This is precisely the reason why I ditched reddit over lemmy
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026
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Same. Total newb.
Same
Yeah, relatable
These pedophiles think they can intimidate us
I'm so tired of these companies using their market shares to sell their users out without the fear of boycott, reprisal or significant impact on their business.
I've been really enjoying finding alternatives and the feeling of control over my own life I gain every time I switch to one. Then whenever these big guys betray their user base I just laugh.
Digg and MySpace shows what can happen when there is a mass exodus.
Things like this happen slowly then suddenly all at once
There were popular alternatives to those at the time that ended up becoming even bigger than them. For some reason the popular ones these days aren't getting swiftly adopted. I think a lot of people might be getting tired of switching platforms all the time.
I think the fact all these companies were named at once is to overwhelm any effort to protest. People might be up for boycotting one company but probably not all of them listed so they end up boycotting none.
To those people, I'd say boycotting some of them is better than none at all.
Same. Every bit helps and it compounds.
Reddit I gave up clicking links to. like I stopped watching Fox News and clicking their links 12 years ago.
Thoughts on the new digg? Needs more people
Rather than advocating for something against the rules, I'd like to instead advocate for high quality woodworking, blacksmith, and assembly skills. We're going to need many large, wooden assemblies with very sharp and very heavy metal components, powered by gravity, built and displayed prominently very soon, and they need to be functional.
Voluntarily?! Your data is not safe. F these companies.
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
They are all fascist in how they operate their sites, no surprise they willingly work with their political twins.
Literally the reason some of us are here lol