It's not really about the API and third party apps anymore. Arguably never has been. This is really about the IPO, and the clear signal that Reddit has every intention of making your experience worse if that means they can squeeze more $$$ out of you.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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I'd probably return, at least for some things. Lemmy's not a massive community yet, and I did like some parts of Reddit. That said, I'd stay on Lemmy, post everything I put on Reddit here as well and be ready to jump ship again at a moment's notice.
I'll stay on Lemmy, I came here a week ago and since then I put effort into being involved in lemmy communities with the specific purpose of not missing reddit anymore.
You know what? It's working :D
At this point I don't care anymore about what they do, I wasn't very satisfied of reddit lately, save for a handful of really nice communities, I'm not even angry about it anymore, that says a lot IMO.
Iโll be staying no matter if Reddit reverses their decision. The communities Iโd like to follow might be smaller here, but Iโm sure they will grow.
Same here. I've already posted more comments and posts in my short time here than I ever did on reddit. It feels a lot more interactive and I like it.
No. I'm done. The admins had their chance to address the developers and community concerns respectfully. They instead chose to insult people, make false accusations and demonstrated a complete lack of humility and respect for the community that made their website have any value at all.
Not that I expect them to reverse course on anything, but I won't be coming back under any circumstances.
Lemmy reminds me of early Reddit and I like that. The mask is all the way off now. Reddit was pretty fun 10+ years ago but that time has come and gone.
They have already tipped their hand and shown that money is what they are actively after. My trust is gone. If they were to revert changes at this point, I would simply read that as "We have delayed our plan until we come up with something else."
I think I'm on Lemmy for the long haul - I like the fediverse decentralisation. The hardest part of Reddit to abandon will be the search results on Google, but perhaps we'll see something similar with Lemmy in a few years if it picks up steam.
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Lemmy. I actually kinda prefer this to reddit, content feels much more "local" and since I can't spend hours scrolling through it, it doesn't make me a mindless soul just being fed infornation. Also I already deleted my reddit account lol.
The last time reddit pulled some shit, I found tildes and expanded the sites I visited regularly/ semi-regularly (and reducing how much time I spent on reddit). Reddit reverting the latest changes will only minimize the damage on my end, as I'll be spending time here that I could otherwise be spending over there.
This stunt reduced the already diminished trust I have for reddit. Having migrated to reddit due to the digg v4 fiasco, over the years, reddit's decisions have been like digg v4 in slow motion. Each fuckup just causes me to further reduce the amount of time I spend using the site. One of these days, they'll cross too many of my red lines, and reddit will become completely useless to me.
What kept me at reddit was the content, not the company. If the content moves here, then this is where I'll stay. If most content remains at Reddit, which would be unfortunate. Then I'd probably try to juggle both, depending on how my time goes here.
So far, it's been rather positive. I've got most of my daily dose of community conversation, but I'm missing that video streak at the moment.
People would go back.
I prefer the smaller crowd here. Reddit just feels like a mall these days. Between all the bullshit, tencent, ads and assholes, Iโm not looking back.
I prefer the smaller crowd here. Reddit just feels like a mall these days. Between all the bullshit, tencent, ads and assholes, Iโm not looking back.
I probably won't permanently boycott them if they revert, but won't leave here either.
They've made it clear they won't. And since most subs are only going dark for a measly 48 hours they have no incentive to. It's literally like that "Oh no, anyway..." meme.
And think of it this way: even if you they revert the changes (or you just decide to please /u/spez and only use the official app) do you think the platform will continue to get better or worse? He's shown his hand it's nothing good for the mods or the users.