Simple question: Will you go back to Reddit and other centralized social media platforms, if Reddit step back from the API changes? The benefits of Reddit are obvisiouly, it has million of users and even small communitys have thousands of users.
For me it’s pretty clear, after deleting my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Discord accounts, the decentraliced Fediverse is my future in social media. Even with an very much smaller community, i’m not willing to be treated as ad-cow for the big corps.
But what do you think about your future in social media? Fediverse or Reddit, Meta, Google and all the others? Or will you go safe and use both, to have an backup option?
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I think I’ll stay here. I like the prospect of building this ting together and shaping it the way we want it. Just that they caved in this one time doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future. I would rather invest my time and effort into something I can stand behind and agrees with my believes. I like that it’s open source and decentralised.
Main thing that needs to be addressed with Lemmy/kbin is the mobile app situation which is well…not great at the moment
Same. The API changes are a symptom of a larger change in direction, and even if Reddit backs down from this now, it’s not going to change the fact that decisions about the platform rooted in how to maximize profits are never going to be good for users. I’d rather contribute to a place where the goal is to build something worthwhile, not just something that’s going to line investors’ pockets.
Yeah, Reddit cannot be trusted anymore, even if they revert the API thing (which they don’t even acknowledge as a bad thing), their goal is to please the potential investors and not their community.
The Fediverse is refreshing, made by passion and not for profit, I like Lemmy and I will still stay here even if Reddit backtracks on their decisions.
On Android, Jerboa is pretty ok right now, and the influx of new contributors is a great thing, the development of Jerboa will be way faster now.
Apart from the pains of being a relatively new thing (with very barebones alpha mobile apps) I’m already enjoying Lemmy more than Reddit.
I think they’ve made it super clear the direction they’re going. Even if they back down on the third party API cost, the fact they keep trying to push NFTs, Talks, their own video hosting service, their own little emoticons no third party app can support, the idea of selling all users comments to AI firms… No thanks.
Both. Even if Reddit step back this time I think this action is just another on the road to their demise. But Lemmy/Fediverse still needs the critical mass shift to become the true alternative.
If reddit took a step back I will definitely use it, but the fact that you can ask a question without being flooded with bad jokes makes this platform have value for me. I’ll happily use both.
Exactly. About time reddit has some real competition. Also it’s scary how much important info you can get only on reddit, I hope we can get backups.
I’ll stay.
One of the reasons is that I don’t think Reddit will step back. They might do some changes, and revert some of the decisions, but I’m pretty sure those would be temporary. I don’t trust their CEO and I don’t trust their intentions.
But most importantly, I like the Fediverse. I like hosting my own services, so I don’t depend on a big company which will inevitable change their terms of service, close their APIs, or do something that is not in the best interest of the users, but of the investors and share holders.
I probably will, because I know the communities I was part of there will never be as big and succesful here. Let’s face it, Reddit is far simpler. Lemmy takes a little effort to figure out how to navigate, and many casual internet users won’t want to put in that effort.
That may be a positive though. Early Reddit was better (in my opinion) before all the new users and bots and advertisers. Lemmy feels like that and I prefer the more chill atmosphere.
If your girlfriend/boyfriend hit you with a baseball bat but then said sorry didn’t realize you would leave me I wont hit you again. Would you go back?
I would go back, but only because reddit has so much niche content I enjoy. But I am also going to actively support sites like this to bring those communities over here.
ATM my intro Lemmy experience doesn’t have any desirable content. I can deal with new uis, slower loading, etc. But using Lemmy this morning instead of reddit is distinctly a worse experience than normal… Notably because every single post is about reddit lol
Yeah. Spez is still a piece of shit and my old accounts with massive gobs of post history are still banned. My “image” that was well respected in a ton of car groups is long gone, and I can’t get it back via alts without running afoul of the “no ban evasion” policy, so fuck 'em. Lemmy has been working just fine for my light, casual browsing needs. Why would I go back now?
I’ve been hearing a lot about the “fediverse” and just haven’t had any motivation to bother looking into it. But here I am now.
Probably not besides looking up old posts and info. After the past week or so of not using Reddit, can’t really say I miss it. Lemmy reminds me of the pre-social media days of web forums and I love it.
Reddit burning its bridge with Apollo’s dev probably sealed the deal for me. Beyond handling things poorly, most of my time on Reddit was on my phone via Apollo. I highly doubt Christian ever works with Reddit again even if they did completely pull everything back.
Things have been pretty good here, I don’t see any reason not to stick around, and there isn’t anything to make me go back. I’ll probably check hockey news on Reddit occasionally, but I can’t see myself being active.
Came here to say this. If there’s no Apollo, I will not have an account with Reddit. I’ll still do Google searches with Reddit at the end, because there’s just such a wealth of information, but I won’t participate other than that.
Like most of the other people around here, I will definitely stay at Lemmy. But I will also use Reddit as long as it has viable subreddits for me, that I cannot compensate with a Lemmy alternative.
But I hope, that Lemmy will have the same impact than Mastodon had and that many cool communities will rise from this!
Lemmy is still new. But that’s a boon ; it has plenty of room to grow and already it is teeming with life and a plethora of new ideas.
I was thinking of deleting Reddit before the fiasco because I just wasn’t enjoying it anymore. It was the same with 9GAG many years ago, whose era came to an end when I discovered Reddit.
I find pleasure by browsing Lemmy, so… Now is the time for change. I am not looking back.
I will. No Apollo no Reddit. Easy as that.
I will be staying for sure. There’s nothing worth saving over on reddit anyway. I’ve hoped for a long time the fediverse would get good enough to challenge the mainstream platforms. and with this sudden influx of people (and hence developers), it just might.
