whitehatbofh

joined 1 year ago
[–] whitehatbofh@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Use a URL shortener like bitly.

https://bit.ly/3CqHoSB

[–] whitehatbofh@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I figure why wait for the building to fall, get out while I still can.

This is the way.

Well, that...plus popcorn.

[–] whitehatbofh@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm liking the Fediverse, and enjoying Beehaw/Lemmy/etc. I'm still learning this new world, but I'm loving it so far!

[–] whitehatbofh@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

RIF was my way to get to Reddit. I will miss it terribly. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

My melancholy is tempered by the Fedirverse, Lemmy, and particularly, here at Beehaw! 😄

This feels like a better and nicer home, anyway. I'm sad for the loss, and this smaller community won't have what the scale of Reddit's user base could bring...but the nicer and happier community here has its own virtues.

It reminds me of the best of Slashdot, among other small and very valuable online communities of yore. 🙂

[–] whitehatbofh@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't see a battle here, personally. I think this is just a downhill slope to armagedon. We're watching Rome burn. We will likely see a continued increase of users flocking to Lemmy sites/nodes as more people become aware of what's going on and its impact. Reddit will get UGLY, possibly on an exponential slope,.

Pass the popcorn. This is going to be one hell of a show.

(don't get me wrong, it SUCKS. But we can't do anything about Reddit's foolish choices. We can only make the most of this opportunity for our new community here in the Fediverse. )

 

A post to a news story about Apollo shutting down at the end of this month was already made, but I thought that the original post by the Apollo Dev was worth also citing. This is a VERY interesting read, though long. He also has audio recordings of all his dealings with Reddit of late.

[–] whitehatbofh@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Same. RIF is / was my app. It's a shame in some ways, but this place is better in many other ways. I'm happy here and look forward to seeing the Fediverse grow!

Fuck reddit, VCs, and greedy assholes.