People really need to remember how easy it is to create a forum of their own. There is literally no need to pay reddit for a niche community, when one can just be created in an afternoon. Hell, you can just spin up a community on Lemmy. But of course reddit will delete and block any posts with information about moving a subreddit somewhere off-site.
Yup. They can remove any content they don’t like under guise of “Our platform is ours so no free speech”
Remove content they don’t like while pushing content in my face that I don’t want to see.
Between the constant ads and politically divisive subreddit recommendations that plague my Reddit experience, Lemmy feels like a breath of fresh air. I actually see the stuff I want to see, and am not having garbage pushed onto me.
Thank you! Another reason why I like it here so far is that every interaction with people has been positive. Greatly appreciated!
There is literally no need to pay reddit for a niche community, when one can just be created in an afternoon
Unless they charge you to do that too.
Who is "they"? You'll need to pay for hosting, and a domain, but that's like $5 per month and $20 per year, for one person. Nobody else would need to pay. I suppose the biggest issue is that most people don't know how to do that anymore, and nobody wants to. It used to be something people got excited about when they were passionate about a hobby.
Sorry I misunderstood. I thought the post I was replying to was regarding just create a new subreddit, if a different sub starts charging.
But now that I've re-read it, it says "community" as here on Lemmy. So I misunderstood. :)
People really need to remember how easy it is to create a forum of their own. There is literally no need to pay reddit for a niche community, when one can just be created in an afternoon. Hell, you can just spin up a community on Lemmy. But of course reddit will delete and block any posts with information about moving a subreddit somewhere off-site.
Yup. They can remove any content they don’t like under guise of “Our platform is ours so no free speech”
Remove content they don’t like while pushing content in my face that I don’t want to see.
Between the constant ads and politically divisive subreddit recommendations that plague my Reddit experience, Lemmy feels like a breath of fresh air. I actually see the stuff I want to see, and am not having garbage pushed onto me.
Welcome here, feel free if you have questions, this post can also be useful: https://lemm.ee/post/37715
Thank you! Another reason why I like it here so far is that every interaction with people has been positive. Greatly appreciated!
Unless they charge you to do that too.
Who is "they"? You'll need to pay for hosting, and a domain, but that's like $5 per month and $20 per year, for one person. Nobody else would need to pay. I suppose the biggest issue is that most people don't know how to do that anymore, and nobody wants to. It used to be something people got excited about when they were passionate about a hobby.
Sorry I misunderstood. I thought the post I was replying to was regarding just create a new subreddit, if a different sub starts charging.
But now that I've re-read it, it says "community" as here on Lemmy. So I misunderstood. :)