Mid 2023: We love reddit, but it was a mistake to use a centralized platform. Lemmy is FOSS and decentralized, so it will be more resistant to the problems we had on Reddit.
Mid-Late 2023: We can't stand all the tankies, let's defederate so we can't see them! Nevermind that this will make us more centralized, it's more important to quash voices of dissent.
2024: We can't stand that tankies made our platform and won't let us turn it into Reddit. We're going to make our very own Reddit!
2025: Running a site is expensive. We need to find some revenue sources and will be testing the use of ads to fund our site. You can always opt out of ads by signing up for a subscription.
2026: Finance capital, hell yeah!
Later: Our platform fell apart again just like Reddit, how could we have seen this coming??
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Recent and future history of .world...
Mid 2023: We love reddit, but it was a mistake to use a centralized platform. Lemmy is FOSS and decentralized, so it will be more resistant to the problems we had on Reddit.
Mid-Late 2023: We can't stand all the tankies, let's defederate so we can't see them! Nevermind that this will make us more centralized, it's more important to quash voices of dissent.
2024: We can't stand that tankies made our platform and won't let us turn it into Reddit. We're going to make our very own Reddit!
2025: Running a site is expensive. We need to find some revenue sources and will be testing the use of ads to fund our site. You can always opt out of ads by signing up for a subscription.
2026: Finance capital, hell yeah!
Later: Our platform fell apart again just like Reddit, how could we have seen this coming??
Like Reddit and Digg before it.
Bold to think it'll be working in 2025