The thought of this triggers my anxiety. I’m so glad Lemmy exist, but what if Lemmy didn’t. What would the world look like?
probably just use Reddit via the browser, a lot less than I normally would
Most likely kbin.
If we’re talking about a timeline where the Fediverse was never created, then I’d probably just be on Twitch for socializing and RSS feeds for news.
No lemmy, no mastodon? Uuuhh…back to IRC, some forum maybe.
PS: Element looks like a pretty good FOSS alternative to discord and IRC.
Someone will make a Lemmy analog or an existing system will take its place. There’s bound to be someone taking the opportunity to fill the vacuum.
On reddit but only on desktop with old.reddit extension.
I’d be getting banned from commenting on YouTube for calling bullies “assholes” and telling them I hope they get terminal herpes.
For real.
Look at the comment section under some random news story and you find either comments about Hunter Biden, comments supporting racism/slavery, comments promoting Marxism-Lennism, comments spreading religion, conspiracy theories, comments complaining about youtube censorship, even thought your racist ass comment is still up there for over a year. Like who even wants to look at youtube comments.
Saw a study the other day that estimated that in 2021 about 45% of internet traffic was bots. Don’t believe every comment you read is someone who believes what they are saying either. There’s been a few cases of troll farms of people getting paid to push trash opinions. When an ideology can’t defend itself with reason they start screaching.
Tildes is nice, just a bit quieter and fewer beans.
I’d probably be doing my job
There’s always alternatives.
And if there aren’t, they arise.
I’ve always played with reddit alternative ideas too. But finding time and commitment is an issue.
Cold and dark under the looming shadow of reddit
Browse Mastodon.
Probably posting beans on squabbles
I’d have gone with a Kbin server. Lemmy just happened to fit more what I like in Reddit and its interface. The servers I mainly interact with seem calm and healthy enough and I get to see fun posts, shared articles and handfuls of discussions here and there. If there was no alternative? I’d just have moved on. Either federated social networks (Or something similar, one day) thrive, or social networks are all bound to gradually become pits of hostility no one wants to or can moderate. Just takes a single rich idiot looking to capitalize on his “product” to tip the scale in the wrong direction. I like connecting with people, having calm conversations about low-stake stuff with strangers. Keeping the heavier stuff for those I know and understand. Hasn’t been possible in places like Twitter for ages and if the smaller, chill subreddits I like are all bound to see more spam and negativity? Pass. I’d just get back to reading novels regularly. Which I still should, honestly.
Probably Raddle.me. it seems like a somewhat privacy focused version of Reddit that has their terms of service has a section against bigotry and far right ideology.
Unfortunately there isn’t a mobile app though.
Probably squabbles.io
I use that too, so yeah that’d be what I’d be using as a main replacement.
