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Idk y’all, I see a lot of angry posts about Reddit still because of being essentially forced out, however! (self.general)

submitted 1 year ago by qooqie to c/general

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I feel like lemmy is actually really amazing and has a lot of smart discussion happening instead of the constant circlejerking that happens on Reddit. I also feel the community here is a lot more hopeful/helpful! That’s all, thanks for reading 😄

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've noticed a lot of the same circlejerks in political channels. I don't dislike Lemmy. If Reddit caved and RiF came back tomorrow, I'd probably still switch back. But the longer I'm away from Reddit, the less likely I am to return.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I'm done for good. The core underlying issue that got me here is that Reddit has demonstrated that there is no ethical standard worth sticking to for them if it means slightly more money. Community building is about care and curation. Reddit doesn't want to foster community building and their entire draw is community hosting. Why would I stick around?

[–] BillGoats 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can actually use rif still, as well as a few other reddit apps that officially closed shop, but it's not gonna last forever.

Personally, I'm sticking around (via rif), partly to keep up with a few communities I care about, and partly to watch reddit burn as they keep fueling the fire.

Weirdly, I increasingly feel like I won't even miss reddit all that much. More precisely, I already missed what reddit once was.

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

I'm in the same boat. Interested in sticking around for w.e. communities don't migrate this way and that's about it. I never really browsed all or new on reddit but am finding myself doing that here already

[+] artifice -15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using reddit for over 12 years. That site is a steaming pile of shit compared to what it once was. I'm done.

[–] zeppo 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've been on there about 14. It's gradually gotten worse and worse in terms of culture and content, but what really shows their doom is how awful the 'new reddit' interface is. It has now been years and they haven't fixed it, show no signs of plans to rethink it, or any understanding of how bad it is. I've entirely removed reddit from my life and had zero problems doing it. Now when I go read comments on there, it's clear how wretched it is... so many people are so nasty to each other in city subs, for instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And we all have to expect that at some point the old interface is going to get removed. Before this whole blowup, I was already expecting it.

[–] zeppo 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, absolutely. I'm sort of surprised it's even still there. They've updated it a tiny bit here and there but it seems clear they'll remove it or it will just stop working at some point. When I've tried using the new interface it's been torturous. So... if they hadn't screwed over 3rd party apps, if they removed old reddit, I'd find an app I liked, but... can't do that now, of course! So I'm glad to have already jumped ship before being forced to.