Most people here are probably already aware of the situation on Reddit. This is a thread to discuss it here.
This explains the sudden influx of flashlight posts on lemmy’s “all” page
'Sup Lemmys. Just made an account here.
I actually hated the move from digg to reddit, mostly because I thought digg having post previews was so much better for readability and avoiding clickbait than reddit. But now Lemmy has them!
The interface is a bit of getting used to, but I’m already noticing lots of nice features.
Like, did you know you don’t need a multi-billion dollar company in order to make a functional mobile site? Crazy!
Just a note of support from the soon to be ex mod of r/edc!
The sub hasn’t been burned down. It’s engaging in the extended protest. There’s a difference.
Welcome. I should probably put /c/edc@sopuli.xyz in the sidebar to encourage some intermingling.
Personally, as much as I loved Reddit, I think there needs to be a move away from centralized platforms that can keep pulling this shit time after time. Hopefully there’s a way to ensure the contents of r/flashlight are archived for posterity, but I don’t think I’d be terribly inconvenienced if it was, for instance, permanently locked.
The community is the people, not the place, and I’m happy to be seeing familiar faces here already.
Has anyone tried archiving r/flashlight on archive.org yet?
