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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/terAREya on 2025-02-16 02:53:12+00:00.
I'll start out with the TLDR: With the way large social media companies are acting these days, including reddit, why are we not all on Lemmy or something similar (if there is something similar)?
We all talk about open source and owning our own data. We all talk about leaving google, Facebook, this paid platform, that commercial software, etc. Yet here we are.
I love this community. It has taught me a lot. I have had private discussions with fellow selfhosters both getting help and giving. I have had conversations with developers of software I use which is so cool. That said, with the way "big social media" acts these days I find myself wondering why we aren't all on a selfhosted platform like Lemmy or something like it. I mean if there is a subreddit that should be at the forefront of going to an alternative platform isnt it us?
Since this is sort of a controversial question I just want to say that I am not trying to bring any sort of politics to this subreddit. I actually love that this is one of the few places I can get away from that shit. If I am way off base or out of line asking this I apologize. I mean no offense to the subreddit itself or its mods. It's just something that has eaten at me for a while and when I saw the recent news that reddit might start putting content behind a paywall I decided to finally ask the question "out loud". If this gets deleted, I get banned or whatever, I apologize and thanks for the fish.