I don't want to go back to reddit but as it stands now I don't see Lemmy/mastadon being it's replacement. You didn't have to read a manual to browse reddit. It was much more intuitive.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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@Korlock @nodsocket I get what youβre saying, the internetβs always been like that. But itβs ultimately the internet themselves who pay the end price like now.
RSS was widely accepted, until google made something convenient. Now weβre back to established sites getting first dibs on what you see like old media. Then theres XMPP, man.. google.. Googles tender embrace turned into deadly smothering.
You can see websites attempting the same thing as Tumblr adds ActivityPub.
I like Lemmy much more than reddit and found it harder to use before due to the lack of people. Now that there are more people it's even more fun and I'm hoping others feel similarly :) I don't see a reason to go back to reddit
Same. I liked the concept but didn't like that there weren't a lot of people. But now that more people have moved over here I'm going to stick around because I really like it a lot.
The vast majority, but more important than the number of people who go back are what kinds of users go back, and most will be lowest common denominator ones who are just there to troll and shitpost. The quality of content and moderating will definitely go down and stay that way.
73% ...less if we all do our part in submitting lots of quality content
Things will go back to a new normal with a lot more users. Some will remain others will not. Eventually the ecosystem will mature, new apps will be created and more people will move over.
I am still lurking on reddit, while using Lemmy. Frankly, Lemmy is pre-Eternal September, so everyone is nice and the community is cool. But reddit is still a massive repository of info. I think once we hit July and my 3PA goes offline, i will be mostly on Lemmy. Suspect this will be the case for most lemmings.
I think all we need is a killer app like RIF or Sync or Apollo
I'm on Jerboa app on Android. It's pretty good. I'm a RIF user.
Will try it
Anime intros, but Madoka as well as the second intro of season 1 of Gundam 00. One of my favorite intros ever.
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For me personally, I'm just here for the ride and I'm curious how things go. On reddit I am only apart of smallish communities and sort by new, so this kinda works even if it's not a bunch of niche subs with stuff I'm into. On reddit I kinda comment and move on, and maybe here I can break the habit of completely ignoring my inbox π
Most, but they'll always have Lemmy in their back pocket, which is the important part.
I think if the top Reddit third party apps developed a Lemmy app, that would genuinely help keep people here.
The "official" Lemmy apps right now are rough. They aren't terrible, but they are leagues behind any of the main Reddit apps.
I usually scrolled my subreddits, but the things I absolutely sought out on reddit were the wrestling sub and subs devoted to the toy lines I collect. There are discords for those things, but I hope to stumble across something here sooner than later.
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As much as I want fediverse to become the norm, the thing is that it doesn't really matter if users switch over - content creators have to switch over. It's the same reason why Mastodon isn't very relevant, very few large names actually moved from Twitter.
To be fair, there's been a decent amount of content, and the rate of it is getting noticeably higher in the past week I've been on here as time goes on.
June 30th is a hard stop date for mobile usage on reddit, tho. I will not down load their app, nor will I start paying a monthly subscription for relay. I'll use old.redditon browser for some local subs every once in awhile, but it's not like I really have much of a choice if I don't want to use the official app. I imagine I'm not alone in that, and I'd guess a lot of the old guard die hards feel the same.
I mean look, I've used reddit the same way for about a decade now - shoehorning me into an environment that is multitudes worse just isn't going to happen. Not to mention - moderating and overall quality is going to nosedive. People are going to go back, but it's pretty clear at this point that reddit is bleeding to death. Things are going to be rough on the new tech for a year, but it'll get there. It's not the first time this has happened
The real test will be when the apps go dark at the end of June.
I feel like that will have more impact than a portion of the subreddits going dark for a few days. People will wait out the protest, and can go back to browsing Reddit again. They have to change something in their flow if they wanna keep using Reddit on their phone, and it's gonna change their experience.
I'm using whatever app/platform can provide in terms of usability and content. Once Boost (or any other third party client) stops working, I'll probably stop using Reddit too.