Yeah, I think that loosing access to great communities like OSR, Boardgames, RPG, Horror and horrorlit will hurt, but I'm hoping to find new ones too, with fresh new people and new ideas.
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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Not at all. Probably because I was not a mod of any subreddit. I've commented every now and then, but that bit is the same here.
more irritated than anything - mostly because there arent a lot of lemmy apps on android yet. it'll get better in ~6 months
Oh yeah, I mean I find my self wanting to check it right now even, not checking reddit is giving me a huge sense of FOMO but that is reason enough alone to make me want to leave it lmao
In some ways, absolutely. I have distinct memories of finding the perfect solution to a problem I had, discovering a major headline, and more.
The new girl is hot though
I think everything trends this way. I almost feel more excited for new opportunities in new platforms than disappointed at reddit.
My big fear right now is that Bandcamp will try to emulate Sp0tify instead of enhancing their unique strengths. Then I'd be seriously disappointed, and musically homeless.
I did at first, but the more acclimated I get to Lemmy/Fediverse that feeling has mostly gone away. I'm mostly going to miss the Apollo app, because it was just that good and is where I spent the most time browsing Reddit. I sincerely hope Christian Selig makes a Lemmy app and I will gladly pay for it if he does, but I understand if he wants a break or wants to focus on other projects.
Not going to lie. This all feels like Google+ to me. The communities and networks are all over the place
Yeah, it's a lot of value destroyed and many communities and individuals will never make the switch. It's a sad thing, even if there is new opportunity as we see with Lemmy.
i'm sad that reddit is dogshit, but excited to watch lemmy grow and to have the opportunity to be a part of its growth
I don't feel heartbroken for reddit itself. But I do think there are a lot of small communities on reddit which will either have terrible trouble trying to continue surviving there, or which won't be able to reconstitute into the alternate ecosystem.
I imagine trying to migrate a community would be quite difficult even if you did have some very tech-savvy mods, and many mod teams will have no idea what this whole 'lemmy/kbin/beehaw' thing is.
So there's a number of communities that I think just aren't going to make it, and that's sad.
And yet, if Reddit backs off enough for people to continue moderating effectively, I think the damage to them in the short run will be relatively low. In the long-run this debacle has done a lot to drive people to the larger 'lemmy' community. Since that has help grow the federated alternative community, that could have lasting implications for reddit as they move forward with... whatever they're doing.
I sucks but I did the same thing with Digg when it turned to shit.
Yeah I’m honestly sad, but more sad about Apollo than Reddit. Seeing the big subs join the protest and seeing the activity here has been a nice silver lining though. I just don’t want to see the really specific/niche groups on Reddit die. So I hope they come here 🥺
On one side yes, on the other side I see it as an opportunity to spend more time being active and or outside doing things that are truly good for myself.
I do. I’ve gotten so much value out of it. I ended up deleting my account and comments to give as much teeth to all of this as I can, and while I realize there’s not a lot of value for me personally in my history, it does make me sad for the knowledge lost. I think it’s necessary for Reddit to feel enough pain to change course (if they will at all) but it still makes me sad.
No. Sites and communities come and go. Before Reddit, I was on slashdot and would occasionally use others like kuro5hin, fark, etc. Reddit had a lot more going on and was much better for comments when it came along. Then it got huge and only the small subs were any good for a sense of community or discussion. For a long time, it’s mostly been good for doom scrolling outside of some niche hobby subs. If anything, it’s kinda nice that some people are motivated to try other things like lemmy and kbin.
A little sad, but I am not as attached to specific communities online. I’ve seen subreddits rise and fall too, so this just feels like another chance to find something new.