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Nope! Just don't hit the red button.

Eh, it's a misconception to think that capitalism is evil, and the problem. Capitalism is neutral, it's a simple method of value exchange - it takes x time in man hours to extract raw materials, y to manufacture a product, z to distribute it so the price should be x+y+z.

The issue is with people. People lie and try to inflate or deflate the value of things. They'll imply that it takes longer to do something, so they can sell it for more, meanwhile they'll pay their employees less than their time is worth. Capitalism's main failing is that it is too simple, it is unable to account for these human flaws.

I might still google "[question] reddit" when looking for how to do things, and there a couple of subs I'll check for that kind of purpose, but I've already stopped actively contributing to the site and have edited and deleted most of my comments (at least the ones shown on my profile, reddit doesn't show all of them - need to find a way to automate editing + deleting from the GDPR CSV files).

Hopefully Lemmy will grow and take over to fill the reddit knowledge gap.

What's more, they've blocked old reddit if you're not logged in. Now it either redirects to new reddit or you get a "you broke reddit" error page. It won't be long before they block old reddit for existing users, I reckon.

The CEO is an absolute bastard. He's twisted the words of his "friend" Aaron Swartz, the real founder of the site, and bastardised his creation while trashing his legacy.

The blackout isn't pointless, it's just not yet enough. Reddit needs to die, and the blackout is a step towards that. It started as a way to try and get admin to change, and in that respect it has and will fail, but it is the first step to reddit going the way of digg.

Yes but there was also the time a guy in Africa took a machete to the face defending an orphanage from looters, and reddit got together and raised a couple hundred thousand to help the orphanage. They built walls and set up security, as well as providing loads of learning material for the kids.

Point being, there were a lot of good things about reddit - if there weren't, Lemmy wouldn't be so similar. The problems with reddit all revolve around the admin, and in particular their efforts to monetise the site and "increase user engagement" by promoting controversy and hostility.

The Boston Bombing. Reddit called someone out for it, he killed himself (although iirc it wasn't quite so closely tied together, as in he was already planning on/did kill himself, but it brought a lot of unnecessary hassle to a family that was already grieving).

They've just today killed old reddit for users not logged in, now you get a "you broke reddit screen". It still works if you're logged in, but the days are counting down.

I'm just waiting for the day they take over the subs that have closed down, reopening them as part of the powermod's "projects". That should be a real show. /popcorn

Power Delete Suite is still limited by reddit. I ran it and it got a lot of stuff, however I was still finding comments older than a few months with 50 or less karma that it missed.

The issue isn't with PDS, though, it's with how many comments reddit will show you. When I go into my profile there are no comments, however there are still some out there.

I'm wondering if anyone has made a script that will edit + delete comments based on the csv files from a GDPR request? That actually gives a comprehensive list of comments (with links) with which to work from, better than the user account page.

We could use alternatives, but Lemmy is the best!

The thing is, people make the data, it should be THEIRS to sell. Reddit and all other websites should be paying for the data they steal from users. We create the data, we create the value, they take it for nothing and exploit it to make billions and become some of the wealthiest businesses in the world.

The situation we have now is basically like a car manufacturer building a car but not paying the person who manufactures the screws.

I mean, there's an argument to be made that reddit was going down this path long before Twitter, what with their hosting and perhaps even promotion of r/t_d

No, money grubbing Steve Huffman broke reddit.

Meanwhile, Aaron Swartz is turning in his grave so much you could probably hook him up to a generator and solve all the world's energy problems. I think he'd like lemmy, though.