Lemmy's Image Problem
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The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can't delete images.

Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.

  • DrCake@lemmy.worldEnglish
    195·
    9 months ago

    The entire point of the “fediverse” is to combat the network effect. Don’t like Lemmy? Move to another app and still communicate with people on Lemmy. Plus it’s all open, can’t find an app you like? Build one or wait for someone to build one you like.

    • masterspaceEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      The entire point of the “fediverse” is to combat the network effect.

      No, it’s not.

      The purpose of the fediverse is to decentralize control of the network, it does not eliminate network effects in any way shape or form. At the end of the day a social network is only as valuable as the users using it and contributing content to it. If they don’t find lemmy pleasant to use, they’re not going to say “let me jump to mastodon” they’re going to go to Reddit.

      Build one or wait for someone to build one you like.

      You really don’t understand network effects if you think you can just sit around and wait for basic functionality and expect your network not to die.