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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • The Lemmy platform is just a tool to manage and delivery content. And I think it’s important to differentiate the software from those who manages the software. I can see there’s is a tacit connection and influence there. But unless they start baking inherently bias features into the software and skewing it, I don’t think it’s a big problem.

    Also, because it’s an inherently federated platform, if people don’t like the opinions of those who run a specific instance, they can (with the inclination and determination) spin up their own instance and manage that the way they see fit. And that has happened quite a few times over the last couple of years.

    So no, I don’t think it requires a fork really. Not unless the people managing the main branch lose interest and the software starts to wither on the vine, or they start corrupting it somehow. But that’s just my opinion.



  • Like others here have said, they are a combination of get rich quick schemes and money laundering. They take the legalized gambling that is the stock markets to a whole new level. I also agree that the underlying concept of them is okay, but they’ve been exploited and hyped up to crazy levels.

    If you want to play with crypto ‘investments’ and you have a bit of discretionary spending, you could try it. But just know it’s super-risky and built on a lot of bullshit. Personally I wouldn’t. I’ll stick to passively-managed index funds. They aren’t air-tight safe either, of course. But at least they are less prone to scams and risk.