Lemmy: Federated alternative to reddit

[jdaviescoates]

@mononym I'd create a new with list post just for that if I were you

[LoudLemur]

I am not against this, but I think there is a better alternative on the way: Plebbit.

There is already a support request for Plebbit on Cloudron:

https://github.com/plebbit/whitepaper/issues/6

I think it might help if some Cloudron developers introduce themselves on that thread.

There is a Plebbit proof of concept now too, but the appropriate link depends on whether you are using Brave browser.

https://plebbit.eth.link/#/nft/xpleb

The whitepaper is worth a read, if you are into that sort of thing.

https://nitter.snopyta.org/getplebbit?lang=en

[jdaviescoates]

@LoudLemur said in Lemmy: Federated alternative to reddit:

Plebbit

Create an App Wishlist post for it!

[LoudLemur]

@jdaviescoates Thanks for the encouragement. It worked!

https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7267/plebbit-on-cloudron

[mononym]

@jdaviescoates
Done : https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7316/littr-link-aggregator-with-activitypub-integration
With the number of alternatives beeing suggested it would be a good start to compare the different options. I can see these characteristics coming around :
Hacker News or Reddit Clone | Moderation Style | Production Ready | ActivityPub | etc...

[ntnsndr]

Given that Lemmy is taking off due to the Reddit issues, it seems like it would be very worthwhile for Cloudron to support it.

https://the-federation.info/platform/73

[LoudLemur]

Lemmy has over 600,000 users now. Deployment of a Lemmy server is currently supported on Yunohost.

[micmc]

@LoudLemur said in Lemmy: Federated alternative to reddit:

Lemmy has over 600,000 users now. Deployment of a Lemmy server is currently supported on Yunohost.

Was looking as more then 1.7M as I looked just now
Here https://the-federation.info/platform/73

[LoudLemur]

@micmc said in Lemmy: Federated alternative to reddit:

@LoudLemur said in Lemmy: Federated alternative to reddit:

Lemmy has over 600,000 users now. Deployment of a Lemmy server is currently supported on Yunohost.

Was looking as more then 1.7M as I looked just now
Here https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Wow!
https://lemmyverse.net/?order=active

Censorship is happening on Lemmy by way of de-Federation. As a consequence, some people want to run their own Lemmy servers so as to be in charge of which communities they are able to join. (Though in turn, this puts their own server at risk of being de-Federated.)

[micmc]

@LoudLemur When you check the graphs section at the above page you can see the all of a sudden HUGE surge in use, in this June, following the Reddit glitch. It's significant, not enough to say it.

[jdaviescoates]

@LoudLemur said in Lemmy: Federated alternative to reddit:

Censorship is happening on Lemmy by way of de-Federation.

I think the fact it's possible to do this on the fediverse is a feature, not a bug

[necrevistonnezr]

@jdaviescoates Yep, but not a very attractive feature. If ONE community on a different server goes bezerk, and the admin of your server chooses to de-federate, ALL communities of the different servers are gone for you. Of course, you can open an account on the de-federated server afterwards but then this whole federation thing gets pointless.

[jdaviescoates]

@necrevistonnezr said in Lemmy: Federated alternative to reddit:

Yep, but not a very attractive feature.

I think it's a great feature

[nichu42]

I have no inside information and have not fact-checked this, but I thought I'd leave a link to this post here:
https://medic.cafe/users/mikka/statuses/110623109627073961
It's one of many posts I've found regarding kbin probably being the more ethical alternative.

[mhgcic]

We would like to see this as well.