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Lemmy and Kbin shoutout from Techdirt: Reddit Blackout Crashes The Site As Reddit Users Realize They’re In The Power Position (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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And this bumps up against another part of Cory’s enshittifcation concept: it only works when switching costs are high. Social media can make that work. But I’m not so sure that Reddit has the sheer gravitational pull that social media has. Yes, there are social media-like communities on various subreddits. But, on the whole, the communities are built around topics, and it’s kind of easy to just move elsewhere (again, fediverse options Lemmy and Kbin are already looking pretty nice for that).

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[–] rysiek@szmer.info 34 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Figures that Techdirt is the first (and only so far) place that I've seen to mention Lemmy/Kbin, and also not do a mess of it!

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Techdirt isn't really afraid of being punted from their usual social platforms or losing access for interviews.

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair point. They're also pretty solid and tech-savvy in general.

[–] mmasnick@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

We try our best. But, yeah, I don't really need "good" relationships with any company, and calling it like we see it has served us well all these years.

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