Looks like I dropped Reddit at just the right time.

By far one of the easiest decisions was jumping on over here - and I barely understand it half the time.

Second best was ditching Facebook like it was cancer.

Glad I was finally early to something for once. It's been nice reading the reddit news from Lemmy for the last year or so.

Good thing I discovered Lemmy!

I'm glad I jumped ship back during the ban on 3rd party apps. That was it for me.

imagine charging for displaying content you didn't even make.

the balls are astounding, but this ain't gonna go well for them.

Hi, I think I’m doing this right. Just joined Lemmy lol because of this. Can people see my comment?

Good news for Lemmynites.

I just left, deleted my account of 15ish years tonight, no regrets. Happy to be here.

Ok tidy up this place. We have visitors coming soon.

That's why I left. I regret nothing.

Just came to lemmy again after learning this shit!! mass exodus coming soon

I'm surprised they aren't talking about subscriber subreddits. With the amount of porn/OnlyFans posts, I would have thought they could position Reddit as a friendly and familiar OF alternative.

I haven't had an account since the Apollo purge but fuck Spez.

You’re gonna pay the mods then, right?

Right?

I'm not on Reddit much these days but every time I am and I see threads with people discussing these Reddit policy changes Lemmy gets mentioned. Usually with people complaining they already tried or couldn't figure it out or that it isn't good enough...

I think as the enshittification marches on they'll be some more exodus from Reddit but generally I think everyone is just getting used to all online social media being a total corporate disaster.

Digg: "join us reddit..."

Do it, please, the subreddits need to migrate here

Another day of thanking my past self for leaving

Can't wait to see the mental gymnastics subreddit moderators will perform to defend this!

watch them lock old reddit behind a paywall just because it's the best part about reddit

More ads? There's already a bunch of them mixed with posts and comments. What more, force people to watch an ad before loading pages?

Late this fall, after all of the nonsense on Reddit, Facebook, and Instagram I asked myself a very simple question.

"Is the reason I joined these sites still valid? What do I actually enjoy about social media these days?"

The answer was basically "rose colored glasses."

I joined **Reddit **after the 'deaths' of Slashdot and Digg. It became my source to get new and interesting content I probably wouldn't have found otherwise. Now it's bots arguing with bots and 75+% of the content is just recycled shit by people trying to make money. Much of the rest is from people trying to manipulate you.

Delete.

I joined Facebook to keep in touch with my friends and family - especially those I don't see often. Over time, the amount of good content from people I knew dropped to maybe 25% of my feed. Most of it now is AI-generated bullshit or more of the same recycled content you see on Reddit.

Delete.

I joined Instagram to share some of my landscape photos and view some of the great photos some close friends were sharing. Over time that became less and less. Queue the recycled and AI-bullshit content.

Delete.

So, I challenge everybody to ask themselves do they actually enjoy social media? Do these sites actually add value to your life and in any way remain true to their promise when you joined them so many moons ago. Are you actually making any connections with people? The 'social' in 'social' media? Or just watching people talk at each other, not to each other.

After answering those questions, the answer about whether to stick around is pretty clear.

Man this reddit site sounds awful