I lurk with a burner account it because lots of niche reddit communities (modded API 3rd party client of course) still don’t have Lemmy groups and…it’s all rage bait, horny bait, and whOleSomE bait.
I was on Reddit for about 15 years, pre-dating when Digg shit the bed, and to be honest there are some similarities between this place and old Reddit.
That’s not to say that we’ll see a flood of people from Reddit, but that this place has a nice, quaint charm that wasn’t too dissimilar to before. With that being said, the Linux bros are as unbearable as they used to be on Reddit, and there are some extremely wild opinions on politics that don’t align with reality - that’s not much of an improvement.
I started on Reddit in 2012, realized quickly that I was getting too invested in karma, so decided to never have an account for more than one calendar year.
That worked very well, but by the end I was still spending an inordinate amount of time dicking around. I spend maybe an hour a week on sync for Lemmy. perfect!
Same but with Boost for reddit. Now on Boost for Lemmy!
I remember being on Reddit back when it was pretty new. Also got a Gmail account back when it was beta and invite only. Everything seemed possible back then. My world view sure has changed since then. Not quite doomer pilled but damned if I’m not on the edge.
I’m not sure Lemmy will be able to grow too big. As soon as an instance starts to get thousands of viewers moderation/hosting costs become too high for hobbyists.
I do the same with local events, I can find the same memes on here without having to scroll past a half dozen posts shilling Taco Bell or fucking Christianity
Interesting. Always used RIF, so never saw any. Now I only use reddit for like 2 subs, and I did think it was greasy how they made the ads look like posts. Just greasy.
I’m very similar. I still go back and check in from time to time, but I see Reddit as a ghost of its former self. It seems that all the good content posters have moved on.
For me it was bacon reader, but mostly the same. I lurk there maybe once a month, but the only active communities seem to be centered around helping people. I would suspect that those who don’t regularly use Reddit, may not have been completely in the know about the changes, or maybe they didn’t care, and they just used Reddit when they wanted to know about a thing; so those users still return to Reddit when they need help. Everywhere else seems to be very inactive… At least compared to what Reddit was just a year ago.
I joined back on the iPhone 4 using blue alien or whatever that app was called. Then been on reddit sync until the purge. I pretty much exclusively used reddit via a third party app. It hurt to delete all my content and delete my reddit account, but the sync author said he’s moving to lemmy so I just went along. Now I’m on lemmy with sync. The community is obviously much smaller, and there’s quite a specific kind of person here (looking at you Linux and star trek instances) but I can actually interact here. I never deleted my comments before, and still wouldn’t, but I don’t see myself instantly down voted into oblivion for not sharing a hive mind idea. I get to see more kinds of interaction here instead of having to sort by controversial. It’s nice.
Same. Cold turkey and the only time I’m on there is when I get there from a DDG search. When that happens, I get my info, open Modmail to make sure my dark subs aren’t stolen away, and then fuck right off.
Was on Reddit for 11+ years. Apollo for the last few years. Quit cold turkey in June and honestly my life is better for it.
Obligatory, FUCK U/SPEZ
I was part of “Rexxit” or whatever you wanna call it; I agree, life is better here. Viva la Lemmings
Something about this place is comfier than reddit. I don’t miss it.
All my homies hate spez
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As much as Spez is a pig faced fucktard, don’t spread literal fake news. It discredits our cause.
He was added as a a moderator when you could literally nominate anyone for moderatorship without any input from them
Same. 11 years, nearly 2 million karma, frontpage almost every week. Mine was Reddit Is Fun app but I swore not to go back.
Edit: same username on reddit
Ddddodoooorrrrttthhhyyyyy GAAAAALLLEEEEEEEEE!!!
/u/serinus
Also 11 years, very active until they killed RiF.
I lurk with a burner account it because lots of niche reddit communities (modded API 3rd party client of course) still don’t have Lemmy groups and…it’s all rage bait, horny bait, and whOleSomE bait.
No substance, only engagement is the goal.
Same for me, but with Sync.
I was on Reddit for about 15 years, pre-dating when Digg shit the bed, and to be honest there are some similarities between this place and old Reddit.
