They took my RiF. The CEO seems like an absolute bastard. It got more and more toxic over the years. I can take some abuse but this was a bit too much. If it continues to be popular I'll use it for information gathering just like always, but they wont get any content, interaction or ad revenue from me.
This blackout thing, while surely sending a message, will be pointless in the end imo. The bosses have decided how they want to proceed and that's that.
It ain't pointless. The message is what get me here at lemmy.
Yeah. I meant pointless in the sense of "we as the reddit community want to change the companies business strategy shortly before an IPO".
You being brought here (same as me) through the backlash-posts is great. But unless certain highly frequented subs go dark PERMANENTLY I dont see much that could sway the reddit leadership towards a more community friendly approach.
@starrox
The point to be taken here is that you can NEVER trust for profit companies because its just a matter of time before they turn evil...and during that time, you've wasted years of effort. Time to build something new!
@lowleveldata
The CEO is an absolute bastard. He's twisted the words of his "friend" Aaron Swartz, the real founder of the site, and bastardised his creation while trashing his legacy.
The blackout isn't pointless, it's just not yet enough. Reddit needs to die, and the blackout is a step towards that. It started as a way to try and get admin to change, and in that respect it has and will fail, but it is the first step to reddit going the way of digg.
a lot of subreddits promised that they won't come back unless reddit removes the api restrictions
The admins will probably reopen it manually
And if they do the mods still won’t come back and those subs will devolve into a cesspit for the worst kinds of people on the internet.
Maybe not, look at lemmy activity numbers. Those people all won't forget.
It’s the 1% who create all the content that matter on any website, and those are the redditors using 3rd party apps.
I've just finished deleting the past 9+ years comment and post history on my account, I'm just waiting until I have copied some of my saved stuff elsewhere then I'm deleting my account. Fuck Reddit and the cesspit it has become.
Better than every user from Reddit coming to Lemmy, for a few reasons:
I don't really agree on the whole tbh. Specifically, the one thing that's still keeping my Reddit account alive is that there's a bunch of communities that don't exist on any other platform because they'd need enough of a "critical mass" of users for it to make sense; and they're too niche otherwise.
A huge influx of users certainly comes with.... Challenges, I do not deny that. But I'd also love to not have to use Reddit anymore solely because of its active user count. And new Lemmy users are unlikely to come from Twitter or something; as it's a different kind of format.
Also, I think the sentiment of "the Lemmy community rn is also formed of at least mildly tech-savvy people [...]" is kind of exclusionary for no real reason, I don't think you have to be tech-savvy to have a good perspective on things, make a good joke or all in all be a positive person to interact with.
I Wholeheartedly agree. Especially on the exclusion of non-techies. Kinda worried Lemmy will become a techie circlejerk with that mentality.
the shitty jokes would continue here
You're posting in a meme community lol. Are memes not shitty jokes?
No. Shitty jokes like "I also choose this guy's dead wife"
And the puns. My god the puns.
I just wanted more info about what's going on in a video, and now I have to wade through hundreds of low effort puns. And most of them the exact same dumb joke repeated over and over.
I've been around long enough now to know that that sort of thing is unavoidable long term (and with popularity). The good thing about Lemmy is it's pretty low-friction to set up a new community on a different instance if need be.
Louis Rossmann really made some great points that a 2 day blackout doesn’t mean anything in his recent video. People need to understand that it won’t hurt Reddit at all of subreddits just start functioning normally after 2 days.
Boost app stops working -> I delete Boost and never use Reddit again.
It's simple
I'm still waiting for an announcement from the dev of Infinity. But things don't look any better. The only one I feel bad about is them. Spez can eat shit while watching his platform meet the same fate as Digg.
infinity is the free and open source one, right?
basically there's zero chance that they'll be able to afford any commercial-grade , let alone reddit api pricing.
there's absolutely no hope.
My whole Reddit experience was Apollo, even on desktop after the release for M1 Macs.
So they’re not killing just an app to connect with Reddit, they’re killing the Reddit experience (at least for me).
I’ve stopped using Reddit web years ago, I installed the official Reddit app last month and uninstalled it after 5 minutes because it felt like a piece of shit.
I will stick with lemmy and even think about starting to create content.
I think many will forget. Meanwhile the rest of us that continue to use Lemmy, can hopefully mirror a load of the more popular communities, even if they have a very low numbers of moderators. That way, if there ever is another protest, many will be able to blend into their favourite communities without missing a beat. May even stay here. I think if the communities exist, even if it's just the basics, more users will come and stay.
I won't... I primarily use Reddit through SyncPro, I won't be downloading the Reddit app as it's a steaming pile of garbage. My Reddit use has already dropped by 90%, as I do sometimes use it from my PC.
I agree, the majority will go back to Reddit but maybe that's a good thing, hopefully all the good people stay here and it doesn't become as toxic as reddit
They've just today killed old reddit for users not logged in, now you get a "you broke reddit screen". It still works if you're logged in, but the days are counting down.
I'm just waiting for the day they take over the subs that have closed down, reopening them as part of the powermod's "projects". That should be a real show. /popcorn
Spez that fucking rat JUST said 2 days ago "old reddit is going no where". Lying by omission, especially when he had to have known this would be implemented days after his comment
at least it gave Lemmy the kick it needed, and the quantity and quality of posts will simply never be the same. Also Reddit, FUCK YOUR REDESIGN AND FUCK YOUR APP. Javascript bloat that doesn't respect you.
I won't forget. It's good to be somewhere new. Perhaps the fediverse is more resistant to profit-driven enshitification
It is much more resistant to enshittification, if an instance is showing signs of corporate takeover we can just jump ship and be suspicious of any corporation backed instances in the first place.
A temporary blackout isn’t enough. We need indefinite blackouts in all participating subs. Hopefully we’ll see a mass exodus if that happens.
I suspect many of us are here to stay. I for one burned the bridge behind me when I left. I serve a new master now. Long live the Fediverse.
I'm not going back, I only used Reddit because it is what I was used to. I've given Lemmy a real chance and greatly prefer it now.
I think it will be quite different afterwards, especially for those subs that permanently go black. If Lemmy can provide a alternative community for those subs and enough content is provided the people might stay there
the blackout is like if a union went on strike but agreed to come back to work in two days regardless of whether any of their demands were met. it's hard to see this affecting reddit at all tbh
The ads, they are like an infestation for the soul. They'll keep much of reddit like a crab on finger
Fuck Reddit, all my homies lemmy.
Well they can have fun, but no FOSS apps means no me, so I won't. Long live infinity.
I may not be a major player, but if this network continues to grow, I would love to be a part of it from the "of sorts" beginning.
If Reddit backs off, most of them, although a seed of an idea will be planted. Otherwise there will be a lot of people who hate the official site and app who will be looking for a new home.
Forget what?
Well not after Sync goes down.
I'm not using their shitty official app. I've tried it before and it honestly makes me question how reddit is even popular when so many users are accessing it through that mess. Like, this is the only experience for many, and it's pretty rough.
