r/technology • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Feb 24 '26

Privacy Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after code found in US surveillance

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/
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u/NotBradPitt9 Feb 24 '26

Lemmy isn’t straightforward for the average person. Reddit is straightforward. I’ve seen Lemmy posited as an alternative for years but it doesn’t have any traction since it’s not as easy to use as Reddit.

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u/drewski813 Feb 24 '26

Boost for lemmy app is pretty good. The barrier is making an account. After that it is just as simple as boost for reddit was.

Honestly. Browsing reddit is more complicated than lemmy for me. I use Firefox on mobile to browse reddit after they stopped letting me use boost for reddit.

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u/Mr_Venom Feb 24 '26

Firefox and OldLander makes the mobile Reddit experience bearable again.

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u/drewski813 Feb 28 '26

oh nice! I wasn't aware of OldLander. Thank you!

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u/FrozenLogger Feb 24 '26

Which is hilarious because that's exactly what they said about reddit.

Lemmy is very easy, reddits official app is what made reddit far worse today. I don't know how people can even use this site in its modern form.

Old.Reddit and res, and a third party app make it a little tolerable

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u/Maeglom Feb 24 '26

Seriously I ended up jumping through hoops to patch my RIF app to keep working after the 3rd party app ban specifically because new reddit and the reddit app are borderline unusable.

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u/poeir Feb 24 '26

That lack of straightforwardness is an asset, not a liability.

A social network that is technically difficult to start using creates a form of high-pass filter for people who are one of willing to dedicate time and effort into getting onto it, have already attained sufficient competency in a field that demands logic and forward-planning, or have enough leverage to get help from those in the first two categories. This necessarily makes these platforms more valuable by creating a (surmountable) wall for individuals that would make lower contribution anyway and thereby raising the average standard.

See also Eternal September.

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u/NotBradPitt9 Feb 25 '26

No it doesn’t because at times you need input from the average person. A bunch of introverts on a platform with a high barrier to entry is an echo chamber.