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Influx of Lemmy brothers and sisters incoming. Already 3K and growing deep, we may as well rebuild together. Let's do this! 🤝

Edit : Yes there are workarounds using Revanced. Check the comments for some awesome help on how to do this if you wish! Just know, in the future it will most likely end up being patched annoyingly and I therefore recommend looking forward to the future with us here.

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[–] [email protected] 149 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Switched yesterday and so far, really liking it. Might even say, it’s better than Reddit at the moment already.

No heavy echo-chamber/ toxicity (yet). Just waiting that it becomes more active with more communities.

[–] Pizzarules668 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just switch a couple of days ago and I feel more willing to post and comment

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tried the "official" app for the first time in years, uninstalled after 10 min... RIP Rif

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been trying it for concurrent to Rif and Sync. The differences are individually small, but taken as a whole the official app is just horrible. If it weren't for Rif and Sync, I don't think I would have become a Reddit user. I'm desperately hoping Lemmy reaches the critical mass and Sync for Lemmy becomes a thing.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Rest in Power RiF. Time to figure out Lemmy

[–] silas 48 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There’s a ton of awesome apps in development, it’s only gonna get better! Here’s a sneak peek of one I’m working on:

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

Reddit was fun, now it's Lemmy's turn

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's time to teach them we can actually build a free, open source and popular alternative to their dystopian monopoly!

[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The sad part is reddit actually used to be open-source. They've become what they wanted to destroy. Sad times.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Much like Google's motto used to read; don't be evil.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I feel like Aaron Swartz exiting and later dying played a role. There was no longer his voice to check bad business behavior.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago

Let's go.

Reddit is dead to me anyways.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Apollo refugee here. Wefwef and Lemmy are very nice :)

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As a former Apollo user, using wefwef for lemmy has made adoption so easy. 10/10, it's basically an Apollo clone in-browser and has been working great. https://wefwef.app/

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Yeah, but I do think a lot of clueless folks won't leave. Honestly, I wonder if reddit is undergoing a massive brain-drain right now. I rather hope so, because it would mean Lemmy is getting some high-grade folks.

This is pretty much why I'm here... It feels like the folks who left are going to be good company.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mods are leaving first, their tools have been neutered, and they'd rather move to lenmy, kbin or anything else where they don't have to fight the admins. Users will follow

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hopefully we can help create new communities on Lemmy. Nothing will truly replace Reddit but new groups will be created and over time they will become great.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (10 children)

everything will be replaced eventually in time but whether lemmy will replace reddit (in this case) is the question.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s been a very chill and peaceful switch, once I get used to the change I plan on helping any way I can to help the community grow. We can rebuild together 🖖

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. I’m posting more because these are real communities on a platform that isn’t run by a bunch of corporate pricks. It’s real community. Not a business.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Sync refugee here, RIP Sync. I can't wait for Sync for Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] NakedZombieWolfy 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Think you may have gotten lost in a time warp for a bit there.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The popularity of this community might finally get me into pirating, lol. I subbed out of curiosity.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I like that this community is dedicated to the concept of piracy based on their principals. I'm not involved, but I appreciate it

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can see clearly, this server is much slower than yesterday, like if thousands of users are switching here

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck Reddit and the bootlickers all over the site now. Enjoy brown nosing spez as you scroll through ads on the shitty official app

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Using the wefwef app is just like using Apollo, good clone

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Just an FYI - some apps are still working as of this moment... But yeah, most of us know it's only a matter of time.

Honestly, the content seems higher quality here. Perhaps the cesspools of Reddit were hard to spot for those of us who lurked there for over a decade.

Quality over quantity. Cheers to a new horizon, everyone.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Fyi the real member count is almost 20k; the sidebar only shows how many are subscribed to it from your instance.

It shows 360 from vlemmy.net for example.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn’t know who Huffman, spez or the fact there was a bid to IPO until Apollo’s announcement of closure occurred. Why? Because I didn’t subscribe the Reddit’s main subreddits, I was very niche.

Once I learned about all that, I vowed if they didn’t reverse their standing and treatment of Christian, I was leaving.

Once the last week of June came and Spez triple-downed on his terrible business decision, I began using tools to destroy all of my content including topics I made that were all ranking #1 in Google, that causes plenty of PMs years after creation.

I’ve since deleted all but one account that I’ll probably hold onto just in case they decide to block my access to information I need.

I’ve deleted Apollo, Reddit’s official app and logged out on all browsers across all platforms I use. I’m done and liking WefWef as a replacement.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I’m using WefWef.app for Lemmy and it’s awesome.

It’s a straight-up Apollo clone as a web app.

I am floored.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

Careful man, he may edit your com….

Wait a second. We’re free!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well that's that I guess. No more Reddit on my phone.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

FTFY: No more Reddit. ~~on my phone~~

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

Left reddit and won't look back. I like it here more already. Great community. Everyone here just wants it to work so bad and is being very patient through growing pains. Love you guys and fuck reddit!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah switched to lemmy yesterday and currently finding it ok. I’m usually just on phone so it’s a little weird, but I’m here for the community XD

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I highly recommend https://wefwef.app/ You don't even have to download it, it looks almost exactly like Apollo. But there's a bunch of other apps that look like RIF, Sync, etc. to make the browsing more pleasant and usable/familiar.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

got my data takeout request from reddit just in time

ran powerdelete suite to delete everything

it took almost 3 weeks to process the data takeout request, that means it is computationally expensive, everyone should ask for it to send a signal

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

A few last minute loopholes were carved in according to comments in this post

  • some apps have gotten a temporary reprieve such as Narwhal
  • Some apps have gotten an exception for access for visually impaired.
  • the NSFW block is exempt for mods so if you start your own sub, you can still see all content or so it seems (I’m not quite sure because Narwhal still seems fully functional in this regard and I am not a mod)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was on Reddit for 13 years. I've been using sync for as long as I knew there was a mobile app. Lemmy seems really relaxed and I'm looking forward to it!

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Sync refugee reporting in!

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