While most crypto/web3 ended up being get rich quick schemes for their founders, I actually think that the main weakness of lemmy right now will be funding for the long term. So some sort of web3 type micropayment system may need to be the eventual alternative if you don’t want a reddit style ad infested experience.

Higher interest rates mean every company has to be profitable ASAP or they’re deader than bed bath and beyond. Gonna keep getting uglier

Yep they’re blaming everything from bank failures to riots on social media. They’re framing it as dangerous for people in supposed democracies to communicate with each other. Really don’t like the road this goes down

Also a lot of the more high quality comments seem to be migrating.

Don’t worry, doordash_drivers is now a recommended sub for everyone 💀

I’ve also noticed some kind of bot auto-downvoting new posts on lemmy too. Very suspicious.