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The Steam subreddit has been forced back open. (lemmy.world)
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Looks like Reddit is forcing another sub open, but there are users advocating changing the sub to be about actual steam.

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[–] gavi@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm not sure how they are actually anticipating this not to go negatively. If they are pushing active moderators and replacing them, that seems like a PR nightmare waiting to happen on top of all of this.

[–] lividhen@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So done with reddit I finally took the time to figure out how federated platforms work. Just started on kbin, and I've been seeing a lot more of what I actually want to see.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kbin's been good to me as a replacement so far. I have my nitpicks but I also understand it's very early days.

[–] ILeftReddit@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

considering how early it is, this place is very active

[–] blimey85@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s surprisingly polished for how new it is too.

[–] AtomicPurple@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's even better if you install the Kbin enhancement userscript in your browser.

[–] rokejulianlockhart@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Link?

[–] Awwab@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the one I have been using. Definitely has some nice qol improvements until they get added to the website at some point.
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/468612-kbin-enhancement-script

[–] DRx@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Oh this is great! Thanks for the heads up!

[–] LimeStone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I love that it federates with lemmy too. So many options.

[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The people who care have left. The people who don't care stayed and they obviously won't give a shit. The only way they're going to give a fuss is when the content torpedoes, which it looks like it's already started.

[–] Cal@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Quality content creators are mostly gone from Reddit. Quality content submitters are mostly gone from Reddit. Quality content commenters are mostly gone from Reddit.
So what's left?
Mods who think they have value and for some reason care about their /r , and working for free.
Ads thinly disguised as posts. Bots spamming and upvoting those fake posts.
And nobody important reading.

The quality difference on lemmy/kbin is staggering. This is the perfect time to be part of it.
It's inevitable it will start to slide once critical mass of users have been reached though. I'm curious if federated and smaller instances will keep it agile and fresh and big corp influence free.

[–] Bishma@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People who are fed up need to not leave. They need to go become a mild nuisance. Give nonsense answers to people (those who need casual assistance anyway). Pollute the data without contributing anything useful. And use an ad blocker the whole time.

[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Engagement is activity which is numbers you can show for the IPO. It's also ad revenue. Best to not engage at all honestly.