Yes but also no. I missed Digg when I left it for Reddit and I loved the earlier days of Reddit. Reddit was a lot of my college years from 2010-2012. Reddit felt like a very nice community back then, but it's been going steadily downhill for years and I'm not surprised it's come to this at all. Lemmy feels like a breath of fresh air, especially given that we're migrating off of corporate controlled media this time rather than just jumping ship to another proprietary platform with a limited lifespan. It hits different this time, in a good way. I'll miss the good times on Reddit and the communities there, but to be honest those communities were best in Reddit's heyday. I'll probably miss the vast amount of information that Reddit built up over the years most, that's over a decade of Internet history killed off by greed. I'm hoping moving to decentralized platforms will stop the cycle of corporate greed putting an expiration date on our Internet homes.
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Reddit has been going downhill ever since the diggers migrated ;-)
I do. Iβve gotten so much value out of it. I ended up deleting my account and comments to give as much teeth to all of this as I can, and while I realize thereβs not a lot of value for me personally in my history, it does make me sad for the knowledge lost. I think itβs necessary for Reddit to feel enough pain to change course (if they will at all) but it still makes me sad.
In a way I'm a little sad but I'm also hopeful. I started on Reddit 13 years ago and it was a very different place than it is now. I liked it better then, and I think I'm sad and will miss it for what it was, not what it is. I'm hopeful for a fresh start here on Lemmy where it feels like I'm getting back to the actual conversation with other users, which is what I miss about the current Reddit. There's very little conversation there anymore, so much of it is just pictures and jokes and bots.
I was always aware this could happen, but never expected it would happen. Reddit has been a part of my life for years. I never felt good about the company, but thanks to the communities on there, I found so many amazing things and learned so much. As absurd as it sounds, I had completely life changing moments begin on Reddit. So yeah, I'm sad about what happened, but I'm optimistic that we can build something better.
Kind of cautiously optimistic at this stage, Reddit has been going steeply downhill for the last few years - if the "blackout" does nothing for Reddit then maybe it could succeed in drawing attention to alternatives.
I'm a little sad because I met my partner of nearly 10 years on Reddit on that account. I will keep the account because our original DMs are on there and would like to preserve them. Will probably wipe all the content and contributions, and just keep those DMs
That's amazing! It's definitely important to keep those DMs
I closed my Facebook account in 2016 and haven't looked back. Hoping I feel the same about Reddit
I didn't care about giving up fb. But giving up reddit is much harder. Lemmy's filling the void tho
Yeah I'd say so. I used Reddit for 6 years and Boost for around 4. Maybe 5. I dont think im heartbroken yet, I'm just angry. It's a ridiculous move on their part.
On the bright side though, I'm already feeling very at home here especially since a lot of people are pushing hard for Lemmy to become a better version of Reddit. I'll keeo pushing too. Hopefully moving away from Reddit altogether.
I honestly don't feel that way about Reddit but I do feel that way about sync... I'll miss sync, unless he ports it over, which he is giving consideration.
Definitely! I will miss my late-night reading and scrolling. Also, getting invested in comment sections and learning new things from strangers. I will miss Apollo so much.
Yeah, it's a lot of value destroyed and many communities and individuals will never make the switch. It's a sad thing, even if there is new opportunity as we see with Lemmy.
I'm dissapointed, i loved reddit but seeing them go and make the changes i didn't like. It was heartbreaking for me, i loved Reddit but The Reddit of the Past is not the Reddit of today
I'm excited, I've been fediverse curious for a while. This gives the power back to the people
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.
I have used Deddit on and off for years now and whilst I miss the communities and the sheer mass of useful/amusing information, I am happy we can start a new on something like this.