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I will enjoy the last days that Infinity will be operational, after it gets shuttered I will participate more here. I might go back on reddit every now and then to see what r/okbuddychicanery is up to but that is it.
I have no use for the hot garbage official app otherwise.
I'm staying; I primarily use Reddit on mobile - once RIF is gone, I'm gone. I am not using the official app even if they pay me.
I honestly think a lot of PPL will move to reddit, but I'm staying, lemmy's better for discussion
I'm making a commitment to lemmy, I am enjoying it although it does feel a little anemic by comparison to the endless content of Reddit..
It really just depends on how well utilised it is going forward I'm happy to stay here for sure but if it ends up a ghost town then I might drop out of the habit of using it (hopefully not though)
Hmm, well, as for me, I've already deleted my Reddit account, and now I've permanently switched to Lemmy. The community here is genuinely pleasant, unlike the experience I had on Reddit where my questions and comments were often deleted. The people here are not only nice but also genuinely helpful! It's such a delightful place to be, and I feel a strong desire to remain here indefinitely.
I tend to be more of a lurker than an active participant, primarily because I fear that my opinions and views might be suppressed due to internet censorship. However, in this community, I can freely express myself without any apprehension (as long as I adhere to the rules).
Things will go back to a new normal with a lot more users. Some will remain others will not. Eventually the ecosystem will mature, new apps will be created and more people will move over.
I am still lurking on reddit, while using Lemmy. Frankly, Lemmy is pre-Eternal September, so everyone is nice and the community is cool. But reddit is still a massive repository of info. I think once we hit July and my 3PA goes offline, i will be mostly on Lemmy. Suspect this will be the case for most lemmings.
It's almost like reddit took a page from the Elon Handbook of Management or something. I think most people will immediately go back to reddit, or try to use both for a bit. People who used something that wasn't the official app may end up here (but maybe not for the same amount of time per day/week/etc).
Whatever it is that reddit wants to monetize about its users via its app specifically is not something I want any part of.
The amount of new content I'm seeing every day should prevent some of that.
I'm seriously shocked at how much Lemmy has blown up over the past couple days.
Can't say for most people, but I can share my experience.
I signed up for Lemmy and Mastodon around the time the Reddit API news broke out. Before that, I use Reddit for news and discussions in communities I'm interested in, and Twitter for following internet people. For now, Lemmy has been satisfactory enough for me to not want to go back to Reddit all the time, but most internet creators I follow are still on Twitter, so I can't switch fully to Mastodon just yet.
Most, but they'll always have Lemmy in their back pocket, which is the important part.
I think if the top Reddit third party apps developed a Lemmy app, that would genuinely help keep people here.
The "official" Lemmy apps right now are rough. They aren't terrible, but they are leagues behind any of the main Reddit apps.
Just using it in the browser isn't too bad. When jerboa conked out for me yesterday i just switched to browser
I'm going back.
The community search functions are next to useless, the fragmentation of communities makes it harder to manage, and the Jerboa app is infinitely worse than the Reddit main app
Even is Lemmy isn't right, why not have a look around and see if you can replace Reddit with something else, even if it's a mix of stuff.
This is the beginning of the enshittification of Reddit - it's no longer about providing a good user experience, it's about providing a good corporate experience. This means that the content will get worse and worse , and less and less relevant. Stage 3 is where Reddit fucks over the advertisers and starts making bank, and shortly after that with no users and no corporate support it starts to implode..
And then you will need to move off the platform.
Or - you could move off now. Lemmy is ok, the best for chatting. I've been using Imgur for memes but miss NSFW content, and Lemmy is also very NSFW unfriendly. So for me right now it's a bit of a mix.
I'm working on my own content aggregator with the features of Reddit, but in the end it's just for me if nobody gives a damn and that's ok
I don't want to go back to reddit but as it stands now I don't see Lemmy/mastadon being it's replacement. You didn't have to read a manual to browse reddit. It was much more intuitive.
@Korlock @nodsocket I get what youβre saying, the internetβs always been like that. But itβs ultimately the internet themselves who pay the end price like now.
RSS was widely accepted, until google made something convenient. Now weβre back to established sites getting first dibs on what you see like old media. Then theres XMPP, man.. google.. Googles tender embrace turned into deadly smothering.
You can see websites attempting the same thing as Tumblr adds ActivityPub.
I think all we need is a killer app like RIF or Sync or Apollo
I'm on Jerboa app on Android. It's pretty good. I'm a RIF user.
Will try it
i expect a much crappier reddit 6 months from now. i won't be able to use reddit without old.reddit and res.
re lemmy, i'm so confused and overwhelmed by it. i wish there was a lingo and activity converter between reddit and lemmy.
As much as I want fediverse to become the norm, the thing is that it doesn't really matter if users switch over - content creators have to switch over. It's the same reason why Mastodon isn't very relevant, very few large names actually moved from Twitter.
Anime intros, but Madoka as well as the second intro of season 1 of Gundam 00. One of my favorite intros ever.
(Has anyone made a "Lost Lemmings" community yet? π)
What do you mean with Lost Lemmings?
There's a subreddit called r/lostredditors. For people who somehow ended up posting in the wrong subreddit. I was just referencing that. βΊοΈ
Reddit on mobile for me is done. I may still browse it on desktop but lemmy will be my go to when i'm out and about