Don't forget they deleted premium and awards completely. They seem to be making the worst possible decisions at every turn. It's absolutely breathtaking.
This is why it makes sense for communities to not all pile into one instance, it gives one instance admin too much power and responsibility over everything.
I don't consider it self promotion to promote another site but even if you get banned, the main point is to destroy the original comment which would still be successful. Some of the comments would be so old mods probably wouldn't see them or take the time to remove them. If they aren't removed, it's free real estate.
Oh god, I hate that so much, jesus christ. Good luck to them.
No Im just too lazy to delete it. I'm also wondering why people didn't replace comments with "Join me on lemmy" instead of fuck /u/spez, or both, fuck
Thanks, I'll delete this and join the convo there.
Interesting, however I tend to disagree. Although these sites have been good means of organizing, the corporate overlords had to know that alternatives would quickly replace them if they burned them down. Seems more likely that they are desperately trying to monetize these sites, but just way too out of touch with how hard us working class plebes are being squeezed from every angle and literally can't afford to pay for the most basic form of entertainment like this. Literally, I can hardly leave my house without paying something to exist in a public space. I'll be damned if I pay more than I already do (a device, internet, electricity) to exist in public online spaces.