No worries. It's all good. 😁

That's Eric S Raymond (ESR) not Richard Stallman (RMS). ESR was an early and influencial voice in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), advocating for a distinction between Open Source and Free Software, acknowledging the GNU Public License (GPL) would not work for all parties, some flexibility was need.

RMS is a GPL purist and against any form of compromise. Both made a huge impact and helped make the world and internet better. But they both contributed in very different ways.

Without the FSF, we would not have Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Whatever his faults, RMS and the FSF were the pioneers who introduced the first free software license, the GNU Public License. All that followed built upon that first step.

Without the FSF, we would not have Linux. While Linus Torvalds started the kernel (what Linux really is) and he has since managed the direction and build of the Linux kernel, the Linux operating system could not exist without the GNU suite of user-land tools and libraries that form much of the foundation of the Linux operating system.

Use a URL shortener like bitly.

https://bit.ly/3CqHoSB

Earnest question, what did the $30/year get you? I never gave them a penny out of my own pocket, didn't know why I would.

It's a win win. Either they don't go that, and lots of posts and comments say, "come join us here in the fediverse!", or they delete the posts and comments which still deprives reddit of our content for them use to make money.

Copy the text of your comments to here in the fediverse and link to them directly. (or, at least to your profile page)

I'm abandoning reddit in phases. I'm keeping RIF on my phone until June 30, but will not visit Reddit like I once did. I'm participating in the Fediverse instead, posting and commenting a lot more than I ever did in the old site.

Between here and June 30, I may peek at the front page as the situation develops, especially if any news posted here indicates dramatic developments.

One or two days before June 30, I'll edit all of my comments and posts to say I'm leaving reddit for good, while also providing links to the Fediverse and advice for other redditors to abandon the show and join us here.

This is just blatant appeasement!

I've still got my 4 digit account.😏

CmdrTaco!

Yeah, that sums me up, too. 😂

Yah, I've got the same experience. 🙁

I figure why wait for the building to fall, get out while I still can.

This is the way.

Well, that...plus popcorn.

Looks awesome, thank you! 😄

I'm liking the Fediverse, and enjoying Beehaw/Lemmy/etc. I'm still learning this new world, but I'm loving it so far!

Everyone who used RIF should go BUY A COPY NOW, while you still can (if you haven't already).

Show the Devs your love, and your thanks.

You can also email the devs to say your thanks in words. But your $2.99USD will be just as important!!

RIF was my way to get to Reddit. I will miss it terribly. So long, and thanks for all the fish.

My melancholy is tempered by the Fedirverse, Lemmy, and particularly, here at Beehaw! 😄

This feels like a better and nicer home, anyway. I'm sad for the loss, and this smaller community won't have what the scale of Reddit's user base could bring...but the nicer and happier community here has its own virtues.

It reminds me of the best of Slashdot, among other small and very valuable online communities of yore. 🙂

I don't see a battle here, personally. I think this is just a downhill slope to armagedon. We're watching Rome burn. We will likely see a continued increase of users flocking to Lemmy sites/nodes as more people become aware of what's going on and its impact. Reddit will get UGLY, possibly on an exponential slope,.

Pass the popcorn. This is going to be one hell of a show.

(don't get me wrong, it SUCKS. But we can't do anything about Reddit's foolish choices. We can only make the most of this opportunity for our new community here in the Fediverse. </imho>)

Same. RIF is / was my app. It's a shame in some ways, but this place is better in many other ways. I'm happy here and look forward to seeing the Fediverse grow!

Fuck reddit, VCs, and greedy assholes.