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For me it feels like breaking up with someone after many years. At the same time, I feel a bit dirty mentioning the name in the post title.

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

Of course, change is hard. But I'm excited to scope out and learn new technology like Lemmy. Decentralization is the future, and it's pretty exciting.

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

I sucks but I did the same thing with Digg when it turned to shit.

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

Yeah. Here’s hoping this is just the beginning of something better

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

Ya. But I’m kind of relieved. Place has been pretty toxic and the content has been getting more and more lame. I’m excited to be somewhere new and start fresh. Maybe reverse some of the bad habits that are contagious with how I engage too.

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

Yes, i do. I just deleted my main account using the PowerDeleteSuite, I am (was) used to log in every morning. I will miss it, but it was inevitable; eventually, al social media platforms die off due to "enshittification".

I hope for a long stay with Lemmy! I deleted Facebook in 2011, Twitter when Musk bought it, never jumped on Instagram, Tumblr or Tiktok. Stumbleupon for me died when the VCC capital forced the site to redirect to advertised pages. Popurls is now upstract.com, a shadow of its former self....oh well. I guess I am getting old and starting to yell at clouds LOL.

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

It feels weird. I'll still be using reddit because that is the link site i still enjoy the most. but i hope one day will be the day that something else takes over. (lets hope its not chinese like tiktok)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved reddit for a few years at the beginning, but after that I became disillusioned and found myself waiting for a better alternative to come around for a long ass time. I even made an account on voat and the users were just terrible people.

But yeah, I spent a fuckton of time on reddit and I'm hoping to do the same on lemmy, with the difference being that I hope that lemmy will enrich my life and give me the opportunity to enrich the lives of others, whereas reddit was often a toxic cesspool that made us angry and miserable.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

8 years of LTL on old reddit and RiF, and it's a weird mixture of grief and freedom at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I'm permanently suspended anyway, there's no way back. They somehow find me if I create a new account lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Um. Yeah. Taking a break from it for a few days during the blackout. Checking out the fediverse and am loving lemmy, pixelfed, and mastodon. Just joined kbin today but am a bit confused about it because I haven't found a mobile app that supports it. There are a ton of subreddits that I am missing incredibly, but you know it'll be all right. I'm hoping lemmy grows a bit, but not too big. I just enjoy a string of random posts.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Reddit peaked like eight or ten years ago. I am so ready for this. I have been doing everything in my power (completely ineffectively) to get the people and communities I care about to bridge to a libre network.

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

@Acetamide I don't understand why though. We live in a capitalist system, and therefore Reddit has to make money in order to survive. On the current path, Reddit won't exist AT ALL. So we either get a Reddit with some fees that devs don't like, or no Reddit at all.

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

It's so stupid that people would react so emotionally as to relate their feelings to a breakup. This should be a concern to each and every one of you. It's a website. Reacting this way is delusional. You can get your dopamine hit elsewhere, with TikTok and other sources being still available, so why the breakdown?

The rage from the Reddit community has been surprising but this broken form of emotional regulation is embarrassing.

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

I miss what I lack, but reddit was also going stagnant. Time to build something greater. Decentralized, but moderated, social media is an interesting idea.

Lemmys devs' political... "Leanings" sure concern me though

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

I feel that. Reddit's bit of an addiction for me. I don't use other social media so it became my one stop shop for news, inspiration, and to connect with all the little niche intrest.

Oddly, I was frequently just doom scrolling r/all to see what was going on the the world. And when I ran out of revent stuff if just sort by new. Super unhealthy behavior.

Hopfully this transition will help me slow down a bit and get back to reality.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

It's so stupid that people would react so emotionally as to relate their feelings to a breakup. This should be a concern to each and every one of you. It's a website. You can get your dopamine hit elsewhere, with TikTok and other sources being still available.

The rage from the Reddit community has been surprising but this broken form of emotional regulation is embarrassing.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes it's time for a change.

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