Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.
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I want to watch the fediverse expand and grow, this seems like a perfect time to join as so many social networks are apparently wanting to milk their users for as much as they can
Also after I switched to linux last year it has given me a great appreciation for Open Source projects
Some people are really annoying about it or don't see other good stuff, but the open-source movement is a serious force for freedom imo.
I'm sure I'm not alone feeling like all these corporations slowly stole the whole internet from us like we were frogs in a boiling pot. And we let it happen because it was convenient, but now the facade is crumbling and we're reaching late-stage.
It's high time to seek refuge on better shores, and while I just got here it feels like Lemmy and the Fediverse more generally might be it.
Yeah, it's extremely refreshing to find online spaces that are non-extractive again where one can exist without entities trying to sell you something. You start to realize the awful way that most tech treats its users. We've been getting boiled alive, slowly.
Because Reddit has fully turned to the dark side lol. It’s been trending downhill for a while now but with the recent API shenanigans it became very clear it wasn’t going to improve. So here I am lol. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had to find an alt (RIP Digg).
Same, plus curiosity and enthusiasm for FOSS. Can't wait until fediverse is developed enough to host also niche communities like 'cassette_futurism' or 'liminal_space'.
Be the change you want to see :)
Even just creating those communities, then populating them with a few of the top posts from reddit, would be a good start.
Absolutely, the API changes breaking 3rd party app support are the line for many users including myself.
Reddit’s new API rules for third parties. Unfair and I’m not happy. Hoping Christian makes Apollo for Lemmy if the audience is here to support it.
If Christian makes an Apollo for Lemmy I would be more than happy to pay for it.
The Android client I use will quit working at the end of the month if nothing changes. Reddit is becoming a publicly-traded corporation sometime this year, and that will no doubt cause big and mostly negative changes based on past experience. And old.reddit.com I suspect won't last long. So this is my redoubt, I can see it's a viable place to fall back to even if I don't completely understand Lemmy and whether it is sustainable if a huge number of Reddit users start using it.
Hearing about the Reddit api stuff over the horizon gave me the kick in the rear to finally do it, but I also just wanted to explore the fediverse more and do my part to help it grow. These days news about advancing technology is usually bad news, but the fediverse is a genuinely exciting idea that's improving our lives and giving us more agency, with no real tradeoff. With Lemmy in particular hopefully only at the beginning of a massive user surge, this is for me at least the most exciting corner of the fediverse too
I am same. I'm generally opposed to social media for the most part, but I made a Mastodon and a Lemmy account today. I dislike social media because I think it has a mostly negative effect on its users, but I'm hoping to be the change I want to see in the world. 😊
I've been learning to hate reddit over the past few years between:
-its awful redesign
-it's focus on more social media aspects like group chats, friend lists, follower count.
-Shutting down third party apps
-NFTs
-WAY too many ads
Basically everything that an alternative like lemmy solves
I really need some stuff to read on my phone while on the toilet. And reddit is saying I might soon not be able to do that in the way I prefer.
Well originally because I want to have a place in case r/piracy gets banned.
Now it's because of reddit's horrible decisions regarding their API
One tidbit about lemmy's early history: I was originally going to contribute to another reddit clone called postmill (despite it being written in php) many years ago, but one of the things that turned me off to contributing to it, was that the creator refused to allow having torrent links. So one of my main motivations in starting it, was to allow piracy.
Obviously because RiF is shutting down.
On the advice of someone else here I used Power Delete Suite to scrub all my posts and edit my comments to say why I'm leaving Reddit how I did it.
I highly recommend doing it if anyone is leaving Reddit instead of just deleting their account. This way it leaves a protest message and removes content from the platform.
I like how Lemmy is open source and you can set up your own server/instance to connect it to other instances.
I don't like ads.
It's really cool how there are separate communities very similar to Reddit/Twitter/Instagram and yet each community can actually communicate across these services with the same account.
Reddit has gone downhill over time and their API changes were the final straw that caused me to start looking for something new.
I was tired of reddit continuing to push their IPO agenda, too many influences that changed it from being what it was to a ad ridden dumpster fire.
Reddexodus due to them killing 3rd-party apps in a month. I'm weaning myself off reddit, as I don't think I could go cold turkey.
This place seems much nicer, inherently built to mitigate a lot of what I grew to hate about reddit-- namely the various bigotries, disinformation, and, well, the Nazis. And, frankly, I'm tired of the corporate-owned social media sites (even though Reddit managed to skirt that designation for a very long time), and the idea of FOSS, federated social media that's inherently better-moderated by people with zero tolerance for hateful people really does appeal to me.
