• @[email protected]
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    2810 months ago

    I want to watch the fediverse expand and grow, this seems like a perfect time to join as so many social networks are apparently wanting to milk their users for as much as they can

    Also after I switched to linux last year it has given me a great appreciation for Open Source projects

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      1510 months ago

      Some people are really annoying about it or don’t see other good stuff, but the open-source movement is a serious force for freedom imo.

      • @[email protected]
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        1510 months ago

        I’m sure I’m not alone feeling like all these corporations slowly stole the whole internet from us like we were frogs in a boiling pot. And we let it happen because it was convenient, but now the facade is crumbling and we’re reaching late-stage.

        It’s high time to seek refuge on better shores, and while I just got here it feels like Lemmy and the Fediverse more generally might be it.

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        910 months ago

        Yeah, it’s extremely refreshing to find online spaces that are non-extractive again where one can exist without entities trying to sell you something. You start to realize the awful way that most tech treats its users. We’ve been getting boiled alive, slowly.

    • @[email protected]
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      310 months ago

      I’m the same. I signed up to Mastodon and really liked the concept but I was never a huge fan of the Twitter format and never actually used Twitter. I wanted a Reddit equivalent and ended up here.

      Some parts, especially the apps, need a bit more polishing and I’m only saying that because I’m coming from using Infinity for Reddit. If I came from the official Reddit app the new lack of ads alone would help me ignore those quirks.

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        In my experience, I have never needed an app on Lemmy or Mastodon the way I have for Reddit or Twitter. It turns out you can actually make a web interface that is lightweight and responsive when it isn’t bogged down by a long list of arbitrary conflicting demands for data collection, advertising, and inflating corporate KPIs.

        It’s still nice to have some good apps, but it is not essential and website-ending the way it is with Reddit.

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        I really hope the Infinity Dev decides to come over here too, for a while now that app is the main way I viewed reddit and there are definitely some features that I’ll miss from it when July roles around

        Jerboa works for me so far, but imo it’s incredibly basic, and I would like a wider range of choice

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          210 months ago

          I tried Lemur but I had a lot of issues with it. It hasn’t been updated for 9 months now and that might be why it stopped working entirely? Jerboa works most of the time but showed a few cracks when the instance I’m on was returning errors and logged me out completely a few times.

          I’d also like to see Infinity adapted for Lemmy and I wonder how easy it would be? Even if it needs to be forked, which is probably a better idea anyway, it’s a pretty great base to start from. It’s been pretty flawless for using Reddit and it’s the only reason I didn’t give up on the platform a few years ago.

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            310 months ago

            Yeah as I understand it lemur is no longer maintained, and is not really compatable with some lemmy update or something

            Also same here in regards to infinity being the only reason I didn’t abandon reddit sooner, I don’t exactly have enough knowledge on the matter to know how hard it would be to adapt to lemmy, but at the very least it’s a start, even if it has to be forked by someone else

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    2310 months ago

    Because Reddit has fully turned to the dark side lol. It’s been trending downhill for a while now but with the recent API shenanigans it became very clear it wasn’t going to improve. So here I am lol. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had to find an alt (RIP Digg).

    • @[email protected]
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      1310 months ago

      Same, plus curiosity and enthusiasm for FOSS. Can’t wait until fediverse is developed enough to host also niche communities like ‘cassette_futurism’ or ‘liminal_space’.

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        810 months ago

        Be the change you want to see :)

        Even just creating those communities, then populating them with a few of the top posts from reddit, would be a good start.

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          610 months ago

          That’s a good idea. Is there a certain way you’d recommend doing that? I don’t necessarily want to give Reddit the satisfaction of my traffic lol I’ve seen some people mention ways to browse it anonymously but I’m honestly not very familiar with those options.

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          410 months ago

          Might as well ask here since it’s relevant, but I’ve been thinking of spinning up a beefy lemmy instance and “mirroring” some of my favourite reddit subs across into custom mirror communities. A kind of archive but which you can browse from any lemmy UI. For example, there are some news and sports threads I enjoy following. Would this be a good or bad idea? Would it needlessly flood the other instances?

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      Absolutely, the API changes breaking 3rd party app support are the line for many users including myself.

  • @[email protected]
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    1810 months ago

    The Android client I use will quit working at the end of the month if nothing changes. Reddit is becoming a publicly-traded corporation sometime this year, and that will no doubt cause big and mostly negative changes based on past experience. And old.reddit.com I suspect won’t last long. So this is my redoubt, I can see it’s a viable place to fall back to even if I don’t completely understand Lemmy and whether it is sustainable if a huge number of Reddit users start using it.

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    1810 months ago

    Reddit’s new API rules for third parties. Unfair and I’m not happy. Hoping Christian makes Apollo for Lemmy if the audience is here to support it.

