Also if I check my feed it’s at least half “suggested posts” from subs I’m not subscribed to, which really seems to defeat the purpose of what people liked about Reddit in the first place. Not that I like them anymore anyways but it’s amazing how much they can continue to self destruct the user experience

Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn’t thought of whether or why it was closed source! I’ve seen nothing but good intentions from Kitboga and his team, but I can’t know everything obviously so I’m glad you’re pointing that out!

I hear you, monthly subscriptions can be a killer financially. The team that made this knew that releasing the free version might hurt their finances in the long run but they genuinely want to help protect people from being scammed.

I will say the paid version is as cheap as they could possibly make it, they may have to up the price in the future to keep paying staff but I appreciate how much they’re trying to make it accessible.

If I was in a position to I’d pay for the subs for my parents and grandparents (maybe in the future), but at least I was able to get them the free version for now!

I’ve never heard of this, I’m gonna look it up and learn more!

Aaaahhhh same!!! His face is in all my screenshots because I always have his videos on in the background 😆

Yeah!! Kitboga actually answered this question on a recent stream, I know for sure the premium version you can whitelist any site. Not sure about the free version! Kitboga said it’s the most common question he gets 😂

This is so awesome!!

I donate monthly to the instance I’m signed up with and I hope more of them follow suit with what you guys are doing!

I think the part these points miss is that a lot of kids don’t have good or involved parents, and they shouldn’t have to suffer disproportionately because of it

Personally I still use other websites to get news about niche topics sinse Lemmy is small, but I genuinely much prefer Lemmy for general memes news and whatever else pops up! I genuinely think the funny post are much better than on Reddit.

I kept reading it as Daniel Radcliffe and I was like why the HECK is he working there?

Thank you, that sub was great for teaching me (someone who is not tech savvy) how to use Lemmy!! Now it’s my favorite place to scroll 😊

This is the greatest thing I could have seen on the top of my page 😂 Keep spreading the word Lemmings!!

I love Bookwyrm!!

Because the porn industry is rife with exploitation and trafficking and underage individuals and exploiting addictions and sexual abuse?? Come on it’s not that difficult to put the pieces together.

Not gonna lie I did this with all of my friends and family and most of them switched 🤣 But I completely get not wanting to go there!

I actually haven’t heard of Matrix, it sounds like your knowledge on this topic surpasses my own!! I’m gonna research the things you mentioned though because I’m interested!

Use Signal instead and donate what you can per month! I’d much rather support them than Meta

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