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Cake day: August 15th, 2023

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  • You’re right, anyone can scrape Lemmy. But that’s not the issue (to me anyway) - Reddit have sold user data - user generated content. None of what they’re profiting from was generated or created by them. Are Reddit users who did generate all this content getting a slice of the profits?

    When I post on here I know it’s all open for anyone to access but that’s true of any non walled garden space. I’ve accepted the fact that it’s going to get fed into the hungry maw of some AI behemoth or two.

    What Reddit have done is make money for doing absolutely nothing based on content others have created like some sort of technological tapeworm feeding second hand. And along the way they killed off a lot of tools that users loved, moderators found made their jobs easier and people with a visual disability found vital. And all this so u/spez can live out his mini-Musk fantasies.










  • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldSelf hosted image editor?
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    1 year ago

    I asked for help in a self-hosting community. How could my desired location be misunderstood by anyone with an IQ above 10?

    This little side -journey has been a complete waste of time. All I wanted was a recommendation or two relevant to things I needed which I clearly explained in my post. Instead I got told I was making no sense and should use third party solutions which is a remarkable thing to read in a self hosting community where I would assume most people realise others want y’know to self host.

    If people don’t have relevant recommendations they could’ve just said that or even better, say nothing.


  • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldSelf hosted image editor?
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    1 year ago

    Sorry, I don’t want to be rude but youre talking rubbish.

    Getting all of them to install a big offline application with an interface that is totally new to them and will require a substantial learning curve if there’s a possible solution that allows them to simply and easily do the only thing they need is ridiculous.