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[-] brenomartins@lemmy.world 69 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes

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[-] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

See, if reddit had just let the upvote/downvote system work as intended, instead of banning people for no reason at all in a lot of cases, this entire problem likely would have been avoided. And no matter what the bans should have never been permanent! We dont put people in prison FOREVER, social media accounts should also be treated with some decency.

[-] Tired8281@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

A lot of this is because the prevalent attitude has been 'it's the internet, it doesn't matter', and that allowed people to do things that we, as a society, decided long ago that people weren't supposed to do.

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[-] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I can't say I will stay on Lemmy. But I won't return to Reddit.

[-] balrog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Same here. It's already gotten sucky, and it's only going to get worse.

If you want to know the future of Reddit, look at Facebook.

[-] elaina_pits@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

How's the stay feels? I tried Lemmy back in the API fiasco but felt that it's too barren. Fwiw users is what makes the platform, like how Digg was demolished back in the day.

[-] Deathstalkr1@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Same here. Reddit is going downhill real fast.

[-] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Reddit has been going downhill for a decade. The problem was that there were no viable alternatives. Now that /u/Spez has pushed the issue, he forced enough people into Lemmy that it is suddenly a viable alternative. I call that a win!

[-] holiday@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Yes. For the time being. Would love to see larger migration from reddit.

[-] refugeered@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I realized how much of a marketing cesspool Reddit has become once I left it. That along with the whole doom scrolling has been toxic to my mental health. So I am much better off without it.

That said, the fediverse seems to be a little too small especially for niche topics. Plus the this world still needs some tool/interface to unify it and make it easier to use. I still go back reddit once in a while for those niche communities but I have logged out for the first time in a decade+ from reddit.

I have started focusing on my hobbies more, the whole reddit fiasco has been a reminder that it is not just FB that is bad, it is everything including Reddit and in time possibly places like this if it grows.

[-] NikkiNikkiNikki@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I remember joining reddit a few years back, and it was on the cusp of when it became a cesspool. I wouldn't post often (Maybe twice a month), but every time the engagement became less and less useful. Kind like how stack overflow users can never actually give you a helpful answer, they only link to other vaguely related ones, Reddit became "Oh, it's because x and y" to "Oh god you're so fucking stupid it's obviously Z".

And I just kinda dipped out to lurking on twitter, and then twitter became so god awful that I can't even open the app without feeling like humanity lost its way.

Anyways other than that Kbin has been doing me justice. I've never been more active on any other platform.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

I will stay as long as they don't do what Reddit did.

[-] complacent_jerboa@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

the Voyager PWA is a big part of why I'm staying. Good UX!

[-] JeffCraig@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It depends on the tech. I'm not convinced this form of federation is going to work. There's already a lot of tech issues being exposed and drama unfolding between the instances.

I also don't think it will see wide public adoption due to how segmented the communities are.

I hope these issues are resolved, and I'll try to stick it out here. I quit Twitter and am trying Mastodon and I'll do the same with reddit. I'm not willing to just sit by and watch corporations take over our society.

[-] complacent_jerboa@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Oh dang, it seems I've been living under a rock. What are the tech and drama issues I missed?

[-] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm planning on staying here permanently. I'll go into Reddit just to check subreddit names I've subscribed to and see if there's a Lemmy community for it every now and then, but I'm not going to engage with Reddit more than that.

[-] Proxima_Centauri11@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Someone told me about https://sub.rehab/, so I just check that every few days to see if my favorites show up there!

[-] scritchyscratch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That’s pretty neato. As an aside, can you save comments on lemmy?

[-] Proxima_Centauri11@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You can! I use Jeroa on Android, and you can tap the bookmark button to save comments, and I think it's a similar process on Desktop.

[-] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ooohhh I'm gonna start using that from now on!

[-] Damaskox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've been around Lemmy for under a week so far. This feels enough like Reddit (more than Kbin) and...seems(?) to have more activity than Kbin so I deleted my account there and decided to stay here. I've already created a bit of content here to grow this place! ❤

I hope I'll see more communities arrive here what are not yet here but in Reddit 👀

[-] DharmaCurious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm a filthy casual, and I think I'll be staying. I might try out Kbin when they get a mobile app, because I'd like to be able to follow mastodon and the fediverse versions of reddit from the same app. But I love it here so far. There are a few subs I really miss (witches vs the patriarchy, some science subs, and a whole bunch of academic and religious subs), but I'm fairly confident that most of those will make their way here eventually. If not en mass, then a trickle of like minded folks.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I'm on every website known to mankind, a world record I wish to keep, so yes.

[-] RoblyMcPerkins@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Probably. It would be nice to be able to select a more compact view - it feels like there's a lot of wasted screen real estate with the current look.

[-] DharmaCurious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Are you using a mobile app? If you're on Android, Jerboa gives you options on how to view. List view, cards, and small cards (or something to that effect). I like cards because my eyes suck, and I need the pictures to be big enough. Lol.

[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Once my reddit app stops working I won't have a choice but to find a new home. Subreddits are burning in ways that can't be easily reversed and will take years to naturally grow back.

As long as I can find news and memes, I will stay here.

[-] Froyn@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, but only on the condition that HeGetSus doesn't make an appearance.

[-] mrginger@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yea, I'm here to stay and help it grow. Reddit even before all this BS just felt...icky sometimes. Lemmy doesn't, and I'm loving the passionate people that are moving here.

[-] MachoMaamSandyRavage@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I will stay, just have to figure out more how it actually works.

[-] 11111@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, after Boost for reddit stops working.

[-] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's a little up in the air for me at the moment. I just discovered that all of our upvotes and downvotes aren't private. It's not what I'm used to at Reddit.

I can see pros and cons to this, so it will be an interesting change for sure.

[-] DharmaCurious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Well, I'm glad to be informed of this early in my Lemmy career. Time to make an alt!

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[-] egeres@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, but

The site needs a ton of UX polishing to keep "lazy users" hooked (something I think it's critical if you want to harvest as much users as possible from this fire). I feel like software developers tend to be more conscientious internet citizens that fight for their rights and seek independence, so I'm hoping that gives an influx of fixes/bug reports on lemmy's github repo leading to stability, but maybe we also need to find ways to collaborate with front-end/brand design people (?)

[-] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 2 years ago

I was already on lemmy dammit

[-] pineapplefriedrice@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

These poor lemmy users who aren't on reddit. Suddenly a herd of raging ex-redditors come storming into their otherwise quiet community and take shit over. :)

[-] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So far, so good. Keep the bigotry and fascists in check and I'll stick around. I tried to make a community (a page for my band) just now and it just loads and loads when I hit submit. Anyone else had that problem? I turned off all my ad blockers. The issue persists.

edit: I was able to make a community today. Check out !jambands if you're into that kind of thing! :)

edit2: 12/13/23 Lemmy has lots of bigots and incels now.

edit3: 2/14/24 Lemmy now seems to have bigot and incels mods running many "front page" communities.

[-] Tandybaum@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I think it’s looking very promising. I’ll agree with others here that if the users come on, some of the bugs get worked out, and an Apollo like app gets created Id be happy to call this home.

I’ve been a serious Reddit user since the digg incident so it really is like the end of an era.

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