• Ulu-Mulu-no-die@lemmy.world
    106·
    2 years ago

    Lemmy is my new home now and it’ll stay that way.

    I’m not going to be drastic on reddit yet, I intend to make a GDPR request to get all my data, but I’'ll immediately unsub from all the subs I’m currently in save for a few very niche that are hard to replace (for now).

    I’ll probably check in every now and then those niche but I’ll definitely stop posting.

    • crius@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 years ago

      Same here. I’ve already replaced my mobile app with one for lemmy and used these two days to take on the habit coming here instead of reddit. I’ve submitted a request as well. Will delete my account shortly after. I was using reddit to lurk mostly or get angry at trolls/toxic people anyway, it’s just better for me if I just forget about it.

          • Barack Ollama@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 years ago

            Ahh, you’re on android I’m guessing? I’m iOS :( looks like Mlem is the only option rn, and it’s young & buggy :( but still using it! :) and I’m def sticking with Lemmy!

            • Joe B@mastodon.social
              2·
              2 years ago

              @Barack_Ollama If you don’t mind the interface you should go to lemmy.world on your browser/Safari . It takes about 1 day to get used to then you will be an expert. the only thing about the website since it’s still new is that when you reply comment or create a post it looks like its loading. give it about 30 seconds and it will post. it looks like its loading but it’s actually posted already. other then that everything is good

              • Barack Ollama@lemmy.world
                3·
                2 years ago

                I’m using the browser interface mostly. There are still some issues, though. Like, I got the notification of your comment & the only way I can find to view it in the context of the other comments is to tap on the post name (going to the main post), then scrolling down to find my own comment & your reply. Manageable now, but certainly not manageable if/when Lemmy gets more popular :(.

                It would be great to be able to select the notification to take me to the post page, highlighting the comment from the notification, and only loading the thread that comment is in (basically what happened when I tapped on the notification in the Apollo App).

    • Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      392·
      2 years ago

      I went there for a moment to check if any of my subreddits were making polls and the amount of redditors against this strike was depressing. I’m happy that I left this shithole and those braindead people behind.

        • Barack Ollama@lemmy.world
          11·
          2 years ago

          Yeah, I was going to say, anyone who’s creating polls on Reddit rn doesn’t know much about how to sample & avoid bias…

          • ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world
            6·
            2 years ago

            Reminds me of when Elon was making polls on how to run Twitter (although even with a biased sample people still wanted him out as CEO 😂).

      • jackiebrown@lemmy.world
        112·
        2 years ago

        People can have different views. No reason to call the braindead. I plan on using both but to be primarily here.

        • Little8Lost@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 years ago

          i likely do that too but i will never install the official app so i only access it when i need informations about something like programming. So i going to treat it more like an extension of search engines

      • aubertlone@lemmy.world
        9·
        2 years ago

        Yeah I saw a similar sentiment on another thread that summarizes to: Lemmy being a little hard to figure out might be a feature, not a bug.

        I’m absolutely no elitist, but I think a lot of us can attest to the overall quality of reddit content decreasing over time. I browse r/all and so tired of seeing the constant reposts, many by bots etc etc.

        Remains to be seen how everything will shake out. But Lemmy does seem chill so far, and less vitriol in general

    • Protegee9850@lemmy.world
      59·
      2 years ago

      Idk. The lemmy.ml instance seems practically overrun with CCP/Russian apologists. From literally defending the Tienanmen Sq. massacre to just the tankiest tankies that ever tankied - I’ve definitely seen my fair share of shitheads in the past week here.

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
    60·
    2 years ago

    I’m gonna go back to reddit long enough to get the rules for important support groups I’m in to make them here on Lemmy. I’ll then post about it in the support groups before leaving Reddit.

  • Wildchandelure@beehaw.org
    56·
    2 years ago

    Gonna stick with Lemmy, but monitor Reddit’s activity.

    I expect a lot of subreddits will be left indefinitely closed as well, which the admins are probably going to take over forcefully.

    Lemmy is pretty nice to use so far.

    • sping@lemmy.sdf.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, Reddit is currently a useful repository of some kinds of information and that won’t instantly migrate. It’s sad that even though every comment must be suspect when there can be any ulterior motive, it’s still often more informative than browsing the general internet, not least because the results from Google are dominated by manipulative trash sites.

