Whoever is in charge of that instance, STOP.
It’s an instance that crossposts posts from Reddit, except it also makes a new user for each Reddit account it came from. So if /u/hello123 made a post, it makes that post under a new account called hello123. That makes it impossible to block posting bots.
Not only that, it makes posts look like they’re posted by real people, with many question and text posts being copied as well. I was very confused as to what these posts were until I realized they’re crossposts.
Examples:
https://lemm.ee/u/pocalyuko@alien.top
https://lemm.ee/u/ItzMeRocket@alien.top
https://lemm.ee/u/CaptainCapp-n@alien.top
I strongly believe Lemmy isn’t the place for mirroring content from other websites. You can host your own alternate Reddit frontend like LibReddit, there’s no reason to spam the posts to everyone using Lemmy just because 5 people asked for it. Not to mention there are already enough instances mirroring posts, this is getting obnoxious.
And the point you are missing: the social media networks that do have profit incentives are destroying our society and keeping yourself isolated in a cocoon is not going to save you - nor any of your loved ones.
So, I really disagree with you here: given that it is unlikely that we will be able to get rid of all social media, the next best thing is to have an alternative that is not so harmful. I believe that the Fediverse needs to grow because it’s the only alternative that has a chance of replacing corporate-controlled social media and that perhaps can get us free from Surveillance Capitalism.
There has to be a name for this type of fallacy… Do you really think that the people that joined now are somehow better than the average redditor?
If I am being completely objective, every time I’m opening Lemmy it feels like a extreme version of Reddit’s political echo chamber and none of the people who participate in anything remotely productive/entertaining/positive that you can find in the long tail of Reddit’s niche communities. With very few exceptions, it feels like just one long stream of negativity and “Two Minutes Hate” displays. It’s depressing and mentally draining. With the mirrors from my usual subreddits, I could at least make the experience here bearable. But now that the mirrors are disabled, it just makes more apparent how sterile this place currently looks.
And all of this drama just because people can not be bothered to curate their own feeds and learn to browse by subscribe. It’s ridiculous…
my last response, and then i give up, because you are narrowmindedly chasing down your warpath and are not open to other views. the only one who is forcing something here is you, take your feedback seriously, or you are no better than what you are fighting. other than that, best of luck in your endeavors.
Seriously, this dude has a contrary response for everything. Even the concession speech was “well, you are all wrong but…”
I have no doubt that this has become a Quixotic quest. It’s just that I am so tired of the endless talk about the “dangers of social media” and the general apathy from people, I don’t know how to stop even if I tried.