Are we allowing emojis here?

You need permission to use emojis? 🤔

Oh, you mean in the sense that “emojis = downvotes” on Reddit. I still used them on Reddit anyway. 🤷‍♂️

BTW: you can use : shorthand for emojis, in case you didn’t know. 👍

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But on the other hand, look at how much the lemmy and kbin user base has grown. The blackouts had a significant impact in increasing lemmy adoption and usage.

Prior to the announced blackouts, I had no idea Lemmy even existed. Now here I am running my own instance.

Also, advertisers Reddit sells to have halted their campaigns until “next week.”

I think while on the surface it might feel underwhelming, it had more impact than you think. And now mods are discussing extending the blackout too.

Blood… reaching… boiling point…

Wait, the advertisers have campaigns to take over subreddits? What?!

I mean, sure some are probably people making multiple accounts, but based on the speed of new posts showing up I’d believe there are at least 20k on lemmy.world. It’s the largest and most stable instance at the moment.

Personally I run my own instance and connect to the communities from there.

No. Please no.

Internet ads exist to track users, and all those tracking pixels can also cause performance issues. Ads basically don’t even make that much money per impression and for the most part just frustrate people. It’s a lose/lose for everyone.

I’m going to make my own Reddit, with blackjack and hookers!

Uh... that is starting to look exponential...

Well, it's in the honeymoon phase right now, so everyone is cheerful, happy, and nice. All the jerks haven't moved over yet... 😀

It's starting...

Glad we have Lemmy to fall back on while reddit goes on strike at least.

I’m embarrassed to say that so far my Saturday has consisted of reading and posting on various lemmy instances. Is that how I typically spend my weekend? No. I should log off, and go do weekend stuff.