      But I’d definitely apply pressure towards Lemmy - I intend to use it first and encourage people to come on over. Reddit brings nothing special to the party, it’s just a simple but well conceived framework for people to interact (come to that, in 15 years has it improved in any way apart from 3rd party plugins and and apps?). The people are the thing, the platform just facilitates and protects the interactions (the latter will be the big challenge for Lemmy if it takes off).

  • realitista@lemmy.world
    28·
    2 years ago

    16 year reddit veteran here. I’m gonna stay here, create communities, and submit content in the hopes that others do the same. Honestly, we don’t need even .1% of the users to make a great community, we just need the users we have to be active.

  • notsorryforpartying@lemmy.world
    26·
    2 years ago

    I’m staying here on lemmy. I was sensing the quality decline for years and was looking for something else before the recent drama anyway.

    Lemmy is the first time I’ve been excited about the internet in a while and most things people complain about here are non issues to me.

    Federation and some fracturing? It’s a fail safe feature not a bug. And things will slowly become more centralized over time.

    Difficult to grasp conceptually and on board? It’s creating a positive barrier to entry keeping smart and persistent people as the ones entering in.

    UI and UX issues? The second biggest instance rn lemmy.world was created only 10 days ago! Chill out and be patient! As the community grows in confident we will get all the QoL features we want.

    Small community? It’s growing so rapidly we’re having outages and crashes, people are coming in faster than ever. And your posts will actually be seen and can create real connections with people.

    It’s an opportunity to get in on the ground floor and help determine what this place will be!

    People are looking at it wrong who are complaining imo and if not then they’re simply not the people I want to interact with anyway. They can go back to corporate ass ad ridden sites like reddit and continue their mindless scrolling there. I’ll be staying here

    • terebat@programming.dev
      6·
      2 years ago

      +1, lemmy/kbin/mastodon are communities users can shape and contribute to (literally to the code as well) far more than reddit. That alone with along with the recent influx of users, makes it a far more interesting place than reddit.

    • BobKillsNinjas@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’m actually kind of excited to start fresh, I have been working to break out of the loops I have been in after noticing every day is just feeling a repeat.

    • B4tid0@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Very well written.

      And absolutely , yes to everything.

      I am probably going to use both for different reasons until June 30 and then just be here full time. Like you wrote , i have being having so much fun here like I have never had before with internet people. Since reddit was the only place I social networked , i am glad Lemmy is the way it currently is and I am excited to what’s to come.

  • sparky@lemmy.pt
    24·
    2 years ago

    I’m all-in on Lemmy and hope you all will stick around too. I blew away my Reddit account and all my post history today.

  • sunaurus@lemm.ee
    241·
    2 years ago

    I’ve completely replaced my Reddit addiction with a Lemmy addiction. Don’t feel any pull to go back tbh.

    • Laura@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Same here, I will occasionally use reddit while Apollo is still up, but once it shuts down I’ll stick with lemmy, at most browsing old.reddit.com if I need to search for something specific

  • Rick@lemmy.world
    17·
    2 years ago

    I’ll be using both but I hope the strike goes on longer. Reddit mods have no idea how to strike or what a strike entails. Imagine if ghandi broke his hunger strike because he got hungry.

  • ANGRY_MAPLE@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    2 years ago

    I’m sticking to lemmy at this point because of the principal.

    I may only be one person out of millions, but I’m not giving reddit a lick of traffic unless Spez publicly acknowledges and apologizes to the dev for the false accusations, and to it’s communities.

    I figure, if my time on reddit is a just drop in the bucket, people should have no room to be angry with me if I leave reddit permanently. If the user base is so unimportant, reddit shouldn’t miss us when we go. If the CEO is going to imply that people will get attacked by us for wearing reddit merch, then I want NOTHING to do with that platform.

    People are hilarious if they think that reddit will suddenly stop it’s shenanigans at removing 3rd party apps. When they go public, you can probably kiss most of your favourite content goodbye.

    It’s ironic too, because certain specific communities who are angry at the blackout will probably truly lose free speech when reddit goes public. Everything will likely have to be very suitable to advertisers and whoever has a stake in ownership.

    • SomethingsVichy@beehaw.org
      3·
      2 years ago

      I agree. Reddit has been pushing me away since they did away with the one-time purchase premium account I had, then started implementing loads of ads into everything. Good riddance.