I barely use reddit anymore save for porn and niche subs but after that glorious app I had used for ages finally died a few days ago I felt devastated. it was like losing an old friend. I hope reddit dies an even slower and more painful death

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Thanks to everyone who left reddit because they killed the useful mobile apps, lemmy is becoming a viable alternative.

    I’ve been waiting for a viable alternative that isn’t as toxic as reddit for some time now. I hope they kill off old.reddit soon.

    • Ezergill@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I mostly left because I saw an abundance of bootlicking posts and comments, people dunking on mods for continuing the protest and saying that it doesn’t concern them cause they don’t use third-party apps. Granted, some of them might’ve been bots or payed, but a lot of frustration seemed genuine and fron real accounts, and it rubbed me the wrong way.

      • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I really don’t get it. I also used official app for years now and now I’m here and reddit is becoming a memory because how they treated it.

        • TrontheTechie@infosec.pubEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          Same. I hadn’t used a 3rd party reddit app in years, and I slowly watched as my reddit experience got worse and worse, but when they mishandled the whole situation it made me wonder why I’m sticking around.

          • illi@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Same. The app was shit, but I didn’t want to bother with finding something else. I supported the protest but it was not enough for me to leave - their reaponse though, the strongarming of the mods and all the shitshow around me just made me snap. I was aware reddit is going down a bad path, but I was a frog being boiled. This made me realize it and thank god for that one guy on r/lotrmemes mentioning Lemmy as an alternative.

  • TwilightVulpine@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    Same here. I don’t want to use reddit’s official app given how spez spelled out he will do everything he can to squeeze every penny out of that place. I want to browse interesting communities, not endless ads.

  • BornVolcano@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I didn’t realize I could transcribe on mobile using 3PAs until a few days before the takedown. It was frustrating and shitty, but the biggest thing that drove me away was looking at that site that told me how many shadowremovals and silent moderation I got without even realizing it, for completely innocent things. I was done.

    Ngl liftoff is still really iffy about mobile transcribing on Lemmy but I’m working with/harassing to dev on that (I got a reply saying they’ll look into it and now it’s just a waiting game ig)

  • manitcor@lemmy.intai.techEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Fediverse New User Orientation

    Reddit Migration

    Here from reddit? Find your new home.

    Fediverse

    The “network” of instances that uses ActivityPub

    Lemmy

    The Reddit-like federated forum app that runs on ActivityPub within the Fediverse

    Instance Lists

    Lists of Instances

    Communities

    Communities for getting started in the fediverse

    For instance Admins

    Tools and info for admins and admins-to-be

    For Devs

    Building or contributing?

    The Fediverse Could be Awesome (If We Don’t Screw it Up)

    • phario@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m sure this “welcome kit” is meant as a helpful thing but I have to wonder if it is exactly the problem that prevents Lemmy from being adopted.

      When someone joins Reddit, they don’t need to read a literal plethora of guides on how to use Reddit. It’s obvious.

      What looks like a helpful thing to do is instead going to intimidate and confuse new people.

      So ultimately the question is: why isn’t Lemmy obvious to use, and how do we make it so?

      • Moohamin12@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thing it though, you don’t really need to read any of it.

        The experience is pretty similar for the end user. However the guide is very useful if you want to get to the back end stuff.

      • antricfer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Reddit wasn’t easy to understand either when I joined 13 years ago. I guess discovery is part of the fun.

      • Master@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        When someone joins reddit it isnt obvious what to do. A lot of people come from more common linear communication systems like bbs and etc and the whole reddit comment chain can be confusing to follow. It also is extremely confusing about joining communities and what that does to your feed. The thing is reddit has been around for a lot of years and those of us who have used it have forgotten how confusing it was in the beginning.

      • Fantomas@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        You can turn off NSFW content. I suppose if I’m browsing all then I should expect it.

        • N1NJ4W4RR10R_@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’d wager most people who want to see NSFW don’t want to see it in all. NSFW seems like it’s more of a thing you search for at specific times rather then something you want popping up while you’re browsing for the other kind of entertainment. Not that I’m speaking from experience of course.

          Also, as others have mentioned, the more gorey or profanity filled style NSFW isn’t something I’d like to have blocked from all, but it is something I don’t want to autoplay or be uncensored in case I’m actually at work.