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This has been a strange year.

  • @dan@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Or it could be a really fucking great year. It could mark the end of commercialised social media and the beginnings of truly widespread adoption of free and open alternatives.

    • @Flicsmo@rammy.site
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      521 year ago

      While this year has been painful for the data preservationist part of me, I also couldn’t be more excited for the rise of the small web and open platforms.

      • @dan@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Yeah all that information disappearing is a huge disappointment.

        But realistically while Reddit Inc own that data it was always going to happen eventually. If it wasn’t the demand from LLMs pushing them to lock it away so they can monetise it, it’d have been a move like Twitter blocking non logged in users, or just them purging old data to save money or something.

        • baker
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          161 year ago

          I keep saying that it’s like losing a shitty Library of Alexandria.

    • Jedi Master Spock
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      191 year ago

      I appreciate your optimistic view on the situation. I really hope Lemmy will one day reach the same level of popularity as Reddit.