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[-] rhys@mastodon.rhys.wtf 48 points 1 year ago

@TheColonel @TimTheEnchanter 17 years ago is pretty much exactly when reddit became accessible. You were there from the very beginning.

I've been there for 14 years, and this kerfuffle has killed all enthusiasm I had for staying. I've switched to using reddit's RSS feeds for the few subs I can't give up yet (mainly those related to the Ukraine war) but I expect I'll stop using it altogether in short order.

On the plus side, it's furthered my deep distrust of big tech companies.

[-] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago

I felt like a Reddit old-timer and I have (had?) been on there 12 years, ha ha! Seventeen years is wild! I don’t have much enthusiasm for staying/going back, either.

[-] TheColonel@reddthat.com 31 points 1 year ago

Seventeen years is wild!

Tell me about it! It was hard nuking 17 years worth of content–effectively my online identity–but it was the right thing to do.

FWIW, from a Reddit old timer, Lemmy feels a LOT closer to those early days than whatever is calling itself Reddit these days.

[-] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m really enjoying the vibe of Lemmy so far! Still figuring out how to effectively discover communities on other instances, but I’ll get there eventually.

[-] TheColonel@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago

I’ve been bouncing between a few different iOS apps (all very similar to Apollo) and browsing the All feeds.

Plus an occasional search to try to find replacements for my favorite communities. Not 100% yet but I m digging the fresh start.

Also commenting way more again!

[-] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

I’ve been using Memmy for that Apollo-like experience, ha ha!

I’ve been trying to comment and post way more, too. Feels nice trying to grow/participate in communities instead of just getting lost in a sea of rage bait. So far I’m liking the slower pace and kinder tone here!

[-] TheColonel@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Word! I’ve been bouncing between wefwef & Memmy, and just started trying Mlem today.

And yeah! I realize in retrospect that’s what I loved about Reddit and had to pare things way back to smaller subreddits in order to keep it feeling that way.

I think this platform has a lot of potential.

[-] Melody@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

12 years here.

It was evident that Reddit was not going to play nice the moment Mr. Huffman opened his big trap on network television. Fuck /u/spez, and Fuck Reddit

Lemmy is so much better and it reminds me of what was long lost back in the earliest days of reddit. It's so much nicer here on Lemmy in general.

Initially; I intended to stay in line with the protest and only close for the 2 days initially proposed.

[-] jherazob@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

One thing i've been thinking since a recent CatValente essay from a few days ago, regarding Reddit: Saying "Fuck Spez" sounds quite nice and is catchy but kinda makes it feel like Steve Huffman was one of your buddies that betrayed you, and he never was. We should start using his full name, and accordingly distancing us from that person. Let's not give him even the privilege of using a nickname. His name is Steve Huffman and we should stop using "Spez" altogether.

[-] jherazob@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Yes! 17 years too! Mentioned it on a Discord and somebody offered to do it for me, but no, it had to be me, i owed that account at least that.

You know what was surprisingly hard too? Deleting the RemindMeBot reminders. Felt almost as hard.

[-] sparkl_motion@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Can confirm. At least from someone there from 11 years ago when it was still fun.

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