This absolutely feels like republicans setting themselves up for the "red wave" in 2020 that never materialized.
Yeah I feel like anybody who was gonna come to lemmy already did
While I want to agree with this, there have been a number of people saying they will stop using Reddit when the changes come into force on July 1.
Yeah people say stuff like that all the time. If they were really going to leave they'd have done it already
I heard that less than 10% of redditors use 3rd party apps. After tomorrow, I doubt that the whole 10% moves here. Maybe 5% if we are lucky (on unlucky if you are an instance owner).
What really matters is how well the mods can manage the site without their 3rd party tools. Without them, moderation will suffer.
5% of Reddit is colossal compared to Lemmy's current numbers. I think even 0.1% would be very noticeable.
I might be in the minority, but I actually like Lemmy where it is now. Sorting by new, there's usually more new stuff than I can read anyway as-is.
The content on r/all was already dropping in quality during june. I was noticing I was getting into weird niche subreddit way earlier than usual, so hopefully that means all the post makers are starting to jump ship
There will probably be another wave. Simply for the fact that moderation bots are going to stop functioning tomorrow and Spam is just going to go through the roof. It all depends on how fast Reddit can get a handle on that situation.
Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about the moderation tools losing API access. The big subreddits don't have the staff to manually fight all of that, especially with at least some of the senior/dedicated mods losing at least some interest in keeping things afloat. Pro bono work was already rough enough with tools to help. Remove those tools and it's going to put a lot of people off moderating in a serious manner.
Yeah I don't think there will be a significant drop in reddit users however I think they'll be a noticeable drop in quality posts and comments. I think with many older gen redditors and experienced mods jumping ship there's going to be somewhat of a void left in the wake.
Content already has been dropping in quality slowly. A few days ago people were talking about subs up voting Facebook level memes to the frontpage.
And just like then, I will expect the worst and still be pleasantly surprised if the best somehow materializes
I've seen people that use third party apps and had no idea about them going away. Let's see if it effects Reddit in any meaningful way.
I sort of hope it does. But also don't think it will in any meaningful way
The early adopters matter far more than the raw numbers suggest. There is no long tail for content creation and curation. Ongoing exsanguination will intensify. Prognosis is poor for this patient.
I am 99% lurker and I joined a few weeks ago. I've been patiently waiting to see what happens with the amount and type of content after an assumed bump in activity when 3rd party apps go dark.
I was an Alien Blue user for years before Reddit purchased it, then I was using Sync (and will be again soon with Sync for Lemmy). Reddit is essentially dead to me without 3rd party apps.
We'll be celebrating a lot of cake days on next year's June and July
And every June/July going forward lol
Brace yourselves ladies gentelman and everyone in between. It will be hard.
This has been him for the past 3 or 4 weeks
It would be so wonderful if this is the last reddit hug of death
I’m off Reddit fully but I don’t think it’ll be an implosion. With a few other apps striking deals, some will switch to those while others will stick with the main. I think mostly OGs and people more comfortable with tech are the ones who made the switch.
I agree. Lemmy takes a bit to get used to. I think if content starts to get worse on Reddit, more people will get bored and switch. Hopefully by then those early kinks in lemmy will have been cleared out.
We first need to generate some content so new users will find information and enjoyment on Lemmy, otherwise there is no use for the platform, information got me on reddit in the first place, now information will keep me on Lemmy, I will try to generate some too.
Buh bye bacon ☹️
Will miss bacon and all the third party clients Spez killed..
the real test is will Lemmy attain sustainable growth after this fiasco? or it is just temporary?
I think the hard-core redditers - those who aren't just using reddit to find the best burger when they visit Houston - will stay here, or have more of a presence.
At least that is my hope - "If you want Lemmy to be Reddit, just go back to Reddit." As it were.
Casual redditers don't even know there are non-offical mobile apps.
Too many implosions recently. I wonder what gives??
Maybe they think the money they can make from companies using their APIs to train AI is worth tanking user satisfaction with their platform
Good for us. I wish this happens to snapchat, facebook, Instagram, whatsapp and even google (little hard for google) Btw I'm already on pixelfed instead of Instagram.
I'm on pixelfed, but without any of my friends on there, there's not much to it. But the appeal of Reddit is not that your friends are there, so the move to Lemmy or kbin is easier.
I was born for this momento
digg vibes
Apollo has been deleted, Reddit app remains deleted. Memmy has taken Apollo’s spot. Feels good.
I don't think we really know at this point what will happen or how fast reddit will fall. What we do know is third party app users will no longer be able to use the site. And that it will be harder for users with disabilities to effectively use reddit.
RIF stopped working today, so here I am. I for one, welcome my new Lemmy overlord instances
Went on the apple sub yesterday and majority of people on there didn’t give a shit about the API changes and were calling the Apollo developer a whiny multi millionaire or something. Feels like the general tone has shifted a lot.
That feels like self-selection bias to me. The most vocal people with opinions leaning the other direction, have already left the platform.
