Simple question: Will you go back to Reddit and other centralized social media platforms, if Reddit step back from the API changes? The benefits of Reddit are obvisiouly, it has million of users and even small communitys have thousands of users.
For me it’s pretty clear, after deleting my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Discord accounts, the decentraliced Fediverse is my future in social media. Even with an very much smaller community, i’m not willing to be treated as ad-cow for the big corps.
But what do you think about your future in social media? Fediverse or Reddit, Meta, Google and all the others? Or will you go safe and use both, to have an backup option?
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I think I’ll stay here. I like the prospect of building this ting together and shaping it the way we want it. Just that they caved in this one time doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future. I would rather invest my time and effort into something I can stand behind and agrees with my believes. I like that it’s open source and decentralised.
Main thing that needs to be addressed with Lemmy/kbin is the mobile app situation which is well…not great at the moment
Same. The API changes are a symptom of a larger change in direction, and even if Reddit backs down from this now, it’s not going to change the fact that decisions about the platform rooted in how to maximize profits are never going to be good for users. I’d rather contribute to a place where the goal is to build something worthwhile, not just something that’s going to line investors’ pockets.
Apart from the pains of being a relatively new thing (with very barebones alpha mobile apps) I’m already enjoying Lemmy more than Reddit.
I think they’ve made it super clear the direction they’re going. Even if they back down on the third party API cost, the fact they keep trying to push NFTs, Talks, their own video hosting service, their own little emoticons no third party app can support, the idea of selling all users comments to AI firms… No thanks.
Both. Even if Reddit step back this time I think this action is just another on the road to their demise. But Lemmy/Fediverse still needs the critical mass shift to become the true alternative.
I probably will, because I know the communities I was part of there will never be as big and succesful here. Let’s face it, Reddit is far simpler. Lemmy takes a little effort to figure out how to navigate, and many casual internet users won’t want to put in that effort.
Depends if enough people move to make it fun.
I’ll stay.
One of the reasons is that I don’t think Reddit will step back. They might do some changes, and revert some of the decisions, but I’m pretty sure those would be temporary. I don’t trust their CEO and I don’t trust their intentions.
But most importantly, I like the Fediverse. I like hosting my own services, so I don’t depend on a big company which will inevitable change their terms of service, close their APIs, or do something that is not in the best interest of the users, but of the investors and share holders.
Probably not besides looking up old posts and info. After the past week or so of not using Reddit, can’t really say I miss it. Lemmy reminds me of the pre-social media days of web forums and I love it.
I already deleted my reddit account, so there is no going back.
That’s a difficult question for me. I’m a mod of a small niche subreddit over there. I don’t like the idea of leaving that small community to die, and I’m not sure I could rebuild it here. But at the same time the enshittification of Reddit is progressing in a way I’m not at all comfortable with. I’m definitely in on the blackout, but I’m not sure what it’ll take to make me stay or make me leave after that.
I’m going to stick around on lemmy and see what happens. I’m enjoying it more than reddit already and am posting/commenting a lot more than I used to.
There’s a couple of places that I’m not sure will be replicated here any time soon that I’ll really miss, but hey whatever.
Saying that I’ve only logged out of reddit, not deleted anything yet 😬
Lemmy is still new. But that’s a boon ; it has plenty of room to grow and already it is teeming with life and a plethora of new ideas.
I was thinking of deleting Reddit before the fiasco because I just wasn’t enjoying it anymore. It was the same with 9GAG many years ago, whose era came to an end when I discovered Reddit.
I find pleasure by browsing Lemmy, so… Now is the time for change. I am not looking back.
I will probably end up using both, regardless.
Honestly yes, if Reddit steps back and Apollo stays around I’d probably go back to it. While Lemmy is a good alternative IOS support is limited with Mlem and the communities aren’t as large. I’d still probably use Lemmy but less often.
I mean you can’t really say no to the critter in the sweater. What kind of monster does that? (I bet they put pineapple on their pizza, too)
Yes I’ll stay but I’ll also keep using Reddit. You can use more than one app depending what you’re looking for
