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[–] brenomartins 817 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Yes

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[–] KneeTitts 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

See, if reddit had just let the upvote/downvote system work as intended, instead of banning people for no reason at all in a lot of cases, this entire problem likely would have been avoided. And no matter what the bans should have never been permanent! We dont put people in prison FOREVER, social media accounts should also be treated with some decency.

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[–] WetBeardHairs 121 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I can't say I will stay on Lemmy. But I won't return to Reddit.

[–] balrog 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Same here. It's already gotten sucky, and it's only going to get worse.

If you want to know the future of Reddit, look at Facebook.

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[–] holiday 91 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. For the time being. Would love to see larger migration from reddit.

[–] wazoobonkerbrain 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm quite large, and I'm here

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[–] faltryka 63 points 1 year ago

Yes. I’ve been been on lemmy.world and kbin.social for the past week and the growth and content maturation is good enough for me now, and improving fast.

I deleted my Reddit account and all my post history yesterday.

[–] ConditionOverload 50 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm planning on staying here permanently. I'll go into Reddit just to check subreddit names I've subscribed to and see if there's a Lemmy community for it every now and then, but I'm not going to engage with Reddit more than that.

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[–] justhach 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ive found the transition to be seamless. I put Jerboa in the spot where RiF used to be on my phone, and now I dont even think about going to the old site.

Its actually nicer to he around at the nascent stages of Lemmy's popularity. Im catching different communities just by sorting through all/new that I wouldn't have found otherwise

LLL

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[–] Tandybaum 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I think it’s looking very promising. I’ll agree with others here that if the users come on, some of the bugs get worked out, and an Apollo like app gets created Id be happy to call this home.

I’ve been a serious Reddit user since the digg incident so it really is like the end of an era.

[–] berno 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also "a serious Reddit user since the digg incident" and won't be going back. There are some communities I'll miss, but I look forward to rebuilding them here.

Spez really really fucked up on this one. A few tweaks and mobile app with the same no-bullshit styles like narwhal, apollo, and RIF on android and this place wins every time

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[–] barnsbauer 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is the goal, yes. One thing I've noticed is that the relative scarcity of posts here, especially news, has me frequenting a lot of news sites directly. Which I think is a good thing. Of course, one can't expect Lemmy to rival Reddit's content and engagement from the get go. We'll see where the platform is headed in the future.

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[–] FranklinsBeard 34 points 1 year ago

Hell yeah I'm stayin. Especially after reddit continued to dig in their heels

[–] Foam3477 31 points 1 year ago

I intend to BUT ultimately the decision is on the mayority's preference

[–] Phated 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I want to. But in all honesty, it depends on how much of the communities I'm used to migrate here as well. Right now my typical reddit content is mostly missing here. It has potential, but like any other social media site, it depends on the community and the content. I'm hopeful though, I think reddit is in its final days either way.

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[–] Dr_Nope 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

[hey, first post on Lemmy 🥳]

If Mastodon & Lemmy remains are active as they are right now, then yes.

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[–] executeable 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i'll stay on lemmy once more of the popular content extends beyond "lemmy vs reddit". I'm liking lemmy a lot and with better mobile apps, it'll encourage me to stay.

[–] WalkableProgrammer 16 points 1 year ago

same, im already starting to see normal posts so im optimistic

[–] ZytaZiouZ 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. More and more content every day, no corporate overlords to appease, and best of all so far the community has been significantly more friendly.

[–] nowwhatnapster 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Etmors 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Probably, if lemmy become searchable in generic search engine. The one thing that made reddit great is searching a keyword + reddit, and most likely you'll find others who haved reviewed, discussed, fix, experience, what i'm searching before. So far can't do it with lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was already on lemmy dammit

[–] pineapplefriedrice 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These poor lemmy users who aren't on reddit. Suddenly a herd of raging ex-redditors come storming into their otherwise quiet community and take shit over. :)

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[–] egeres 25 points 1 year ago

Yes, but

The site needs a ton of UX polishing to keep "lazy users" hooked (something I think it's critical if you want to harvest as much users as possible from this fire). I feel like software developers tend to be more conscientious internet citizens that fight for their rights and seek independence, so I'm hoping that gives an influx of fixes/bug reports on lemmy's github repo leading to stability, but maybe we also need to find ways to collaborate with front-end/brand design people (?)