That’s not to say that we’ll see a flood of people from Reddit, but that this place has a nice, quaint charm that wasn’t too dissimilar to before. With that being said, the Linux bros are as unbearable as they used to be on Reddit, and there are some extremely wild opinions on politics that don’t align with reality - that’s not much of an improvement.
I started on Reddit in 2012, realized quickly that I was getting too invested in karma, so decided to never have an account for more than one calendar year.
That worked very well, but by the end I was still spending an inordinate amount of time dicking around. I spend maybe an hour a week on sync for Lemmy. perfect!
Same but with Boost for reddit. Now on Boost for Lemmy!
I remember being on Reddit back when it was pretty new. Also got a Gmail account back when it was beta and invite only. Everything seemed possible back then. My world view sure has changed since then. Not quite doomer pilled but damned if I’m not on the edge.
Same. I don’t miss Reddit at all.
I miss it, but I also get to feel like I’ll see it grow all over again, slightly different.
But this time I already know that it’ll become a great place to go find a community for any specific niche in the future.
And this time, an ass CEO idolizing another idiot cannot kill off third party apps with one toxic decision.
I’m not sure Lemmy will be able to grow too big. As soon as an instance starts to get thousands of viewers moderation/hosting costs become too high for hobbyists.
I don’t think a paid instance is out of the question. Someone who knows the licensing better can correct me.
I paid Reddit $30/year for years. If this gets anywhere close, I’d be happy to do the same here.
I’ll pay for things that are reasonably priced.
I still read /r/boxoffice when there’s a major flop (so I’ve been back there a bit since Wish released) but I don’t log in anymore.
I do the same with local events, I can find the same memes on here without having to scroll past a half dozen posts shilling Taco Bell or fucking Christianity
Lol, they pushing Jesus ads on Reddit now?
Have been since before the API fuckery
Interesting. Always used RIF, so never saw any. Now I only use reddit for like 2 subs, and I did think it was greasy how they made the ads look like posts. Just greasy.
I used RiF as well so I didn’t see the ads first hand, but I definitely came across multiple posts complaining about the Jesus ads. They were apparently pretty bizarre and it was a large ad campaign partly funded by the founder of Hobby Lobby. Even NPR (US National Public Radio) did a story on them: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/06/1154880673/jesus-commercial-super-bowl-billboard-he-gets-us-hobby-lobby-evangelical-billion
I’m very similar. I still go back and check in from time to time, but I see Reddit as a ghost of its former self. It seems that all the good content posters have moved on.
For me it was bacon reader, but mostly the same. I lurk there maybe once a month, but the only active communities seem to be centered around helping people. I would suspect that those who don’t regularly use Reddit, may not have been completely in the know about the changes, or maybe they didn’t care, and they just used Reddit when they wanted to know about a thing; so those users still return to Reddit when they need help. Everywhere else seems to be very inactive… At least compared to what Reddit was just a year ago.
I joined back on the iPhone 4 using blue alien or whatever that app was called. Then been on reddit sync until the purge. I pretty much exclusively used reddit via a third party app. It hurt to delete all my content and delete my reddit account, but the sync author said he’s moving to lemmy so I just went along. Now I’m on lemmy with sync. The community is obviously much smaller, and there’s quite a specific kind of person here (looking at you Linux and star trek instances) but I can actually interact here. I never deleted my comments before, and still wouldn’t, but I don’t see myself instantly down voted into oblivion for not sharing a hive mind idea. I get to see more kinds of interaction here instead of having to sort by controversial. It’s nice.
Same. Cold turkey and the only time I’m on there is when I get there from a DDG search. When that happens, I get my info, open Modmail to make sure my dark subs aren’t stolen away, and then fuck right off.
Now we shitpost on the funny mouse website!
Yay
Wow it’s the Margot Robbie. Lemmy sure has come far
We did like a whole Barbie marketing campaign here and everything.
Also, that’s the esteemed Academy Award nominated character actress Margot Robbie to you!
Do you happen to know anyone who, back in the 90s, was on a very famous tv show?
Just don’t piss off the other mouse.