So, I'm here checking the place out, and we'll see how it goes and how it grows!
Missed opportunity to say Reddexit.
Glad to have you here. People like you will make Lemmy a nice place to be.
Reddit has been spiralling downhill in terms of content and the user interface, and bot accounts are increasing. The official app was also a mess, so I used Boost instead. Now that they're planning to charge for API pulls, I've been pushed over the edge. I've moved to Lemmy as it feels like the Reddit before
Because Reddit plans to kill 3rd party clients. No sync no Reddit
If ljdawson could port Sync to Lemmy, that'd be awesome. Lemme is nice, but the app is kinda meh right now.
It was mentioned on Reddit. I wanted to give it a try. I'm not in favor of losing old.reddit.com or RIF and, like many others, am looking for a new internet home.
For me, if Reddit is trying to get rid of third-party apps, they're trying to get rid of me. I tried their official app and found it to be not fit for purpose. Especially compared to the superior offerings of third-party developers. The Sync app basically IS reddit to me. That goes away and so does reddit.
I'll be interested to see if Reddit backs down from their current stance in order to avert a mass exodus, and also if ekought people will actually leave to force their hand. Time will tell I guess.
I did the same. I checked out the official reddit app, and it's a steaming pile of garbage compared to Apollo on Android or Relay on IOS. Much like you, those 3rd party apps are reddit in my eyes. The official app is attempting to morph reddit into something other than what it used to be and always was in my eyes.
That being said, I've been on Lemmy far more than I've been on reddit today, and I intend to continue that trend if the powers that be at Reddit Corp. proceed with their poorly veiled attempt to shut down 3rd party apps.
I came for the drugs and hookers. So far, pretty disappointed.
Mainly because its libre and federated, what pushed me over the edge was the reddit api changes (R.I.P in advance infinity)
Was sick of the consolidation / enshittification of the net and everything that came with it and one of the ways I can contribute is to post on a platform like lemmy.
The idea of having various communities of different sizes and all kinds of topics as we know it from reddit just fits so perfectly to the idea of the fediverse! No more big data companies - truly community owned places for discussion and sharing of information. I really hope lemmy will grow.
Various reasons:
Originally because I wanted to check it out when it first launched. I have been checking out reddit alternatives for a while and I've been waiting for a migration to happen from reddit, I figured they aren't going to keep old.reddit going forever. Wasn't expecting the api changes to happen first, but since folks are making the move I'm finally participating here because I want reddit style communities to succeed on the fediverse and there's a lot more people here now for that to happen.
I only used RIF to browse Reddit, hearing the app was getting killed made me jump ship here.
Because i use RedReader and refuse to use reddit without it. The official apps and website are garbage can residue quality. I have actually had a lemmy account for a while and use mastodon almost every day, but never really made myself get used to lemmy. I am really hoping the RedReader dev ports the app to lemmy as i am not the only one asking and they seem open to the idea
I've been interested in the Fediverse for a long time but didn't have any reason to jump into it because the applications I was aware of did not appeal to me. If I don't use Twitter and Instagram, why would I be interested in Mastodon and Pixelfed? This all changed when Reddit announced their API change. Reddit is the only social media site I use, so Lemmy seems like the perfect reason to jump in.
Yeah big same here, Reddit is my go-to mindless scrolling app so I'm happy I have an open alternative
Same reason I joined mastodon people are talking about decentralized social media and I was curious also I've been more of a fan of reddit so I wanted to see what an open source reddit looked like
Like many here, mostly because Reddit will restrict their API access and kill a lot of features (like the remind me bot) and beloved third party apps.
And I really dislike the direction Reddit is going... Adding a online status to your account, letting random people follow your account, rampant bot spam and I'm pretty sure they will go after the porn subs when they go public.
I've been on Reddit since before subreddits were a thing. With the continuing degradation of the primary UIs the only things that kept it usable were the API and old.reddit.com. With one going away it would be foolish to count on the other staying around. I really thought that Reddit knew better than to go full Digg but I guess I was wrong.
So it's time to learn a lesson and move on. I've been enjoying Mastodon for the past few months but I also like to have a place for topic-focused communities so this is the natural place to come to. Looking pretty sweet so far. With the community-based federation model it seems like the closest thing we have to a Usenet 2.0.
I joined a few months ago, when all of Reddit went down for hours... then only the new site went up at first before old and the API were restored.
It was like a glimpse into the near future. Thus I started my transition into Lemmy and Jerboa, from Reddit and QuantumBadger's RedReader app.
Because I like the content and model on Reddit, and want to support a federated and open source Reddit alternative. Would be nice if Lemmy would grow.