This is in regard to Lemmy.world blocking piracy communities from other instances. This post is not about whether you agree with the decision. It’s about how the admins informed their users.

A week ago Lemmy.world announced their Discord server. This wasn’t very well received (about 25% downvotes, which is rather bad compared to other announcements). The comments on that post were turned off, presumably to avoid backlash.

Before that, announcements about the instance used to be posted to !lemmyworld@lemmy.world. This time, the information was posted on the Discord server instead.

I don’t agree with this. Having to use a proprietary platform to participate in an open-source one goes against the very purpose for me, especially when the new solution isn’t really an improvement (as before the information about the platform was closer to it).

Edit: Corrected the announcements community name.

Update: Lemmy.world finally released an announcement and promised they would inform about similar actions and gather feedback in advance in future.

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    1 year ago

    It’s not hard to use but definitely doesn’t work well, in my experience.

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      1 year ago

      it’s… different and takes some getting used to. it also depends on which client you choose to use.

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        1 year ago

        I prefer not to “get used to” a super slow service.

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          1 year ago

          I haven’t experienced it being slow. that might depend on the client you’re using. fortunately, there are a few to choose from.

    • wpuckering@lm.williampuckering.com
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      1 year ago

      Conduit is a great Matrix home server. So quick and easy to get up and running with very little fiddling around. It’s a no-brainer to deploy.