no, been a freebie user since Google Readers died and honestly, for the way I use it, to pop on and scroll through the feed then clicking on some articles? I’ve never felt limited or like I needed to pay to do anything.

RSS is great for following blogs and sites of specific interests, like local sites, or sites about specific subjects. You get ALL the updates. For example. I live in Baltimore and have a bunch of local sites in my RSS reader.

Reddit/Lemmy, on the other hand, is a more democratically human curated and upvoted aggregator so while it hits all the popular stuff beyond the topics you follow on RSS, it will miss a lot too.

So I use both.

Feedly for hundreds of sites of interest. And Reddit and now Lemmy for the rest.

Good stuff!

Who cares? The dude’s about to die. Jesus.

amazing place - feel so fortunate that I got to visit!

While I think you car analogy is flawed, maybe a bus analogy would be better?

Anyway, I think the biggest complaint is really about what the site was, what it was for, and now what he’s done to the site to destroy all of that. It’s not the first time something with a lot of users, readers, fans, etc absolutely hated when a new direction or ownership of a company ruined everything they loved about the company.

People have spent YEARS of their lives on that site. It wasn’t my main jam, easy to delete for me, but it was a source of news and what’s happening right now. But for some people, especially those with a following, it was their main voice and this dumb billionaire manbaby is just destroying it.

Shhhhhh…

don’t tell anyone! we like being forgotten in the generational online wars.

follow more people, yo. You GOTS to follow liberally, click more diverse hashtags and follow them too! My feed is super gay, very POC, and a blast!

As an active person on both (and a mod here), Mastodon is definitely the most active. Yes, you have to follow liberally, dive into reblogs and follow some more, also cruising the Explore/trending section helps but it doesn’t take long to build up a super fun feed. People engage alot, no algorithms, it’s all just live and great.

Lemmy “elegance” isn’t that elegant. I’ve had to work with admins to help break through issues of posts federating around, but it’s getting better. I’m finally getting things going pretty smooth and my community is getting momentum, [email protected] but it’s been a very slow, buggy, and painful process. One thing that helped was posting to my Lemmy community exclusively through my Mastodon account for a while to help bring people over.

Search is a wash. Mastodon, I can put a link to a post in the search and it pops up, can’t do that here. But Lemmy has better search for just text.

You see? Both are nowhere near perfect, both are flawed, and both are great! They serve very different purposes and don’t compete. They complement each other. I’m super happy we have both and absolutely love building up this community supported DIY fediverse.

Exciting times ahead!

Mastodon is more active but Lemmy is super fun and growing.

Mastodon keeps getting big injections of new users because Musk is a stupid man baby and keeps pushing users away.

Lemmy, post Reddit protests, is now dependent on word of mouth.

Fast. It’s staying asleep that’s the hard part.

Carolinas.

And Maryland’s famous blue crabs aren’t from Maryland anymore.

Board games.

Not sure if you are being serious. There are levels of socialism and social safety networks that still allow democracy and even capitalism. It’s regulated heavily, wealth is limited, and resources are shared to those who need it.

Bible Jesus fought systemic poverty & for the shunned in society, made it very clear how he felt about the rich & powerful.

It’s mind-boggling to consider neoliberal christianity. It literally goes against everything your god/god’s son fought for… I don’t understand how christians aren’t leading the fight against wealth inequality, systemic poverty, and improved social systems.

“How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.”

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’”

Jesus was a socialist.

WWJD?

Jesus was a socialist.

Meanwhile they are grabbing hexbear? Confused panda.

Agreed! Less pressure or need to scale. Even if growth stopped today, we have millions of people to interact with!

As if you had a chance? Lol

It’s normal. Chill. Not like Threads that lost 80% of its active users.

While I doubt I could get my friends and family on yet ANOTHER messaging app in the year of our lord 2023.

Sup. Is a fucking brilliant name.