Apologies for being the bearer of bad news. “6 hours ago” means roughly 6-7pm Eastern on April 30, 2025. I have no further information; I only know because I was going to visit the wiki and . . . apparently now I’m not.
It’s under “Guides & Search Engines” in the Software section of the megathread, should anyone with rights care to update.
Nobody is surprised. But it is sad news nonetheless.
Why is it sad news?
I really dont see it as bad news, probably people that still uses reddit sees it as a blow to piracy or something along the lines.
I really hope Reddit keeps on its road to enshittification so more people realizes what kind of shit hole it is and more open to try the fediverse they would be.
If Reddit keeps on this track its only a matter of time till the fediverse gets a proper place among the broad public
I don’t see this ever happening to be honest. Considering how much shitter YouTube has been for so much longer I don’t believe most people online will ever leave the mainstream platforms.
I believe fediverse will be like Linux. It’ll always have a dedicated userbase large enough to sustain itself, but it won’t be big like the proprietary platforms. And that’s ok.
On the other hand there’s not really a great alternative to YouTube. I mean, yes there are alternatives but these are still not as usable as YouTube (with Adblocker) is.
Hosting a video platforms on which millions of users upload millions of gigabytes is REALLY expensive so only a tech giant like google can host one to this extend.
Reddit (or the fediverse) are mostly text, some images and few videos. This is much more feasible to host than a YouTube alternative.
But yeah. Normal users probably just don’t care in the first place. We’ll see what will happen.
There are alternatives to YouTube though, there are a lot of them. It’s just none of them are viable for the viewers because content creators are hell bent on never using anything other than YouTube. To the point I believe they aren’t actually bothered by YouTube’s problems and only occasionaly complain about it for easy views.
Personally I don’t care anymore, YouTube’s problems don’t affect me. As long as PipePipe works I’m happy. And if it stops working I’ll just stop watching YouTube, or just minimize my usage to the extent it’s possible.
Lemmy already came such a long way though, when I first tried using it, it was a barren wasteland. Federated social media is the only kind of online platform that can brute force it’s way into viability so I’m confident Lemmy will continue to grow or remain big enough to satisfy it’s users. It just won’t be as big as Reddit.
This isn’t a place for the broad public though. I live in a place that is 75% conservatives and they are not welcome here. It doesn’t work both ways. Either you stay what you are and grow very slowly, or you allow different thoughts. It won’t happen, but Lemmy would quickly outgrow it’s current capacity if it did.
This is a public forum and you don’t make these decisions
Pipe down.
You’re right, we all do. Which is why conservatives aren’t welcome here
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Yeah, you are!
Or are you seriously going to try and tell me the Conservative communities here are welcoming to them? Or that they don’t get massively downvoted and bullied until they either leave or learn to shut the fuck up?
Anyone can sign and join Fediverse that’s the entire purpose of it a decentralized platform.
I am sorry politics hurt your brain to a point where you can’t understand world outside of the idiotic American left right cricle frame of reference.
But sure keep jerking yourself as a good liberal lol
If everyone disagrees with you, maybe you’re wrong.
If everybody agrees with me, I ain’t doing my job
Yeah well, it’s not news that Reddit does this. I’m still baffled how people see this as sad news here.
I don’t understand. Are you saying we should be happy to see more online communities being eliminated for the benefit of corporate interests? Why wouldn’t it be disappointing (aka, “sad”) to hear about more of that going on, even if you dislike the platform where it’s happening?
Yes, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. Anything that leads to the demise of Reddit is something I (personally) will be happy about. It’s their problem if they stay on a platform like that, knowing full well that their community can be banned in an instant. Now they have the option to create that community here.
That’s unfortunate.