Ask Lemmy

I never had a Reddit account, because my adult son is active there. Obviously I don't know his username there but even so, I prefer to be here and created an account yesterday.

Reddit killed third party apps and I didn't wanna use their shitty official app, so I searched for alternatives and switched to Lemmy. I happen to like open-source software, and the idea of the Fediverse is interesting as well =w=

the api thing that happened 2 years ago

Because of the API changes made during July of 2023 killing my Reddit app of choice (RIF is fun), their own first party app being garbage, and Reddit's CEO lying about a conversation with another third party app developer (the developer of Apollo I think).

I wanted a place where I would be bombarded with constant mentions of Star Trek and Linux 

I left during the API fiasco but also in realizing that everything I was doing and participating in was essentially being used to make other people filthy rich.

Because I want to be in a FOSS & decentralized version of reddit that provides excellent support for 3rd-party apps.

They killed the app I used (Boost) with the API changes, then the developer of said app made one for Lemmy so I came here.

Settled originally on lemm.ee, now I'm here. RIP lemm.ee

Fuck spez

The killing off of third party apps was the thing for me. Weirdly enough, it was only after I stopped using Reddit that I began to see all the other shitty things they were beginning to do.

I don't miss it at all. It was fucking shite.

I joined when reddit killed third party apps, and then compared the existing volunteer mod teams that was following what their revolting user-base wanted, to a landed gentry while also threatening to reopen closed reddit's that had voted via their user-base to close in regards to this protest.

I came across the link in a protest forum, saw the general flow of tech based things and decided to give it a try.

The breaking point for me was Reddit’s assault on accessibility through API changes.

I’m not even disabled. I just work with accessibility features at some of my jobs and it gives a nice clean feeling of standards compliance.

Because I said fuck it when Reddit screw over people with their API bs and the Fediverse was an ok alternative. 

The first few months were like the honeymoon phase every website has. Users stunned by how friendly everyone is. But the petty squabbles and infighting have begun. 

The 3rd party API ban that made my favorite app RiF (reddit is fun) go belly up. I went to reddit after digg did the same thing the digg v2.

I love decentralization and I hate Reddit. The Venn diagram overlaps in Lemmy.

Also fuck u/spez

Reddit killed the RiF app so here I am

When I couldn't use reddit is fun anymore, reddit wasn't fun.

because /c/196 moved here after the reddit blackout over the api crackdown and I thought it would like, stick, but

Cause they killed my favorite 3rd party app and then banned every account I had except one for "report abuse" (I reported too many ads disguised as posts as spam).

I need an alternative to billionaire controlled media.

Reddit API changes.

Probably done here soon too.

Freedom.

reddit is authoritarian, and my ideology is anti-authoritarian and pro-decentralization and its just natural for me

Didn't really care for the 3rd party apps, I use brower anyways... but then again, Fediverse allows Tor and mobile browser UI is kinda great tbh, no annoying "dOwNlOaD oUr aPp" bullshit, fucking modern websites are so annoying, just let me use the browser, I don't want an app for everything lol

Like many, first came over with the big reddit wave when Reddit changed API policy. It did not stick right away. It would take three attempts of getting into Lemmy and Sync making an app for it. I still use reddit for some videogame specific subs but otherwise I'v stopped looking at /all on reddit and will just browse here instead.

After 12 years, and nearly a million karma, I was permabanned in the post-Inauguration blood bath, for a message I had posted many times in the past. Never caused any stir in the past, and suddenly it was bad enough for a permanent ban.

I only miss the guitar and cat subs.

Same as everyone else, I came over with the API refugees. I still lurk on Reddit using Brave (that and YT are the only things I use Brave for) because some communities there are still good fountains of information. I don’t post or vote on anything there, though.

Still have Apollo on my phone though.

Social media NOT owned by money.

reddit went to shit, bots everywhere

It was open source, federated and written in Rust!

The Reddit API enshittification event was just what kept me here.

Reddit banned me ,wrongfully

A bit before the API thing actually went into effect. I saw it mentioned somewhere on Reddit, got curious, and signed up. I mainly browsed Reddit through my web browser, so the lack of 3rd party clients wouldn't have really effected me, but seeing how Reddit was acting towards its users, there was no going back for me.

I quit Reddit when it killed 3rd party apps to force people onto their shitty app and shove ads down our throats. I intentionally took a break from scrolling but eventually joined Lemmy 6-months later when I didn't notice any profound differences in my relationship with my phone/the internet.

Reddit has been taken over by Ai bots and banned all humans

Curiosity, mostly. I learned about the FOSS alternative, checked it out, and haven't been on Reddit for a couple months now.

I got permabanned from Reddit for criticizing Israel.

To share my erotic fiction because the reddit mods banned it !!

They are such fascists over there. Seriously.

Reddit closed their API, and that was my last straw

I jumped during the API fiasco, but in my case the story is a bit different I think.

One subreddit I used to spend a lot of time on was r/dndmemes. I was a relatively new DM at the time and loved hearing everyone’s stories and takes on things there. I even made a number of memes on the shenanigans that happened in my own campaign. Some of them took off way more than I could have ever imagined.

When the API fiasco started, that subreddit was one of the ones that participated in the blackout. When Reddit started sending threats to the mods to open it up, they asked what the community wanted. That’s when it went into what they called ‘goblin mode’. Basically everything had to be an NSFW meme since Reddit couldn’t advertise as much on those subreddits.

Reddit ended up removing just about all the mods and left the subreddit in a broken state. Practically nobody could post there. When they spun up attempt.network, I made the jump and haven’t looked back since

I don't like ads.