I agree 100%. They do extremely important work, but this was extremely shortsighted and a bad judgment call on their part.
That's awesome news!
I thought you were kidding
I am really interested in getting one, but I'm planning to hold off until the cameras improve and reach flagship levels. Right now, that's the only drawback, and the price of course.
Is it just me or is usenet a bit expensive? One would need to pay for both an indexer and a provider. Regular public trackers have majority of the content for, well, free. Is obscure stuff on Usenet easier to find?
Shouldn't it be "You can't cough if you're unconscious"?
Spez is going to do an AMA tomorrow. That's definitely going to be interesting...
Remember Streetlamp LeMoose? There haven't been any such memorable events on reddit in recent years. What about the ol' switcheroo? You don't see that anymore.
They are indeed as you said, forgotten history to modern redditors. Back in the day, it was a closer community, and these events were discussed for days and referenced for months if not years.
Like you said, reddit has been consistently losing it's community aspect. I'm glad to have experienced it, but I think it's time to move on.
I think we do have a sufficient number of users now to keep going irrespective of how reddit fares. Communities are beginning to form and even if there is no futher mass exodus from reddit, I think Lemmy will be fine and will see organic growth over time.
I've already noticed I'm spending more time of Lemmy than reddit since the past few days.
"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again."