Hey! This post is not specifically related to the lemmy.world instance. From now on, posts such as these will be removed, in order for the community to stay on topic. However, as this is a highly upvoted post, I’ll just lock it for now.
Of course they aren’t going back. We saw how arrogant spez was. There was no doubt in my mind he is just going to rely on the fact that most people are rarely committed enough to do anything.
My expectation… Some will stay with the fediverse. Others will see the blackout as a “we did everything we could” and then go back, business as usual.
I for sure will not be back. I like RIF and it is the only way I browse. With RIF gone so too am I.
I think you’re probably right. I might even go back because /r/stopdrinking is sort of a lifeline for me, and I just don’t see another viable alternative.
But I’m hoping to replace the majority of my reddit use with the fediverse.
I relate to this, I am in a number of support groups on Reddit. I ended up just making the knitting community here because I didn’t know what I was doing and now I’m a mod. I really want to set up a c/stopdrinking community here but that’s a mod role I am not willing to take on.
Perfectly valid reason to do so, everyone needs a place to recover. Those who need reddit as a lifeline shouldn’t lose that. Be well friend!
Thank you! And you, too!
I think there is a huge difference from going to a specific sub that doesn’t have equivalents and just browsing aimlessly. The aimlessly browsing is where they get the real juicy user data on what people engage with.
Fuck em.
I agree with you. I’m OK with keeping one foot in reddit just for that sub, but it would feel wrong to use the wider site.
This is me. If I can’t use Apollo or Narehal, Reddit is dead to me except when web search sends me to a Reddit thread.
I’m team Apollo. When Apollo goes I’ll go.
It’s Lemmy for me from now on!
It’s been a good 10 years with Reddit but it’s time to be the bigger person and step away from toxicity.
I feel so bad for Christian. He’s been an absolute role model in handling this—calm demeanor, transparent communication and willingness to compromise (which Reddit obviously doesn’t have).
He’s put so much work into Apollo and stayed composed so far during the shutdown process. What scares me for him is the risk of refunds now: whoever subscribed to a premium tier can have the purchase refunded since he won’t be able to provide the service. I hope not too many will go the refund route.
I second that. Poor Christian. What an absolute chad!
A lot of people claim that they bought the premium tier even after the announcement in API changes to support him, despite 3P apps shutting down in 3 weeks. I feel like most users will be supportive and not refund, myself included (Sync pro)
Cool beans. Thanks spez, for introducing me to lemmy.
I’ll be interested to see if they try to keep the money happy by trying to kill porn on reddit. If they try that reddit would be in worse shape than Trump.
I don’t need reddit. Reddit doesn’t generate content, nor does it prevent contributors from sharing the same content on other platforms.
What is reddit doing to win me back?
Because they know that ultimately the layuser will stay on reddit. Super sad to see, but maybe if subreddits like r/movies stay dark indefinitely it may push them to make at least some changes to their current stance.
If not and they just swap moderators, the outcry might be pretty bad.
The people using third-party apps won’t be able to stay on Reddit. Not without substantially changing their habits. We’re not fighting against the status quo here; the status quo is already dead and it’s just a question of what emerges in its place.
I never expected them to change their mind, they know what they want and they know what sort of people they want on their platform and frankly it is not us.
Plenty of people including me are very glad about being pushed in a more fedi direction, and genuinely enjoy it here. Probably most of those people are older like me and feel very much at home with a bit of jank, with Mastodon’s topic-based following system, etc etc. Because that’s what the internet was like when we were first exploring it. We will 100% stick around.
For younger or less techy people though, the only thing that really gets them to use services is how easy it is. And that’s fine too. We can have our own corner of the internet here to be dorks in, and they can have their own corner over there, and we can all still be friends just…you know…from a distance.
I’m really enjoying Lemmy’s forum-focused platform, since it does feel like the old internet again, where I would actually want to engage in topics, rather than scroll through a hundred images and immediately forget most of it
I never really knew how much existed on the internet until around 2014, so I never got to experience things like IRC and small, engaging, and enthusiastic communities in their prime. I really hope Lemmy and the whole of fediverse takes off, cause I’m really enjoying it here.
And even then back in 2014 the discussions were so much more organic, I still remember a specially niche forum back then brimming with activity. It is alive and well but the userbase is reduced to a tenth of what it used to be. Fediverse platforms seem to be a return to form since corporate influence has been stripped away from them.
the discussions were so much more organic
Yeah, that’s one of the main reasons I really just lurked on reddit and never commented. For every post that showed up in top/hot sorting, I already knew what the top 10 comments would be before I even clicked. And it’s not even like echo chamber type comments, but more just the same old reddit-isms that would get used over and over again. Like every “discussion” is basically a race to see who can be the first to say the thing, and somehow those comments always end up getting the most upvotes. I’ve already seen a few getting used here on Lemmy. Hopefully the community will learn to stop encouraging that kind of behavior.
And the pun threads, ugh. I don’t hate all puns, but reddit users weaponized them.
We do need a saner culture, like forums until the mid 2010s used to have.
And even then back in 2014 the discussions were so much more organic, I still remember a specially niche forum back then brimming with activity. It is alive and well but the userbase is reduced to a tenth of what it used to be.
As an “older” person, not afraid of the jank, I LOVE this view and subscribe to it whole heartedly!
Those of us with a few years behind us have made countless social media transitions already, it’s a bit jarring at first but it’s not the end of the world.
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First comment here. Sad to Reddit go but also it’s their own fault for pushing me away
Already having a fantastic time on the fediverse. Fuck em!
I’m literally so excited to be here. Feels like we’re a part of a big shift in the future of social media.
It is actually kind of exciting. A lot of people have already jumped ship, and this has a good user experience.
I wonder if advice posts will start appearing in search results.
And that’s why this is my first comment on lemmy! Just in case Reddit eats itself.
What a jerk
There’s a stupid question I have (c/NoStupidQuestions?)
What do mods gain from reopening the subs after two days, even if demands are not met? Are they gaining money or something? Perhaps the bigger ones.
I wonder if they expect to be able to have chatGPT supply all the memes.
Just a textbook case of not knowing the free labor was the product.
Oh, I fucking hate CEO’s.
Hey Lemmy gang. Just signed up after seeing this.
Guess I’m sticking with Lemmy, then.
This is the way
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