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

Less corporate, less centralized, open source tech. I don't quite fit in here, but I guess I'm weird enough to stick around anyway 🙂

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).

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.

got tired of my comments being removed for saying stuff like dead Nazis please me

although apparently some mods around here don't like that either

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 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.

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

i could no longer stomach reddit and am uncomfortable using mainstream internet.

For me, it was the simple recognition that concentrating power and control over online communication behind a small handful of corporations and their billionaire overlords is extremely unhealthy for society.

Because PieFed didn't exist yet

Reddit killed rif(so Reddit stopped being fun) So I installed connect instead of the actual Reddit app. Still use Reddit in browser for a few more niche subs, but that's almost always been lurking for me anyways

Too much AI slop on Reddit. Most of adds on Reddit are AI SCAMs about cryptocurrencies.

Reddit API locked, RIF fell into a grave, then Lemmy and the voyager app rose up to take it's place for me :)

I was banned

Banned from reddit obviously.

Ad allergy - when the API went I tried default and fled screaming into Lemmy pursued by 100 "hot singles" ads.

I joined around the time Reddit changed their API pricing and killed Apollo (RIP). I hate how Reddit pushes content in their app or new website. I got tired of browsing old.reddit on my phone. I still do occasionally (I.e everyday) but I also stayed here because the memes are actually funny.

because cough

FFFFUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK RREEDDDDDDIIITTT

/clears throat

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.

Got pissed at corporate social media for the way they've accelerated the damage being done to our already degraded public discourse but I still needed somewhere to doomscroll and find... gifs... of... nothing in particular...

I don't love Reddit as a whole, plus they broke the apps I was using. I was already thinking about the Fediverse (Mastodon specifically), and then I found out about kbin. Checked it out, stuck with it, moved to Mbin when kbin.social died.

Reddit banned my account site wide.

Idky.

Irreversible PermaBan with no explanation. And I always disliked the prevailing culture there.

Reddit API apocalypse and their plan to IPO to sell everyone's posts for data.

I had been looking for a reddit alternative for some time, but nothing I found was both active enough and not a receptacle for all the shitheads who were too reactionary for reddit. When the API fiasco happened, it seemed like there was an opportunity for federated link aggregators to be that. So far, it seems like that has been true. I was also attracted to the open source nature of the thing.