If Lemmy were to become a serious major threat to giant cash-cows like Reddit, it would be in their best interest to de-stabilize the communities here. I think it’s best that we think of ways Lemmy could be taken advantage of, so we can best prepare ourselves for potentially what could come.
Reddit could attract users back by doing a 1-2-punch.
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Swarm communities with bots/potentially extremist or hateful content
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Pay news agencies to run stories on the issues with sites like Lemmy and the freedom of the Fediverse
Punch: Offer a safe haven from the chaos, while also promoting that you can now make money with your posts, offer a former apology. Ride the “attention wave” to bring users back in
How could we possibly prevent something like this from happening? Or what are some other methods that could potentially be used?
3·1 year ago- Pay to run news stories on fringe Lemmy instances (which everyone has defederated) that offer illegal or borderline illegal content. Equate the fringe instances with Lemmy itself.
- Find vulnerabilities and wait to use them until opportune times.