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Are we committed to Lemmy? or would we move if something better comes along? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Blackbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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No one really knows how things will play out but I was wondering if people are committed to Lemmy, or would the mod team migrate to greener pastures if a better, more functional alternative comes to the forefront.

I'm hoping Lemmy can improve but I personally don't love using it. Its still early days though so that might change. There are a couple promising alternatives in development right now but since they aren't out, everyone is migrating to lemmy.

As someone with a disability, the UI/UX is problematic and makes me physically ill after using it for a short period of time.

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[-] TheYang@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I'd assume people move when something better comes around.
But "better, more functional" is a relative term. Not sure that many here would be willing to forgo federation, and thus the independence from corporations, which especially don't like piracy.

Btw, have you specifically told people what about the UI/UX you find problematic, so that it could be improved?
And has kbin the same issue for you (as it federates as well, you can travel this community through kbin just fine)

[-] CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But "better, more functional" is a relative term. Not sure that many here would be willing to forgo federation, and thus the independence from corporations, which especially don't like piracy.

I wonder how Raddle.me would be? They seem to have some policies similar to what I've seen for torrent sites

[-] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like Raddle - They already tried moving the /r/Piracy community there earlier but it didn't pan out. There's still a /f/Piracy community there that could be used as a backup in case something goes wrong here.

Technically someone could set up a Postmill instance (Raddle's backend software) anywhere & have their own community along with it. One upside with Postmill is that it plays nice with Tor, Raddle itself has a Tor address so does not need to be accessed on the clearnet.

[-] CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Is there a reason it didn't work out or was there just not the big push with Reddit when it was initially setup?

[-] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

That's really for the admins to elaborate on if they wish - but there's a thread over there explaining the fallout https://raddle.me/f/meta/138290/r-anarchism-r-piracy-mod-decides-redfash-project-is-better

The short summary is that Raddle couldn't handle the influx of new signups while also dealing with spam issues (they closed new signups during that period). Also keep in mind Raddle's admin is anti Lemmy hence the reaction to /r/Piracy attempting a Lemmy move. All that aside the /f/Piracy community there still exists & probably would still serve as a smaller fallback IMO, certainly better than going back to Reddit.