A few highlights:

  • As usual, u/ModCodeofConduct messages outright distort the moderators’ position, as if it was unwillingness to moderate.
  • r/firefox opened up again. It’s now about literal fire foxes aka red pandas. Mods worry that the sub might [ipsis digitis] “fall into the hands of someone who would undo the good work we have done or would even foster an anti-Mozilla community here.”
  • “ModCodeofConduct also argued that switching to private in protest is a violation of the Moderator Code of Conduct.” - isn’t it funny how users are expected to believe that the moderator code of conduct is more than just convenient excuses for Reddit Inc.?
  • roughly 2k/8k of the subreddits joining the protest are still private. Even if Reddit Inc. plants to replace the mods with sycophants, the later will likely beeline towards the larger communities. I expect the smaller ones to go unmoderated, overall reducing the platform’s diversity of communities.
  • DominicusPurple@lemmy.ml
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    i think what has to be done now is third party clients recommending lemmy/kbin, or even better, become lemmy/kbin clients with paid reddit functionality.

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      Yeah, even some simple public statements like “migrate” would help a lot.

      AFAIK the current status quo is like this:

      • Sync - Sync for Lemmy is already confirmed.
      • Narwhal - decided to accept the abusive API prices and relay them to the subscription cost.
      • Apollo - Selig likely moved to other, unrelated projects. Can’t blame him - I bet that this whole ruckus weathered him down.
      • RiF, Bacon Reader and others - I got no info.

      I’m kind of hoping that Narwhal implements some sort of tiered subscription price, where the basic/cheaper software works for other platforms than Reddit, and then you need to pay a premium to use Reddit. That would hurt Reddit really bad. That’s just my wish though.

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        1 year ago

        i wish apollo added this functionality. i see it a lot in discussions and it leads me to believe its one of the most (if not the most) popular third party client.

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          There’s an Apollo clone in the works, called Wefwef for Lemmy. Its browser version seems to work decently enough, but I’m doing it from a desktop so your mileage may vary.

          It is not the official Apollo though. Frankly in Selig’s shoes I’d do the same and say “screw all this shit - I’ve been lied, lied about, treated like shit, and I got to repay 250k to my former subscribers.”