Do a search on mobile and you need to scroll through an ENTIRE SCREEN full of ads (4-5) to get to the first result. And even that might be SEO'd. That's the current sad state of affairs.

Which is kind of my point. Even on Lemmy the "data ownership" isn't really up to the individual users, it's the instance owners. The only way to 100% control where your data goes (as an user) and who looks at it, is if you run your own instance. Otherwise you are still at the mercy of another master, hopefully a more benevolent one.

And if the instance that most new users default to is lemmy.world and that instance is 100K users strong, I think the "smaller instance" argument doesn't really apply there for most users.

None. As long as it's "commercially available", their interest is no longer aligned with yours.

Also, unless you are running your own Lemmy instance, I question your assumptions that using Lemmy is actually an upgrade to privacy and data ownership. I heard this point a lot and I don't see the basis for this. Can you explain?

But that's all marketing, it's not specific to AI.

Any company that does marketing is looking to create demand and generate interest. Part of generating interest is tapping into your desire , which could include want to get ahead and not getting left behind.

In terms of data privacy it would become a nightmare.

However I think Zuck would be a massive improvement over spez in terms of strategy, diplomacy, PR rizz and general chill. And this is not a very high bar.

What the heck is AI Panic?

btw you missed Meta, they are very significant in the field of AI.

I agree. I would like Lemmy to thrive and be vibrant but not too easily accessible to the masses, to avoid another "Eternal September".

Some things are better left on Reddit.

Why do you think it's so important for these subreddits to move to Lemmy?

Also, why do you think Lemmy is "better at privacy" than Reddit?

Why would they be depressed and miserable? They've had a fantastical thing happen to them, once in a lifetime, even if it's for a short little while.

Besides, the rats can just do what humans do when faced with mortality - pass down the torch.

If by "Reddit" you mean internet discussion forums, I guess? It's a super simplistic way to look at things.

Tildes, for example, is pretty clear that they are not and do not want to become another "Reddit".

Yep, 100% agree. Reddit's biggest mistake this time is mishandling PR so bad that they basically gave Lemmy, kBin etc a seat at the table for free. And with the poor management at the helm, it's going to be a pattern of bad behaviors and Reddit is bound to mess up again.

That's one way AI-generated image leaves artifacts and clues. It could even be traces that cannot be seen by human eyes. There will be other signals and it will probably be arms race where forensics will improve, but AI will get even better, so on and so forth. Time will tell.

AI / Deepfake forensics will become a growing field.

For you and for me maybe. For many others, they are still happily scrolling away on the official app.

It's hard to get an exact number but you can extrapolate based on the growth of Lemmy in the last few weeks. While not record-breaking, it is quite an impressive growth.

Also note that not everyone who left Reddit came to Lemmy. There is also Kbin, Tildes and alternative. Some never really left at all.

I think the real damage done to Reddit (ultimately by themselves) is showing the world that there are real alternatives (even if a bit rough around the edges). They are materializing and growing as threats and if Reddit doesn't step up their game, they could be in some real trouble.

The other possibility is that some other company might step up and build a Reddit clone, much like what Meta's Threads is to Twitter, once they see that there is blood in the water and a potential to displace Reddit as the "frontpage of the Internet". Heck, even Threads is built on the Fediverse, maybe a bigcorp-backed Reddit clone might be as well.

It's not just for Samsung phones, it works perfectly on my Pixel and Razer Phone as well. The Adblocking is okay but the design + the dark mode for all websites is the killer feature for me.

It's not just for Samsung phones, it works perfectly on my Pixel and Razer Phone as well. The Adblocking is okay but the design + the dark mode for all websites is the killer feature for me.

Simplified way to look at it:

Instance is like a server, it hosts your account and some communities.

Communities are like "subreddits". It has to created / operated on one of the instances, but is accessible to all federated instances (which is largely the norm).

An analogy is email. You can choose your email provider (Gmail, Protonmail, Fastmail etc) and you will have an unique email address based on that provider (e.g. someguy@gmail.com is different from someguy@fastmail.com), but you will have the ability to send emails to anyone (unless you are blocked).

Simplified way to look at it:

Instance is like a server, it hosts your account and some communities.

Communities are like "subreddits". It has to created / operated on one of the instances, but is accessible to all federated instances (which is largely the norm).

An analogy is email. You can choose your email provider (Gmail, Protonmail, Fastmail etc) and you will have an unique email address based on that provider (e.g. someguy@gmail.com is different from someguy@fastmail.com), but you will have the ability to send emails to anyone (unless you are blocked).

IMO Samsung Internet is one of the best Android browsers out there. Give it a try!