@Anon518
@sh.itjust.worksOpen Source Alternatives to Popular Software https://openalternative.co/
Self-hosted software https://selfh.st/apps/
A list of free, self-hosted software https://awesome-selfhosted.net/ - https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
Open source (OSS) Blacklist: A blacklist for keeping track of OSS hostile companies/organizations https://sh.itjust.works/post/13060070 - https://codeberg.org/QazCetelic/OSS-Blacklist
Linking directly to reddit helps them show up at the top of search results. Use archive websites.
The person who created the "List of Active Reddit Alternatives" is a dev who helped work on saidit.net. They deleted the post themselves and quit being a mod of that redditalternatives sub; due to their disgust with reddit and many of the users on it.
That subreddit is not trustworthy now. I recall someone sharing evidence of content they're censoring.
People should stop linking to reddit. Use an archived version. More websites linking to reddit is why they're at the top of search results. It's called "domain authority".
Unfortunately, I haven't observed that. There seem to be many people on Lemmy who go out of their way to be antagonistic to other Lemmy users. Which includes downvote brigading, as the OP said.
Don't get your political coverage from social media. Look for reputable news sources. I block all the political communities.
mostly for mechanical keyboards
There are good forums for that. People need to go back to forums.