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Api thing was the final straw. But also privately owned for private mega media is bad, so fuck them.

the 3party killstreak. My app got some workarounds later but decided against reddit

Pure, unadulterated spite.

Every other post being "Promoted" bullshit, the slow-ass web UI, my former favorite app no longer working, and the bloated and track-y first party app. I was never a fan of "old reddit UI" , so that wasn't a crutch like it was for others.

Reddit killed my favourite apps with their obnoxious API access charges.

I got sniped by a bot on Reddit, just two weeks shy of 15 years.

Didn't even ask for the account to be reinstated but got a denial reply nonetheless that claimed it was decided by a "human" (..who obviously could not understand, "..So long and thanks for all the fish.." was a goodbye, and not a "please reconsider.." "Human" responder my foot..).

They also won't let me delete the account.

Obviously its being run with AI now and the bots are doing the moderation and the refusal to delete accounts means they're also ginning the numbers for the investors.

It really went off the rails when the IPO dropped.

Also, they're deprecating the old reddit style and for people like myself with eyesight issues, the new layout is a visual mess.

I found old.lemmy.zip and fell into it and fell in love.

Haven't missed a beat and don't even thnk of Reddit anymore.

Reddit has just been steadily declining in quality the past few years.

The bullshit with the api and 3rd party apps was the start of it for me. I use to love alien blue. Then came the censorship… I’ve gotten two warnings so far within maybe a year of each other about upvoting, not making a comment or a post that would be offensive, inappropriate, or alarming but a fucking up vote. Apparently it violates a Reddit rule. Best part… they won’t even fucking tell me what I upvoted that was so egregious.

That was the final straw for me.

Because Reddit died with Aaron Swartz

Reddit basically banned 3rd party apps to fake a growth and show shareholders they can be profitable... so yeah, they can get fucked.

Democratic freedom and democracy in practice.

The enshitification of Reddit, especially the auto-mods and the prevalence of site-wide, permanent bans for minor infractions.

Plus, when accessed through your fave app, it feels like older Reddit, but I obviously way quieter and, in my experience, nicer people.

It's the same layout/format as Reddit, but with far less bullshit or total fuckheads. When it was announced that Reddit was shutting down 3rd party API access, Lemmy came to my attention and I've been here since (though a couple previous accounts were on instances that have since shut down).

Reddit gradually began to suck. Enshittification started to take its toll, but I was protected because I used Old Reddit with a lot of blockers, and I never used the app. Then the API crisis happened, and I thought "Why am I supporting a corporate big-tech platform?" So I left, because a bunch of other people were doing the same.

TLDR: ~~everyone else did~~ everyone who counts did.

Well, I guess to be completely honest with you guys

I got banned from reddit after 13+ years and over half a million comment karma. Same username if you want to go take a trip.

There was a post in the game collecting sub and the guy, a European, had a MAGA hat in the background. People were going back and forth, as they do. One guy then says that a European having a MAGA hat as a novelty souvenir is fine. To which I responded, Nazis only belong 6 feet under. I was slightly worried that a simpleton may interpret it as a threat, but I figured there's no way someone with common sense and critical thinking skills would think that.

Well, of course this one hit a little close to home to the admins, big surprise, and I was permanently banned. 13 years and 500,000 points later, I get banned for saying nazis deserve to be dead.

Honestly, I'm not surprised given how the site was going. Posts being removed, comments being deleted. That used to happen back in the day but never to the degree that it is happening now.

My only chuckle on the way out is knowing I modified the reddit API to use third party apps long after they were shut down.

I do wish this place was a bit more active, but it's still pretty good. It's not like I don't have alts on reddit anyway. My only regret was not selling my account for a ton of money before it got banned. Oh well lol

I couldn't use boost in reddit anymore and the native app is complete and utter hogwash.

Reddit killed my favorite app Joey so I, nuked my Reddit account by talking shit about a mod, came here, and never looked back.

I answered this 5 "Why did you decide to join Lemmy?" questions ago.

Fuck Reddit.

Freedom of free software.

I joined shortly after Reddit announced the death of their API.

reddit's api drove people here to the point where conversation could happen. Was willing to go anywhere that didn't have mods that protect and coddle nazis.

I came here because I wanted to run some communities, but ultimately it was impossible on Reddit. All the names are taken, all the aging mod teams set in stone. You essentially have no meaningful opportunity to build anything new on there. In contrast, and especially with federation, the Fediverse is a completely different system. A fresh start - still after 2 years. And it has way better internal advertisement of communities than Reddit does.

And to be clear, on Reddit you can easily just shout into the wilderness at no-one. Big audience means you can get drowned out.

Reddit got rid of my All button because they want to push people into echo chambers and controlled feeds. I only made an account to bitch about the Knicks, let me lurk.

When you browse by all, you see the patterns of subreddits turning political, same recycled posts being passed around, generalizations, things taken out of context, agendas.

By the way this place isn't as different as you'd like to think, just a lot more 'fuck the USA' posts so idk, I'm still searching

Got banned on reddit for telling someone to crawl back in their hole.

They were trying to defend circumcision while admitting female ventilation mutilation was bad. I pointed out the hypocrisy of that mindset and finished with "now crawl back into your hole so the rest of us don't have to deal with you".

Instant permaban.

I was already on my way out anyway because of the whole 3rd party app thing so this just kickstarted my emigration.

I used Apollo for Reddit on my phone. The dev was very active in the subreddit, and using Apollo truly felt like being a member of a club. When they shut down the API access, Christian, the dev, tried to negotiate with them to keep the app alive. Not only was Reddit not negotiating in good faith, but they actively lied about the interactions. Unfortunately for them, Christian produced the receipts that made them look like idiots. (But they apparently couldn't care less.) I went looking for alternatives and found Lemmy. Voyager is "heavily inspired" by Apollo (which means it's almost a carbon copy), and scratches the itch. Now, with PieFed, I'm even more happy here.

I got banned from Reddit for quoting Worf from Star Trek.

It's a site that allows me to follow topics/subs/communities instead of people. I hate following people.

2023 reddit exodus. I use both though. I have looked for a viable reddit alternative for a long time, this one works and has people posting stuff. Fediverse is nice too.

Didn't appreciate Reddit's hostility toward their userbase over the API concerns.

I used a third party mobile app once in a while, but was mostly viewing from desktop anyway. I've not been banned (AFAIK), and whenever I peek back at it things still seem fine. But the whole controversy and their poor handling was as good an excuse as any to start using a more open, decentralized platform.

Was also already curious about Lemmy anyway, had heard of it before all the kerfuffle. Figured it would be dead, and the 'choose a community' thing was enough of an obstacle to keep me from getting into AP platforms for a while. When the mainstream closed platforms started heavy degradification though, both problems got solved(ish).