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Reddit keeps pushing on being a closed platform, now rolling out mandatory logging for old.reddit.com - worth pushing for the fediverse again? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by Auster@thebrainbin.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Going by comments in the post, the required login is coming in waves, so not all people may notice immediately.

Still, as Reddit is strong-arming its way across, maybe worth signaling to people there that the fediverse may be used without an account, so long as there's even one instance that implements logged-out view as the protocol allows it?

I don't have access to my account any longer, possibly VPN ban, though I never tried to recover it so I can only guess why mine is lost, else I'd post myself.

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[–] w33n1s@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I got the reddit block about a week ago, so I've given this place another try (first tried it after the reddit API fiasco). I would like lemmy if it were more active. I mostly used reddit for news headlines, and I haven't found any communities here that are nearly as quick for breaking news and whatnot. I feel like my head has been buried in the ground since leaving Reddit. Still not going back though.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago

I would like lemmy if it were more active

You are the activity.

[–] vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i normally get breaking news far quicker on the microblogging section of the fediverse. have you considered setting up a mastodon account maybe?

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I have Mastodon, but I just get infosec updates there. How would I get general news updates as well? Just follow a vunch of media outlets?

[–] vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

Cricket said it good below

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AFAIK the key to discovery of content you want in Mastodon is to follow specific hashtags, then follow any accounts that you find interesting from there. There are definitely major network effects on Mastodon. Maybe check #news to see if it might be a good starting point for you.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 day ago

Media outlets usually have RSS feeds, so you could send these feeds to @birb@rss-parrot.net so it generates a bot for tracking each feed.

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

maybe try surf.social