[–] MrSteve920 24 points 1 year ago

First comment here, but yes. Reddit has shown zero interesting in responding to community feedback about the API changes and u/spez is a complete waste of oxygen.

[–] deltree3030 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] AtheistComic 21 points 1 year ago

Yes, it's really clean. Once it grows the debugging will help smooth things out.

[–] marswarrior 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (22 children)

When people look up things on google, they specifically look for a solution posted on reddit, I know I do. Lemmy needs to be used as a way for people to solve problems, before it can take over what reddit is used for now. I'm staying on Lemmy because I like the idea of a functioning reddit alternative.

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[–] Confuzzeled 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, whatever happens in the other place I'll be staying here.

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[–] x87 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Time will tell. Digg was great until it wasn't. Reddit killing my favorite app of 10+ years can fuck off (long live Bacon Reader). Lemmy by design is fragmented which is great, but will introduce momentum problems. Really it's going to come done to; Is their a Lemmy app and server that I can encapsulate most of my interests into and be able to ignore the rest?

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[–] DigitalTraveler42 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like Lemmy so far and I'm definitely not installing the Reddit app once RiF is dead, we'll see how things go.

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[–] house_of_questions 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I certainly hope so. While I can't look into the future, I haven't been feeling the need to return to reddit at all, and I have hopes for Lemmy - if it continues to grow without devolving into some bot-infested, right-wing mess or something.

For now though, I'm definitely hopeful. The announcement of the Sync and Slide apps gives me a positive outlook here!

[–] TigerClawTV 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Staying here. I run the OSR and Chiptune communities. Can't leave now.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting 17 points 1 year ago

I don't need Reddit.

I don't need Lemmy either, but I like it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm never going back. I like Lemmy. I hope reddit dies a sad death. If Lemmy didn't exist, I probably wouldn't have left reddit. I see much higher quality content here.

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[–] joneskind 17 points 1 year ago

Too late, my antenna dropped and my ears grew. I'm a lemmie now.

[–] Gabu 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As long as it doesn't devolve into a cesspool of "those types" of people, I'll probably stay around. Discoverability does need to improve, though

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[–] AlmightySnoo 16 points 1 year ago

This is my new home 😁

[–] rath 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No, unless at some point, most content is no longer about Reddit and Lemmy! Trying to give it a good chance for now.

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[–] pannacotta__ 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It depends on the content & communities I can find here and how well things function here. So far the lack of content I'm interested in has been my main issue with Lemmy, but otherwise it seems like a fine place to be.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'll stay and hope it becomes my go-to Deddit replacement. I like the lack of karma, and the posts and comments seem of a higher quality.

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[–] oldLady80 15 points 1 year ago
[–] ComeHereOrIHookYou 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not sure but I will be staying on a federated reddit-like site. I'm more leaning towards this over kbin though.

Will I ever go back to Reddit? Even if hell freezes, no.

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[–] W6KME 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's a no-brainer. I was an early addict of Usenet, and never found the same utility and community when everyone left for the bright shiny corporate sites (and usenet became harder and harder to access since it wasn't making any billionaires richer.) The Fediverse is what is needed to take the internet back. I just feel bad that it took me so long to start. I joined Mastodon in January and am a thousand times more active there than I ever was at the birdsite, because my account is growing and morphing to fit MY needs. The same will happen with Lemmy and Kbin, and I hope with peertube and all the others. I keep saying it...the Fediverse is what we should have been doing all along, rather than tolerating the billionaires because it was "convenient".

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