Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by TheMightyLlama on Sunday June 28, 2020 @04:27AM (#23667461)

This is a really good point. Today most (if not all) social media platforms seem to be relying on a central or centralised moderation system. Meaning that the limits of the Overton window are defined by a small set of people rather than the community itself. Here, I purposefully state 'the community' rather than 'representatives of the community' as these are two very different things. Reddit for example is moderated by 'members of the community'.

If we're to take reddit as an example moderation happens by individuals rather than all members of the community. And as such it is open to abuse whether it happens or not.

I thought about this for a long time and decided to write up what I would consider to be an acceptable framework for any given social media platform which would:

1. Help define the Overton window in a more organic fashion

2. Allow the platform to function within different jurisdictions.

3. Remove the overhead of central administration and opinion checking.

If it helps, I wrote it up here: https://gist.github.com/TheMightyLlama/bb77a05d3dde4da251142...

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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by luckylion on Sunday June 28, 2020 @05:26AM (#23667646)

> Meaning that the limits of the Overton window are defined by a small set of people rather than the community itself.

I wonder if that's even the case, or if the range of allowed opinions is rather set by advertisers and investors. If Reddit had a very large, very lucrative Pro-Life community that essentially "kept the lights on" by providing high ad revenue, I doubt that they wouldn't cater to that community's wishes. They lean strongly to the left, because their audience does, and they want their audience to be happy so they stay and watch ads on their site.

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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by kangaroozach on Monday June 29, 2020 @03:13AM (#23675193)

This is not true. It’s because they and their employees are ideological and believe in their own moral superiority. The media in general is not leaning strongly to the left as a business decision. They are run by people that are intolerant ideologues who morally can’t allow counter arguments and opinions to be heard or seen.

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