Reddit Migration

Idk I'm happy I'm off reddit. I use kbin, but significantly less. Less mindless scrolling

Frankly I don’t see how anyone could trust Reddit as the steward of decentralized communities like they claimed to be.

They’re in it for the money, that’s it.

Honestly, at this point I don't see any coming back from this. It's been a damned good effort, but Reddit isn't going to back down at this point. The mods are going to have to put up with it or leave. I'd hope they'd leave, but honestly I don't think there's going to be a mass exodus of moderators.

But maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised

That ship has sailed, both ways I'm afraid.

Not only reddit made it exceedingly clear that they aren't backtracking, 3rd party developers equally clearly stated they are out.

I don't see this situation reversing.

Good to see that 'we'll be in touch' quote being printed at the end of every article.

Yeah, nah, bro. Why would I get back into an abusive relationship?

Nope.. Spaz isn't going to get my money.

He blatantly treated us all like crap:

1. He acted like he was doing us all a favor, and acting like he was a charity. Reddit doesn't even need much bandwidth or resources as it's a text site essentially. They're still making a lot of profit.
2. He doesn't acknowledge that Reddit's value is in the community. Reddit themselves are their content. They basically just admin the servers and throw ads up. Spaz isn't exactly contributing thousands of articles, but lots of people are
3. They don't pay mods. But finally, when the mods get fed up with Reddit, he took credit for their hardwork by hijacking those communities when they objected
4. He went full Elon.. And...
5. He went full Trump when he accused the Apollo developer of blackmailing him. If he wasn't lying, he would have posted more of the conversation. The apollo developer should actually sue him for trying to damage his reputation
6. Finally, the beauty of the fediverse is that we can choose our community. Whereas, Reddit decides if they want to allow toxic communities and people. The toxicity from FatPeopleHate, TheDonald and femaleDatingStategy ended up spilling over into all of the other communities over time, as they allowed those communities to flourish (and eventually I believe into real life)

I actually deleted my main 7+ year old account (no idea exactly how old) a few months ago on Reddit, because it had grown too toxic there. Really happy with Beehaw, and really excited to see where Lemmy / KBin ends up in a few years time. Already donated to Beehaw

The fact that I'm commenting on a post is something I would never of done on reddit means kbin is my new home. I've nuked my 15yr old account and there's no reason to go back.

Glad to see it, sad to say I still won't go back to enjoy it if it ever happens.

That bridge was Napalm'd, bombed and bulldozed.

No thanks. Me don't need no reddit, that's for damn sure.

One does not simply unjump the shark

Good luck getting anything useful out of Lemur-Boy.

So what happens if Reddit doesn't comply to their requests?

Last time mods did a protest by making subreddits private, Reddit threatened to kick them out of moderation at that made most mods just shut up and comply.

Now mods have absolutely no leverage against the admins. I don't sympathize with Reddit, but I lost all sympathy for mods too. They should simply do what we all did, and hop off Reddit for once. Sadly, they care more about their "mod powers" than anything else.

Best of luck to them.

Spez:

After Reddit's response to the blackout protests, what made those moderators think Reddit is going to act nice? The mask has already been dropped, Reddit, represented by Steve Huffman, has already shown their true colors. Anyone who'd willingly trust them after what they've done is just flat out asking for pain.

Having said that, maybe those mods are trying their best to keep whatever semblance of "the old status quo" that might still be left. I also am guessing there's some kind of a psychological trauma thing at play here with them choosing to stay with an entity that has shown its willingness to use and abuse them, even painting them as villains. Sure, it's not a simple thing to just leave--after all of the effort they've exerted taking care of their subreddits. But they've got to realize sometimes, the best move is to just leave, even at the cost of everything they've got left.

One thing about open letters is they almost never accomplish anything. It seems Reddit is digging hooves into the turf on this thing. If they were going to budge, I think they'd be doing it about now. There's only a few days left before the lights go out.

Too late for me. It’s just one other social media company subject to the whims of an irrational rich tech bro. Not interested in that whole scene anymore. Reddit is forever tarnished.

This is the worst idea

Nah those mods are probably scared that they are still on Reddit and don't have any power in kbin.

I highly doubt Reddit is going to bend on this. They want those third-party apps gone, and that ridiculous pricing is how they’re doing it. They also think that they’ve won. They don’t have any incentive to change.

Nice to see this getting the press coverage that it deserves.

Get fucked Reddit

No thanks. I'm good.

I think they're trying to compromise something un-compromising.

3rd party apps are out, mods were replaced by force, Reddit hid behind their users like they were a human shield saying "oh, but remember your users and community!"

Reddit has clearly opened the floodgates on what they're willing to do in order to keep the site under control, and every subreddit and user suffers because of it.

Lemmy is at least a way out of that oppression.