will go through on other subreddits. (In fact - I just saw a "fuck spez" on /r/formula1.)
If I had to guess, the mod team is aggressive with removing those kinds of posts because Reddit has been ban-happy and they don't want to give Reddit a reason to remove the sub for "harassment".
But what you mentioned absolutely happens, though.
It's €17 to go to the Louvre. Many of the paintings there are public domain, which logically says they should be free as they have no owners. Yet to see them, most people need to pay €17.
Those are paintings locked behind a paywall. The pieces may be donated freely by an artist - just as users contribute freely on a website - but the museum still charges for admission.
So while I'm not defending the practice - and there are many free museums; even the Louvre has ways to get in for free - it's also not exactly a way to convince others that the practice is inherently bad.
My guess is TikTok.