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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.
Permabans with no way to appeal are ridiculous.
And then to add that if you create a new account to get around a subreddit ban then that makes you eligible for a sitewide ban is even more ridiculous.
I got permabanned from r/pics a while back because under a generic Facebook photo of an interracial couple at their wedding somebody asked why it was posted there and I responded “Reddit loves interracial couples”. That was it. The irony is that my marriage is interracial.
I mean… Damn…even if I was a crazy strict conservative mod I couldn’t imagine busting your balls on that … I’d hassle you maybe about the generalizations of what Reddit loves at most
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.
Small suggestion - Is it possible for you to pin this comment to the top of the comment feed? I missed the comment when I first looked to be honest
I can’t say I will stay on Lemmy. But I won’t return to Reddit.
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.
Same here. Reddit is going downhill real fast.
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!
What wil you do? Where will you go to browse?
Do you guys not have phones?
Yes. For the time being. Would love to see larger migration from reddit.
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I’ve seen at least 2 former Reddit third party apps in development in the last few days being ported for lemmy so keep an eye out, more app options will be around shortly
Yes. I’ve been been on lemmy.world and kbin.social for the past week and the growth and content maturation is good enough for me now, and improving fast.
I deleted my Reddit account and all my post history yesterday.
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.
Someone told me about https://sub.rehab/, so I just check that every few days to see if my favorites show up there!
Ooohhh I’m gonna start using that from now on!
That’s pretty neato. As an aside, can you save comments on lemmy?
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.
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 (?)
Its so difficult to stay but i want to. The android app needs a lot of work. But i enjoy it from time to time.
I have been uaing Reddit since 2009 so it will be extremely difficult to leave reddit.
I will use reddit, lemmy and Tumblr.
If you’re referring to Jerboa I completely agree. The idea is cool, but I find myself either disinterested in what’s new, or bored of seeing the same posts over and over. I don’t know if this is a problem with the app itself (which does need work) the lack of community compared to reddit, or just Lemmy’s framework of a social media, which is very confusing. Not to mention you can only view communities or whatever if someone in the same instance as you is already following it. I feel like a lot of Lemmy’s framework cuts it short of what it could be, one, and I also feel like the lack of a very large and dedicated community is making the experience not as enjoyable.
I use sort by new comment to see new post that have some comments in it.
and I also feel like the lack of a very large and dedicated community is making the experience not as enjoyable.
Same, also there’s the same community in multiple server so sometimes same post is posed on the same community on a different server
Update Jerboa to 0.0.35, was released 7h ago, and it’s already a major step forward. Currently only on github. It will give you an error about the server version but works regardless.
And since Sync is being ported over as we speak ([email protected]) with an MVP announced in ~6 weeks, that will be a major boost.
I intend to BUT ultimately the decision is on the mayority’s preference
I want to. But in all honesty, it depends on how much of the communities I’m used to migrate here as well. Right now my typical reddit content is mostly missing here. It has potential, but like any other social media site, it depends on the community and the content. I’m hopeful though, I think reddit is in its final days either way.
Ive found the transition to be seamless. I put Jerboa in the spot where RiF used to be on my phone, and now I dont even think about going to the old site.
Its actually nicer to he around at the nascent stages of Lemmy’s popularity. Im catching different communities just by sorting through all/new that I wouldn’t have found otherwise
LLL
Exactly, I’m pretty much here now. Two days and haven’t opened up Reddit.
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yup. but wee need more feature like real polls.
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.
Yes, yes I think I will.
Yeah!
