Lorfan@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoWhy isn't this website more popular?message-squaremessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down119file-text
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minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up63·4 days agoReddit removes (or at least did at one point) any lemmy links or posts trying to get people to switch to Lemmy.
minus-squareFleppensteyn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoNot yet during the api blackout thing. I saw Lemmy posted everywhere. I kind of thought a lot more people would move over.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoIt was during the api blackout. I was a mod and I was literally seeing posts being removed by Reddit on my own sub.
minus-squaremesa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoI wonder if other platforms do the same.
minus-squareSalvo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoNot the only case of this happening; Corporate Social Media providers do not want the Fediverse to succeed at all. Instagram (and Fascbook, and WhatsApp, and Threads) all censor references to PixelFed. If you cross post, it is best to watermark your photos with your PixelFed address.
minus-squarecomfy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 days agoWatermarking is great when there is a strong enough community to make original content. I’m sure there are communities like that, but I’m not in many of the hobby communities here.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoMy posts and comments linking to Lemmy have stayed up, and received comments. Maybe it’s true for some subreddits as a mod choice, but it isn’t true for all subreddits.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoI was head mod on a big sub. Posts were getting removed from my sub by Reddit without my permission. It was Reddit doing it, not mods.
Reddit removes (or at least did at one point) any lemmy links or posts trying to get people to switch to Lemmy.
Not yet during the api blackout thing. I saw Lemmy posted everywhere. I kind of thought a lot more people would move over.
It was during the api blackout. I was a mod and I was literally seeing posts being removed by Reddit on my own sub.
I wonder if other platforms do the same.
Not the only case of this happening; Corporate Social Media providers do not want the Fediverse to succeed at all.
Instagram (and Fascbook, and WhatsApp, and Threads) all censor references to PixelFed.
If you cross post, it is best to watermark your photos with your PixelFed address.
Watermarking is great when there is a strong enough community to make original content. I’m sure there are communities like that, but I’m not in many of the hobby communities here.
My posts and comments linking to Lemmy have stayed up, and received comments.
Maybe it’s true for some subreddits as a mod choice, but it isn’t true for all subreddits.
I was head mod on a big sub. Posts were getting removed from my sub by Reddit without my permission. It was Reddit doing it, not mods.