  • @[email protected]
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    1710 months ago

    Well originally because I want to have a place in case r/piracy gets banned.

    Now it’s because of reddit’s horrible decisions regarding their API

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      710 months ago

      One tidbit about lemmy’s early history: I was originally going to contribute to another reddit clone called postmill (despite it being written in php) many years ago, but one of the things that turned me off to contributing to it, was that the creator refused to allow having torrent links. So one of my main motivations in starting it, was to allow piracy.

  • @[email protected]
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    1610 months ago

    I really need some stuff to read on my phone while on the toilet. And reddit is saying I might soon not be able to do that in the way I prefer.

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    1610 months ago

    Obviously because RiF is shutting down.

    On the advice of someone else here I used Power Delete Suite to scrub all my posts and edit my comments to say why I’m leaving Reddit how I did it.

    I highly recommend doing it if anyone is leaving Reddit instead of just deleting their account. This way it leaves a protest message and removes content from the platform.

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    1510 months ago

    I’ve been learning to hate reddit over the past few years between:

    -its awful redesign

    -it’s focus on more social media aspects like group chats, friend lists, follower count.

    -Shutting down third party apps

    -NFTs

    -WAY too many ads

    Basically everything that an alternative like lemmy solves

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    1510 months ago

    I was tired of reddit continuing to push their IPO agenda, too many influences that changed it from being what it was to a ad ridden dumpster fire.

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    1510 months ago

    I like how Lemmy is open source and you can set up your own server/instance to connect it to other instances.

    I don’t like ads.

    It’s really cool how there are separate communities very similar to Reddit/Twitter/Instagram and yet each community can actually communicate across these services with the same account.

    Reddit has gone downhill over time and their API changes were the final straw that caused me to start looking for something new.

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      810 months ago

      If ljdawson could port Sync to Lemmy, that’d be awesome. Lemme is nice, but the app is kinda meh right now.

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        310 months ago

        I’ve always thought Sync was the best app. But ljdawson has not been so active recently, so I’d be pleasantly surprised if they started a new project now.

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        Or at least, it would be cool if they could open-source it if he doesn’t plan on continuing development. That way, it could be used as a basis for a new Lemmy app.

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    Reddexodus due to them killing 3rd-party apps in a month. I’m weaning myself off reddit, as I don’t think I could go cold turkey.

    This place seems much nicer, inherently built to mitigate a lot of what I grew to hate about reddit-- namely the various bigotries, disinformation, and, well, the Nazis. And, frankly, I’m tired of the corporate-owned social media sites (even though Reddit managed to skirt that designation for a very long time), and the idea of FOSS, federated social media that’s inherently better-moderated by people with zero tolerance for hateful people really does appeal to me.

    So, I’m here checking the place out, and we’ll see how it goes and how it grows!

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      Missed opportunity to say Reddexit.

      Glad to have you here. People like you will make Lemmy a nice place to be.

  • @[email protected]
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    1110 months ago

    It was mentioned on Reddit. I wanted to give it a try. I’m not in favor of losing old.reddit.com or RIF and, like many others, am looking for a new internet home.

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    For me, if Reddit is trying to get rid of third-party apps, they’re trying to get rid of me. I tried their official app and found it to be not fit for purpose. Especially compared to the superior offerings of third-party developers. The Sync app basically IS reddit to me. That goes away and so does reddit.

    I’ll be interested to see if Reddit backs down from their current stance in order to avert a mass exodus, and also if ekought people will actually leave to force their hand. Time will tell I guess.

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      I did the same. I checked out the official reddit app, and it’s a steaming pile of garbage compared to Apollo on Android or Relay on IOS. Much like you, those 3rd party apps are reddit in my eyes. The official app is attempting to morph reddit into something other than what it used to be and always was in my eyes.

      That being said, I’ve been on Lemmy far more than I’ve been on reddit today, and I intend to continue that trend if the powers that be at Reddit Corp. proceed with their poorly veiled attempt to shut down 3rd party apps.

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      Doubtful, they have the data about how many users are through the API so while I’m sure they don’t expect everyone currently using through API to leave (after all they’re doing this to get users on their own app) they must be OK with “xx%” leaving.

      I think I saw someone post the share of users that were using the “standard” options (site and app) and it was the majority.

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        But someone made the point that it might be the 5% which are producing 90% of the content leaving. Don’t know if this is true, but there are a lot of 10+ year long redditors being vocal about the API issue.

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          310 months ago

          That could be true, let’s hope for it and that it also means Lemmy takes off in the wake of it…

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          That seems likely. There is research that in online communities there is a 1/10 ratio of people who post anything to lurkers, and a 1/10 ratio of posters to “power users”

          Those 1% power users on Reddit are definitely not using the official app.

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        Given how bad botspam is on Reddit, I have to assume they don’t understand their active user stats as well as they think they do