Asklemmy

If I didn't see this coming from a lightyear away maybe I would be, but it's been obvious since at least 2016 the direction reddit was going.

I'm excited, I've been fediverse curious for a while. This gives the power back to the people

Yeah, reddit has always been my favorite type of social media. Especially being able to choose your own communities and being free of most algorithm shenanigans is what made me love it. I hope they turn around, and otherwise I hope Lemmy becomes more active and popular. It would suck to lose such an unique type of social media.

tbh i've been so sick of reddit lately that i've been spending time on 4chan again, which is really saying something

hoping the fediverse will put a stop to that lmfao

The new girl is hot though

Yup, I loved reddit. But they changed and idk if there is any going back to normal.

It only really sets in as I'm scrolling through the replies. I'm going to miss all the communities I was a part of, especially r/otomeisekai and r/withesvspatriarchy. And I'm also going to miss the ui. I didn't have any social media until relatively late in their development process, so I'm not used to the look here yet.

For me it's like moving to a small town. Instead of a whole scene into each if my weird interests it's just a few cool people. But thats just a function of population.

It’s a little sad. I got really into reddit because of my gf. At the same time this is kinda exciting. Lemmy feel like early days of the internet. There is no ads, no algorithm trying to guess what I like, and I need to make the effort to find something I like

I came back to Apollo for a while on a new iPad. I am so sad to see it go - it's one of the top parts of iOS I actually miss. Certainly sad to not use it nor Boost anymore.

My Reddit account was turning 16 in August (that's older than some Redditors I'm sure!). It was a wild ride, back in the days where Reddit worshiped Ron Paul, and the entire front page was "Upvote if !", to today's mess. Kinda bittersweet yes but a change and some competition is long overdue!

Yes I am a little sad. I just deleted my account(s) this morning. 7 years on Reddit, and it was my go-to platform. But it is clear that Reddit does not care about its users, so I won't be using Reddit anymore

@Acetamide This has been coming for a long time, I'm glad the community is being a chance to move on to spaces which aren't just trying to suck blood.

It’s definitely a strange feeling, I’m not sure that heartbreak is the right term for me. It’s more uncomfortable - I don’t mind the change but the ease of access to all the content I wanted in one place was just so fucking convenient! I know this community will grow with time, and I don’t hate that I’m more comfortable interacting here, but I look forward to the day where I can go back to my room scrolling lurk like the good ole days lol.

No. I am very happy at discovering a new place. I also miss the social media, pre 2010s. like in 2005, it was amazing and people felt much closer. One had a feeling that everyone is genuinely here to help and enjoy while socializing, rather than karma farming.

I am talking before Facebook grew big. The time of Orkut, Gazzag, old reddit, Slashdot. or even yahoo messenger, mIRC, before all those websites became a thing. I was not afraid of posting something, and wasn't looking for votes, or afraid of down votes. Main aim of contributing to a post of joining in the discussion.

Yeah Reddit has a lot of really valuable communities that are not ruined imo. For some of those niche communities the other option for discourse/information is Tiktok which I don't like because the discourse is super fragmented and hard to follow.

Yes. It feels like moving to a new town and having to meet new neighbours, make new friends, know the neighbourhood and all that

My main issue is all the useful information that might be gone with a decent chunk of people editing and removing their comments or even subreddits going private
Otherwise, I got perma-banned from Reddit for commenting the navy seal copypasta in a thread where people were clearly sarcastic so I don't care

I'm gonna miss the posts, communities, and history. But Reddit itself, not really. It's just one big, bloated fourm site with a reputation that was already on a downward slope. Hopefully Lemmy will grow to be even greater, seeing as it's in the hands of the users than a company.

I think it's exciting witnessing this platform take off almost literally overnight. The past few days I've been trying to figure out how lemmy actually works with little success. Tonight though it's actually clicking, there's actually content and discussion.