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Comment by erikpukinskis | Hacker News Reader

> We just want reddit without the bullshit.

What is the Reddit bullshit?

By bullshit he means censoring, forced advertising and content filtration which is conducted by the administrators and owners. These things are necessary to run a centralised internet service and some people with idealistic visions are trying to find a more open and inclusive alternative. But we have many examples why this is difficult or even impossible, with examples of Usenet or the direction Mastodon has been taking recently. Cause in reality we want to be steered mindlessly, we want to be fed a consistently emotional and relatable story. It is peaceful and easy. This is where the Web3 Social Media thrive. There is no running away from reddit, facebook, twitter.

"Cause in reality we want to be steered mindlessly" "There is no running away from reddit, facebook, twitter."

Maybe speak for yourself?

I rather see the problem with money. It costs a lot to develope a stable communication plattform and run it. Decentralizing is even harder to do right.

But people expect things to be free on the internet and just working. Those who donate and put in effort are a small minority.

So this is why reddit will only be replaced by the next reddit financed by ad tech, that will act exactly the same in a few years. Unless people will start to take the base of their communication and information flow serious. Maybe this is a good start, but lemmy really does not seem to be an adequate technical alternative in its current shape.

Constant A/B testing, insane issues with the 25 API calls each homepage load makes, stuff is constantly shifting around, it takes ages for feedback even from the mods of popular subs to be implemented, Reddit Corporate seems to be more interested in beancounting than transparency and product development...

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