Why do people on reddit seem to hate Lemmy/Mbin/other federated link aggregators? - eviltoast

I was just reading this post https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1gmv76n/is_reddit_going_to_remain_the_primary_space_for/ and many barely see the fediverse as an alternative and they seem to have a negative bias towards it. Super ironic when it comes to the self-hosting community. Yes, some instances are problematic, yes, some devs might have had problematic views. But it doesn’t really matter when it’s federated and FOSS. I think it’s clear-cut that the selfhosting community on Lemmy is a perfect alternative to reddit. Why is there such a negative bias?

  • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgEnglish
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    7 days ago

    soon Sublinks will come too (January was at some point a target iirc?)

    I wouldn’t hold my breath. I keep an eye on the project Matrix, it’s pretty quiet.

    Piefed is much more promising.

    • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Thanks for the additional insight:-).

      The PieFed devs indeed seem very responsive, and I have great hopes for it too.

      Though I don’t know if e.g. Lemmy.World would consider switching to use it as they were hoping to do with Sublinks. For it providing a “social media platform” it is coming along nicely even if currently lacking polish, though from the perspective of migration of existing content into… well perhaps that’s doable as well but I definitely know far less about that:-).