“The clicks” don’t matter when these individuals own the media outlets and the social media platforms.
Free Software crusader. Huge computer nerd.
“The clicks” don’t matter when these individuals own the media outlets and the social media platforms.
Thanks for the updates! Seeing the details of how you work through these early issues is valuable to those of us thinking of starting an instance.
I have over 100 RSS feeds I’ve organized into different categories. It lets me get the latest updates from many websites all in one place. Even though some feeds now only supply a headline or partial article, it’s still a much faster and comfortable experience than relying on Twitter or Reddit to do the same thing.
You’ve just discovered the main problem with centralized platforms like Reddit, Discord, Twitter. The only thing stopping the mods from making a complete archive of the old platform is the Big Tech owners of Reddit. These corporate interests own all your posts, memes, and DMs, forever.
With federated platforms, the community leadership can easily backup, archive, or transfer everything whenever they like. That’s the power of ownership.
I’m so glad to see this community make a big push onto Lemmy! We’re making internet history and boldly going where no one has gone before!
Scotland still has lead pipes too. Hardly a water quality utopia compared to the EU or US.
https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/en/Your-Home/Your-Water/Lead-and-Your-Water