The answer to this question probably depends on how much you like John Oliver.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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That alone is reason to quite reddit lol freaking hell
You can check on Reddit surreptitiously by going to https://libreddit/r/[subreddit]. If I understand correctly, reddit gets no "credit" for your visit that way.
The sub that I mod has gotten a LOT quieter since I stopped posting there (around the time of the blackout). Historically I was doing the bulk of the posting there, I guess.
There are 11K subscribers over there; my new "official" community has 16 at latest count--despite my notice and links to it.
When things settle down in the Fediverse, I'll make an announcement that I will be posting stuff exclusively on lemmy. We'll see what happens. π€·ββοΈ
Keep in mind it only shows subs from your instance, might actually be a bit more.
This is like asking someone to check in on your ex, sure it sounds like a good idea, but...
Nice try u/spez
r/all is showing the weirdest subs. In 10 years just stuff I've never even heard of. Not sure if that's good or bad, but something is definitely off.
I saw this also. The big subs are not showing. It's very strange content
I still go on old Reddit on desktop. Iβve noticed the quality and variety of posts has declined a little. There are more medium quality memes and reposts. A lot of the big subs that drove the serious engagement have become quieter and not as present on the front page. Itβs still busy and the front page refreshes often but it does feel different. Maybe only 10 percent different which isnβt much, but those heavy users that were forced to decrease engagement across a whole lot of subs were responsible for so much of the vibe.
I noticed I think just yesterday that r/pics was going full NSFW (tag) but didnβt see any nudity in posts.
They were 'forced' by their members as they kept swearing in comments even tho the mods warned them to not swear in comments... So the nsfw tag has nothing to do with the protest. See?
Haven't deleted rif yet and have been opening the just to check every couple if days. On July 1, I was getting errors (429 I think), then the login page after a couple if days. Earlier, I was seeing posts, but the front page, popular, and all were the same. Also, all the multis I created were gone. Haven't checked on desktop yet.
I've found my Lemmy experience much better, even though many of the subs I was subscribed to haven't migrated yet. But it's early days and I have enough patience to see the Fediverse grow.
Yeah, I won't lie. This is better here. More active community. It feels more like the wild west of when reddit was new.
It's funny that reddit basically just blocked us from contributing. You can still use RIF to lurk.
Sometimes I forget and try to comment or upvote. After quick disappointment I actually feel relieved that I can't interact with reddit. It's weird.
I haven't really gone back to Spez's fiefdom ever since the blackouts began. But I've got plenty of saved comments to go back to, which I need to offload before I'm gone from that site for good.
I feel you, its honestly like a nicotine patch is to smoking at the moment. I loved rifs widget just a bar with the headline. I hope a good lemmy app with that ability comes along.
Canβt speak for defaults or large subs, just anecdotal stuff from the few times when I browsed on desktop since Friday.
One of my favorite subreddits /r/progmetal is still private with a message to join the discord instead. Glad theyβre staying dark.
Others seem like business as usual, but I donβt have any data obv.
The generic stuff that has a broad common denominator will easily take hold on Lemmy as they would in any growing community (like shitposts, question threads, gaming, technology, news, image focused communities and so on).
The niche stuff will take a while to grow, more so as the niche subs are those less likely to move from Reddit (or already have communities like Discord that they retreat to). More specific communities will need to build a new base here unfortunately.
Time will tell; it's not been that long.
I check in occasionally to see if my 3rd party is still working (strangely it is). Checked a few of the subs I use & some are still dark. A poster on Worldnews this morning was complaining about the lack of posts in the Ukraine thread, though sadly thats likely a combination of 4th July in the US plus the current Elon clownshow on Twitter rather than due to the blackouts
It's functionally the same for the majority of the userbase. Certain subs are still chaotic. Others have normalized.
Maybe a small chunk of reddit's old-time/ power users have left. And since those people probably generate content at a much higher rate than average user, perhaps reddit user experience will decrease a couple % or so.
Not really gonna be noticeable for most people, but I think its likely.
Personally I've to admit that sadly I didn't notice many changes in some communities :(
But well, it would take time.
Pre ban, it's quality was down for sure. More smaller threads, weird questions that usually get left on the cutting room floor, all that. Reddit survived this, but much like someone surviving a life-threatening disease, they might not be truely 100% ever again. I believe this is just the first of many bad step reddit may take as they IPO and try to get more money out of people, I'd imagine. A slow decline, like twitter.
Infinity still works. Why so?
The creator is keeping it up until their subscription version is up and running.
Doesn't it cost them a fortune though?
Doesn't it cost them a fortune though?