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Hypothetically speaking, if Reddit back tracks on their API plan and meets all of the communities expeditions- would you go back to Reddit? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by snipeftw to c/[email protected]

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I myself am really on the fence about this.

I hate what Reddit has done, as I was removed as a moderator on my sub. But I much prefer the UI to Lemmy so far. I’m also having a hard time understanding how this all works. I was familiar with Reddit, and it is obviously a way more active community.

But I also used Apollo and hate how they’ve done him so dirty.

Will you guys return if Reddit rights it’s wrongs?

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[–] ilickfrogs 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Up until 3rd party app devs announced they're converting their apps to Lemmy? Yes.

Now, absolutely the fuck not. Reddit is a cesspool compared to when I first joined in 2013. Lemmy feels a lot more like reddit did then. It's quaint and cozy here. Yes I'd like to see this place grow some more. But 1/10th the size of reddit would be plenty. Most reddit users don't contribute anything useful anyways so no loss there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The culture is so different. I'm glad Reddit made space for so many different people. But the changes to make it more ad friendly sucks. Also seeing pop culture stuff reach the top regularly is annoying I don't care about celebrities.

[–] TechnoBabble 1 points 1 year ago

The most annoying thing about the Reddit user base is their tendency to spam threads with incessant bad jokes and puns.

Also the otherwise useful subreddits that are polluted with low effort meme after meme.

That kinda stuff is fine to an extent, but when it makes up the majority of content I look elsewhere for proper discussion.

I imagine Lemmy will trend in that direction eventually, as more users migrate, but hopefully that low effort content doesn't take over.