A Reddit post promoting the Fediverse that actually gained traction (and Reddit deleted the top comment for promoting Lemmy)(www.reddit.com)

posted 10 days ago

I haven’t seen Reddit give so much attention to the Fediverse in a long time. Maybe we can help them and answer some questions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1i6rp3o/decentralized_social_media_is_the_only/

https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1i6rp3o/decentralized_social_media_is_the_only/

https://www.404media.co/decentralized-social-media-is-the-only-alternative-to-the-tech-oligarchy/

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imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works

35 points

10 days ago

Aside from what Blaze mentioned, that’s also not really the kind of publicity that we want. Better to just respond to individual users and encourage them to try Lemmy out.

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pivot_root@lemmy.world

6 points

9 days ago

We should really avoid antromorphizing non-humans. Call them bots, like most of them probably are.

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paraphrand@lemmy.world

7 points

9 days ago

In some spaces, that term is becoming really dehumanizing. People use “bot” to label anything they disagree with.

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pivot_root@lemmy.world

8 points

9 days ago

Sure, but I was being literal. A non-negligible number of those comments are likely being automated.

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imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works

9 points

9 days ago

I’m quite certain that reddit has millions of bot accounts that repost old content and leverage AI to make human sounding comments. They serve two purposes, to simulate activity and interaction, and to disrupt discussions that reddit doesn’t approve of, such as those about Lemmy or certain political issues.

Why wouldn’t they? It’s a very simple decision for them, they need to protect their money and the shareholders money, and they’ll do whatever they have to in order to accomplish that objective.

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