How Reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history
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Users were outraged, but Reddit mostly won.

How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?

  • c0c0c0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    So, I’m new here, but I’m still struggling to see the advantage of smaller and more focused instances. I mean, Lemmy.World was pretty sluggish in the first days of the Great Migration, but it got better fairly quickly.

    I can imagine smaller instances can do a better job of screening new sign-ups, and they tend to be a little faster than (some) larger instances. Is that it? I’ve also noticed that they tend to have more lag on content updates on the communities I am most interested in, and the front page seems a bit more static.

    I created an account on a smaller instance when perfomance here on .world were at its worst, but now I find myself using this account more and more. Maybe more instances is good for Lemmy, but I’m not yet sure if ti’s good for me.

    • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      My home instance, Lemmy.sdf.org, is full of geeky/retro communities that tickle my fancy. I like setting my view to “local” to see what pops up locally, even in communities I’m not a member of.

      I’m also a member of feddit.uk, which focuses on UK stuff. That’s handy for folks in the UK because it’s easier to find locally-relevant stuff.

    • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      It’s federated, so yeah - you can interact with the fediverse from any federated node

      The node you call home matters though. You’ll run into your local users more, you’ll come across certain communities more.

      The experience is very different. Use multiple accounts, but find a home

    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I would imagine that instances would really compete on channels/communities/magazines and the mods/admins running those. At a certain point, then, the instances would also tend to have some kind of home field advantage on new users who sign up specifically for that instance’s sports communities. Users from other instances can still interact with the most popular communities, but that’s what I imagine when people talk about instances that focus on a particular niche.