CrackhappyLemmy - Why did you leave Reddit?
QuazatronAfter 15 years of using Reddit, I was finally getting comfortable with Boost.
I knew this time would come, because corporations got to corporate... but it's still annoying.
I hope enough people come over to give Lemmy critical mass.
πΎππππ πΏπππBeen using Lemmy for a few hours and I'm already getting the hang of it. I don't know how big it'll get because general audiences don't understand how it all works, they don't understand FOSS in general, and it's new and unfamiliar and people always prefer familiarity. Also, I think users are going to want an app. I think you have to cater to the iOS crowd if you want serious growth.
I think if you're unfamiliar with something, the best way to learn is to dive right in. It's how I figured out how to use Reddit. It's how I learned Linux and Bash. It's how I got good in Excel. It's how I got good at most of the things I'm good at.
Reddit will act to protect itself. It can't force users to use it, but I get the feeling dissenting mods will be removed and the blackouts won't last. I hope they do, but I'm not holding my breath. And I'm not going back, even if the blackouts do end on user-favorable terms. Fuck Reddit. Fuck the IPO. Steve can get rekt.
Boost was a spectacular 3P Reddit app. But I'm already liking Lemmy. So I'm sticking around for the long term. And I'm pretty certain I'm deleting my Reddit account at the end of the month.
BobKillsNinjasIf we build it they will come...
I wanted to join Reddit this week, and found it was going into "interesting times". So I joined Lemmy instead.
YellowGasThanks for coming! I just joined as well and am really enjoying myself. There's definitely enough for me here to entertain myself and it might only grow larger and broader. I think about it this way - I believe there's a higher chance that Lemmy will go through a "golden age" as opposed to Reddit which seems to be way past its own.
Yeah, the Reddit golden age was like 2010-2015ish imo. That's when they started with their current monetization direction from what I remember seeing.
B4tid0Hoho cool dude , greetings:D
Knew this was coming, so hopped over here for an alternative. Have had a bunch of communities been following for a couple years. I hope this takes off, love seeing all the different opinions people have on topics. This is my first post!
If you can't find a community that you love, create it yourself!
That's the things, the learning curve for a lot of reddit users I reckon most of us aren't creators or even comment much so now we kind of have to unlearn that and learn to be proactive.
Is fun , is scary and I am kind of digging it so far.
Being called a Lemmings is a cute bonus
AerI'm witnessing a slow death of my beloved RIF. If they're killing it, I'm going down with that ship. I think spez solidified my choice with the Q&A.
I went back to see who was participating in the blackout and who wasn't. A lot of subreddits aren't that I had followed. I have been slowly but surely unsubcribing from all subreddits that still have posts barring things like the Ukraine subreddit where it's obviously really important for that one to still be active.
Once all that is done... I'm not going to have a reason to go back. I think this is the best way. I may salvage some of my old posts and repost them here where relevant. Then deactivate my account forever.
I don't agree with the direction of the internet. I think I need to practice what I preach and this in my opinion is the right way to go about it.
I'm with you, I've been using RiF around a decade now. I'll probably occasionally use old.reddit if I need help with a google search, but it won't be something I reflexively check anymore. I hope all the fragmented communities can find each other again on here.
dan1101It's apparent that the Reddit CEO doesn't appreciate that most of their content is produced by users and moderated by unpaid mods. I fully think Reddit deserves to be paid for API usage somehow, but stubbornly asking 24 cents per 1000 requests is ridiculous.
I totally agree with you, I don't see any reason Reddit shouldn't get paid for the usage of their API, but this draconian policy, along with all the other awful things they're doing to their userbase just makes it not worth supporting anymore. If there was some sort of negotiation or some form of compromise then at least there might be hope for the platform.
agentshagsBaconreader or bust
Kalkaline Hell yeah brother!
I figure reddit is going to get real shitty with the mass exodus, and I wanted to familiarize myself with a new social media app rather than watch my time waster from the last 6 years go down the toilet
Also I struggle with an eating disorder and continually got ads about intermittent fasting that were extremely triggering. I kept reporting them and they kept appearing in one way or another. So it really wasn't hard to convince me to delete that shit
berkeleyblueThey killed Apollo, the standard Reddit Client on iOS is unusable and also I have an issue supporting a lying piece of garbage.
WolpertingerI didn't leave reddit. I'll still be there after everything's all said and done.
However, I tried their app years ago. It was garbage. Once July 1st rolls around, I'll just use old.reddit.com or RES to use their site. I do most of my reading/posting using boost though, so I'll be using reddit less than before. Once those options go, then I don't see myself using reddit any longer.
I've been a tildes and hacker news user for a few years at this point. If this migration attempt means anything to me, it's to diversify even more. So I'm checking out Lemmy and kbin and I went back to slashdot.
Had to replace one addiction with another
Corporate greed has got a real bad stench , and I am not about that life.
I will be on reddit until one day I am so use to opening Lemmy instead , until then I guess I will never truly leave reddit.
notexecutiveSmells of a crusting company trying to sit on its laurels and work for itself rather than support its communities.
goatI originally left back during the pedo admin stuff
hyperyogI left Reddit after the hypocrisy coming from the leadership at Reddit and with their decisions. After the AMA from Spez, it was the final nail in the coffin for my decision to leave Reddit, instead of taking accountability and owning up to their mistakes, they had completely attempted to justify their actions and seeing the developers' work go down the drain was heartbreaking, and I stand in solidarity with them. Even though I might be some minor spec and the massive Reddit corporation may not care, I still care enough for the developers and the moderators.
Cos I am petty!
eatham π¦πΊThey were stupid and thought they could fuck with 3rd party apps. Infinity actually still works but I already switched.