I joined Reddit mostly because of one specific game focused community.
When they went private during the protest and migrated to Lemmy, I followed suit.
While Lemmy doesn't have a lot of the functions Reddit had, I like it here more and want to stay.
After reading a bit about the protest, it resonated with me and in an attempt to support it I deleted my 7 year old account with all the content on it.
Now, I found out the said community will be opening their Subreddit again in a few days. They will keep their Lemmy instance open but I feel like the majority of people will return to Reddit because there's years of content there already while they would have to build everything from scratch here.
I respect their decision but I feel fucking betrayed and need to went. Sorry if I chose the wrong place to do so.
r/RedDevils only committed to 48 hours, but I know my time on Reddit is done once RIF is gone so setup a new community here. There will always be people who go back because it's what they know, but there will be plenty of people who leave when the third party apps are killed off. Best thing to do in the meantime is advertise on the subreddit, especially if you see anyone criticising Reddit/mods for reopening/etc
I liked the smaller subreddits because it felt like when someone posted it was for excitement or information. But since RIF will be dead, I won't be going back. I've kept trying to use their main app over the years and always end up deleting it and staying on RIF for a few more years before trying again. I'm sad, but I do enjoy it here. Just wish more people were here and posted in certain communities