• Sonemonkey@lemmy.world
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    I’ve noticed that Lemmy is getting more and more usable as more users join and add more content.

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      Um, I am desperate for them to fix their main page algorithm. I browse Lemmy cause fuck Reddit, but the main page is mostly useless.

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          I do that sometimes, but that’s not even close to what I’m looking for. If they had a top hourly, that word be close

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            New is only good in small communities. A feed with, I’m guessing, 10,000+ users, it’s a challenge to read titles before new posts causes them to scroll off the screen.

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      A related contributing factor: as instances gain users, more federated content is showing up in all, so new users don’t have to jump through hoops to find it.

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    For me it was the total fuckery of the reddit owners. I quit twitter. I’ve put zuckbook on read only. I can do without reddit too. The internet needs to be de-oligarched.

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    I’ve avoided Reddit since Sunday and am missing being able to see what’s going on without having to visit tech blogs/news sites/etc…

    Decided might as well make the next jump and propel the death of Dig, I mean reddit

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        This is not the way. By using Reddit you are essentially giving money to the shareholders. You are fattening the rich. It is pathetic. Stop using reddit, fullstop.

        You are here on Lemmy. Help the community instead of trying to redirect traffic back to reddit…

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          Wtf dude!? How much time since you are on Lemmy, 1 week, 2 weeks?! How much time you were on Reddit? Probably years. Imposition is not the way, of that way you are not so much difference of Reddit’s staff with the API stuff, the unique difference would that you haven’t millions and a legendary community.

          I’m free to do whatever I want, using Reddit and Lemmy, share ways of still using Reddit to people who doesn’t know but they would like. Lemmy would not exists if weren’t for Reddit concept probably in a first place. You’re pathetic saying what is possible of do and what not. Luckly you don’t have power, because you would be even so much similar to Reddit staff.

          Stop saying bullshit, you’re in a federated community, and freedom is the rule here, you like it or don’t, idgaf. People will do whatever they want, not because you don’t like to use Reddit anymore, no one else can use it. I will be here on Lemmy making growing it and aporting my salt’s grain, and I will be on Reddit also with Infinity and my personal API: let people decides for theirselves!! They can use both. You’re no one for decide for nobody.

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    I really hope Lemmy becomes a Reddit alternative. It really has so much potential. I wanna stay here.

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      I haven’t “left” Reddit yet, but I also have been avoiding the site as much as possible. If they’re going to be a terrible site, the least I can do is try to avoid going on and making them money from ads.

      Or at least only doing so at home where I have my PiHole box to remove them.

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    it was reddit banning the mods of /r/mildlyinteresting that had me sign up with lemmy an hour ago.

    They are back now, but still

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    Keep in mind too that the expiration date for many of the mainstream third party Reddit apps is June 30

    Just think of the spike in users when that rolls around in 10 days

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      Reddit is already turning into shit. Like literall shit, except it’s digital shit, but still shit.

      Feeling horny? Visit r/horny. Oh wait, that’s christian minecraft discussions!

      Wanna learn something new? Visit r/InterestingAsFuck. Oh wait, that’s interesting porn positions!

      Wanna see what is going in gaming community? Just visit r/steam! Oh wait, it’s choo choo shitwreck powered by steam engines!

      No wonder why people are looking for Reddit alternative, and Lemmy might be just the right option. :)

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        Malicious compliance at it’s finest! Screwing with the Reddit admins like that will always get a chuckle out of me

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      Just think of the spike in users when that rolls around in 10 days

      I’m here now trying to get ahead of it.

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    For me, LJ Dawson, the Dev of Sync for Reddit posted that he is making a Lemmy app. I was planning on leaving Reddit at the end of June, so I signed up! I’m extremely happy to be here!

    Edited: messed up posting the Dev’s name. Thanks @[email protected]

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    I personally jumped ship because of the API pricing changes of Reddit.

    I don’t even use third party apps. It’s just that I can’t give an entity my business when they treat folks who volunteer to make their platform better like that.

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      That’s a good reason to jump ship. And wow, I think you missed out on not using the 3rd party apps, but they’re coming to lemmy soon.

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      I am the opposite. I had a Reddit login for years but never used it. When I found out about Apollo, I gave it another go and it quickly became my Number 1 Internet time sink.

      With Apollo no longer functional, Reddit (for me) is no longer functional.

      The fuckery was just the icing on the cake to force me to delete my account.

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      Same here, I’m a software dev for a living and it resonated differently/pissed me off hearing about the API pricing changes and what happened with Apollo’s developer

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      Think he has an account here to check it out? I hope he does and sees this: Fuck. You.

  • RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world
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    In my opinion, the output of the disastrous Zoom meeting with the moderators & community of /r/Blind .

    Reddit leadership made it clear that they have nothing but contempt for their users. They essentially refused to answer essential questions for the disabled Reddit community.

    I guess Spez thinks nobody will care as long as they get their fill of GIFs and pics? I have no idea. I’m not closing out my account, but whatever reddit intended to sell to me, I’m not buying it.

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    Wanted to ditch Reddit following all the nonsense around their API changes, but still wanted Reddit-esque news aggregation + discussions from somewhere.

    Googling for alternatives initially led me to Beehaw, but they don’t have the sufficiently granular niche communities I wanted. Searching for communities I wanted to subscribe to led me here, and after refreshing myself on how the fediverse worked I realised I should just create a login here instead. So far, so good!

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    Seems like reddit just fresher. Not clogged up with all the bullshit. Also I feel like I’m on the ground level of a reddit competitor that seems to be protected from corporate bullshit.

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    It’s the way tech disseminates into the world.

    If you’ve been here for a month or more, you’re a first adopter and the true heroes of our cause. You take up what makes no sense to – what is untested and will likely be a waste of time.

    These people then tell the early adopters, which is what you are if you’ve been here for a couple weeks.

    Once we got on board, we told all our friends who join, and then the whole thing keeps snowballing.

    Of course, Lemmy really has Reddit to thank for making us all balk enough to take a look at fediverse stuff. Mastodon really didn’t do it for me when I checked on it a couple years ago, but this is awesome and totally makes sense.

    Playing around with Pleroma now so I can follow users here!

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        You’re in for a surprise when the unifying hate towards reddit cools down, and the infighting between instances grows. :)