I popped into one of the few subreddits I participate in and the consensus was mostly, "Who cares about the API/third-party apps, I just want my Reddit back." Whatever, they can have it.

I've been working to curate my RSS feed in the last couple of days so I never need to visit Reddit at all (outside of being directed there by a Google search result).

[they] didn’t do anything wrong I just didn’t agree with them

And that's why it's disabled! That's not what it's meant to be for, it's meant to be for things that don't add to the conversation. If it's factually wrong then fine - downvote, but don't do it to suppress others' opinions.

I really think it's just a toxic culture thing. I've seen similar instances in people coming from places like League of Legends of World of Warcraft to other games or communities.

When you hang around in a toxic environment and the powers that be do nothing to curb that behavior, you begin to feel like you have to also be toxic in self-defense. It becomes your only recourse.

Then you go somewhere that's not toxic and it's like a culture shock: people actually get banned for bad behavior, other people aren't nasty to you all the time, and you suddenly realize that you don't have to be defensive.

I have a lot of hope for Lemmy. I hope it keeps growing and I hope people don't just join the platform, but join the culture and contribute in positive ways. Reddit is dying and people need to let it and make something better.

Same as the title for me but different than your thing. Just feels stale over there and I go into comments and it's the same ol drivel over and over again lol. This community feels fresh and I'm really enjoying exploring the various communities and chatting casually about whatever..

Feels just very corporate place over there and I dunno. Just not feeling right anymore. I'm thinking maybe it's been wrong all along I just didn't realize. Hopefully lemmy's growth continues but at a reasonable pace so that we don't devolve in the same sorta rhetoric over and over again.

I definitely feel better over here now and while there are way less comments it really seems like the engagements are far better.

Maybe that's what it is. By the time I look at a post over on reddit there are 1000s of comments and half of them just saying the same thing lol.

At least here you can contribute

Everyone else has already hit the culture points, but I want to touch on how smooth and snappy lemmy's web UI is. Maybe my home instance is just overpowered, but even old.reddit.com is a slug in comparison to how fast this feels. One of the most unexpected wins for me so far.

For the longest time, I avoided Reddit because of just how toxic it was becoming. This is really true of a lot of social networks. That's why I joined this instance (lemmy.blahaj.zone) because it doesn't have a downvote button, allows NSFW content for when I want it, and seems to have a friendly userbase. I was initially on Lemmygrad, but it really felt like an echo chamber and quite frankly I need a detox from "tankie" spaces.

I'm starting to realize the value in curating my spaces and paying attention to what I expose myself too. The last several years have been unbearable. Social media has put gasoline on a civilization that is on fire. It's been terrible for all of our well-being and mental health. And behind all of this are algorithms keeping us addicted and logged-on. What was once fun became an inescapable curse.

The thing is none of us are to blame for all this. Everyone was manipulated into it. But now we know we can at least try to do something about it. Independent and federated networks are part of that solution. Taking the social influence out of the hands of corporations who control what we see and manipulate our emotions so they can harvest and sell our data is key.

In the collapse of major social networks there is a silver lining—we have the ability to change the tide. This is a major opportunity for us and we should us it to make the Internet a better space. We all both need and deserve that.

I think its a good example of how one platform with its ecosystem/culture can shapes our habits.

in my opinion, i think the feature of up voting and down voting in reddit are created to bring something relevant to the surface, while "hiding" something that deem not important to the discussions.

While over the years, this trend and culture changes just to silences someone that doesn't share the way we see the world. Or on the other hand, we upvote someone that shares our ideology.

I do not like disabling the downvote button because of this, but i think it is better to disable it, if we tend to abuse it

Important note: I apologize in advance for this lousy suggestion.

Do you know that you can edit post titles? This is a great candidate for a lame joke. Just change it to “Going back to Reddit: feels bad, man”.

Also haven’t been back on Reddit and don’t plan on going back. It’s hard, I’m used to being on Reddit multiple times a day and have to fight the muscle memory to click on the app. But I’m realizing I’m really not missing out on anything by not being there. I’d rather stick with this community as we continue to grow. I don’t even use third party apps—it’s just the principle. Just doesn’t feel right to go back, feels scummy to support the site knowing that it’s owner doesn’t give af about its users.

You're right, the culture there has grown rotten.

The only reason I'll be heading back is to wipe out my history and migrate my subreddit content here.

@polygon well, don't go back.
If you felt bad about the way reddit has been treating its community, then why would you go back?

Louis Rossman said something along the lines of "It's like spending the weekend away from an abusive spouse". It's not gonna do anything.

Stop using reddit. If they don't change things before the 30th, delete the data on your account.

Edit: Here's Rossman's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06rCBIKM5M

Seems many people have gone back though, since kbin is much faster than it was this time yesterday.

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Why not use both? Doesn't have to be either/or. You don't have to be super ideological, use platforms when they suit your purpose. I'm sure Lemmy will grow with time.