I was just browsing a thread on c/nfl looking for new mods. There were multiple 12+ year Redditors there offering to help.
Got me wondering. There are 14,000 of us in this community. How many of us are ten year plus users who have just had enough?
Edit: I didn’t expect this post to be as poignant as it became. There are so many of you… I can’t reply to everyone. I’m an 11 year user and have modded something like 150 subs over the years. I’m really sad too, but I’m finding that lemmy has most of the content I’m looking for, just needs more comments.
The API was a big blow, but removing awards on past posts and deleting coin balances is really dumb.
I had to check how old my account is, but 10 years confirmed. I’ll check the local subreddit for my hometown occasionally just because there isn’t a community for it here, but otherwise I’ve completely left the site.
I honestly don’t miss Reddit as much as I’d thought. The communities here provide about as much content (higher quality even, imo) as I’d like, but I also feel like I’ve gotten so much more free time from sitting on my phone and scrolling endlessly. I’d like to see some of the apps catch up, but otherwise this is the alternative that fits my needs best now, and even if lemmy/kbin fails, I don’t see myself returning to Reddit.
Have you thought about starting a community for your hometown here? It might be one of those things where it will take off but it’s just no one is taking the initiative to start it.