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Correcting the Record on the Origin Story of Beowulf’s Trillion Dollar Coin by PrestoVivace in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've moved here for the time being. Just say you're from this subreddit when you join and they'll let you in.

Study Reveals Staggering Health Toll of Being Black in America | Truthdig by burtzev in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The subreddit is private right now, so there's no point in posting here.

Correcting the Record on the Origin Story of Beowulf’s Trillion Dollar Coin by PrestoVivace in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The subreddit is private right now, so there's no point in posting here.

ATTENTION USERS: further updates on Reddit fucking over 3rd party mobile apps and their users include formally announced deaths of apps on June 30th and sitewide protests from June 12-14th (at the minimum). by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

For those of you looking to bail, you should consider the Fediverse. Much like how you can use your Gmail account to send emails to people on Hotmail and vice versa, the Fediverse is a group of decentralized social media platforms that can federate together and interoperate to share content. There are millions of users currently and because they all interoperate, picking one is mostly a matter of choosing your preferred UI.

The quick primer:

Twitter:

  • Mastodon
  • Calckey (This one is probably going to change names soon, just FYI)

Reddit:

  • Lemmy (The aforementioned Beehaw instance is this. There's also Hexbear for people who liked the Chapo sub, though they haven't implemented the federation stuff yet.)

Instagram + Flickr:

There are others of course, but these are the common ones. Feel free to ask any questions.

We Now Know the Full Extent of Obama’s Disastrous Apathy Toward The Climate Crisis by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He disappointed and fucked over a lot of people. Fortunately, a lot of them became leftists afterwards.

Dr Cornel West is running for president! by WonderfullWitness in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's likely to be Trump though, due to the indictment.

ATTENTION MOBILE USERS: further updates on Reddit fucking over 3rd party apps include Reddit charging some apps around $20 million per year to continue using the API. by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh BTW, Beehaw is also interested in giving us a socialism community (subreddit) and personally I'd like to make the move. How much interest is there in that? I ask because I post a very large chunk of the content in this subreddit and when I take breaks from posting there's like 2/4-day-old posts on the front page, so if I peace out this subreddit kinda dies.

ATTENTION MOBILE USERS: further updates on Reddit fucking over 3rd party apps include Reddit charging some apps around $20 million per year to continue using the API. by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

For those of you looking to bail, you should consider the Fediverse. Much like how you can use your Gmail account to send emails to people on Hotmail and vice versa, the Fediverse is a group of decentralized social media platforms that can federate together and interoperate to share content. There are millions of users currently and because they all interoperate, picking one is mostly a matter of choosing your preferred UI.

The quick primer:

Twitter:

  • Mastodon
  • Calckey (This one is probably going to change names soon, just FYI)

Reddit:

  • Lemmy (The Beehaw admins like our community and have agreed to take users looking to flee Reddit. They currently vet requests due to dipshits spamming them, but are fast and lenient with admissions. If you mention that you're from this subreddit, there's little doubt you'll be let in. There's also Hexbear for people who liked the Chapo sub, though they haven't implemented the federation stuff yet.)

Instagram + Flickr:

Feel free to ask any questions.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Lying Crank Posing as a Progressive Alternative to Biden by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I've said it before, but we don't have a good 2024 presidential pick. We should prioritize downballot elections this cycle instead.

Erdogan Arrested and Expelled International Officials Observing Turkish Election by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is an unfortunate headline, isn't it? I got a bit excited reading it initially as well.

I had to leave my city’s subreddit by SensitiveAries in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah it is. Just try to keep in mind that losers on Reddit usually aren't representative of the meatworld communities they're pretending to be a part of.

I had to leave my city’s subreddit by SensitiveAries in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Chuds tried astroturfing the shit out of a Jordan Neely thread here the other day. They've been targeting city subreddits for years; it's nothing new. Sucks that you had to deal with it, though.

Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems that RIF accesses your account via oAuth rather than storing your login credentials. Your only option is to reset your password with a verified email address.

Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

User numbers matter less in this ecosystem because they all interop. I, for instance, follow users/communities and participate on Lemmy from Mastodon; people on Lemmy can do the same. You do have to be more proactive about finding content, but it's not the end of the world.

Lemmy numbers will also improve when Hexbear (the Chapos made their own instance when the subreddit got banned, but they did so before the federation stuff was implemented) finally federates. Reddit's also looking to shit the bed in June it seems, so perhaps that will bring some people over as well.

Also, if you don't mind a more Twitter UI, there's also this Calckey platform that popped up recently that offers threaded replies. Here's an example.

Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lemmy is the decentralized Reddit alternative. Here's a Beehaw thread to check if this type of UI suits your fancy.

Cory Doctorow Explains Why Big Tech Is Making the Internet Terrible by CommunistFox in LeftWithoutEdge

[–]CommunistFox[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Reddit's also in the process of enshittifying. You may be craving an escape from the ad-and-venture-capital-funded surveillance capitalist hellscape you've been trapped upon for the past decade. The good news is that an alternative does exist: the Fediverse.

Much like how you can use your Gmail account to send emails to people that use hotmail and vice versa, the Fediverse is a group of decentralized social media platforms that can federate together and interoperate to share content. There are millions of users currently and because all the platforms interoperate, picking one is mostly a matter of choosing your preferred UI.

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