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Will you stay at Lemmy and the Fediverse, if Reddit steps back? (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago by Pestilence@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] balerion@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I'm probably going to keep using both regardless, though I may cut back significantly on my reddit use.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

they won't. besides, i'm pretty invested here, now!

[–] devils_advocate@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

If I can work out how to easily access Lemmy then I'll stay.

[–] SakamotoSan@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Reddit has been a dumpster fire for years now, I grab every straw that has even remote chance of becoming successful

[–] BobQuasit@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Absolutely. Capitalists are mad dogs. You are never ever safe with them. I like the Fediverse. I'd like to see it improved by becoming fully democratic and publicly funded.

[–] TWeaK@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Eh, it's a misconception to think that capitalism is evil, and the problem. Capitalism is neutral, it's a simple method of value exchange - it takes x time in man hours to extract raw materials, y to manufacture a product, z to distribute it so the price should be x+y+z.

The issue is with people. People lie and try to inflate or deflate the value of things. They'll imply that it takes longer to do something, so they can sell it for more, meanwhile they'll pay their employees less than their time is worth. Capitalism's main failing is that it is too simple, it is unable to account for these human flaws.

[–] Comrade_Spood@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

If Lemmy really picks up I'd entirely switch, even if reddit fixes it's shit. But rn Lemmy and the fediverse is still pretty low on content, especially compared to reddit. Plus it's really clunky and unrefined. Rn I don't mind but Lemmy and the fediverse are gonna have to buckle down and improve things so people are more apt to make the switch and make the whole experience here more user friendly and enjoyable.

[–] m_talon@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

12 years, and my days of contributing to Reddit are over. It's obvious they're more interested in money than the communities. It's best to walk away and move on.

I'll participate on here for now, and we'll see how it goes.

[–] Hexorg@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

No. I always get almost all of my Reddit use out of lemmy. There are some communities I want to see on lemmy but they are not worth keeping Reddit app installed.

[–] rcsheets@lemmy.picote.ch 1 points 2 years ago

On the one hand, I've gone to the trouble of setting up a Lemmy instance. I've invited some users. If they stick around, I'll definitely keep it up and running, and keep using it myself. That doesn't mean I can't use Reddit.

The point of the protest, in my opinion, has to be that if they accede to our demands, we'll do something they like. So if they make API access cost something reasonable, then it would only make sense to reward them. Otherwise, why protest at all? Why wait till now?

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Definitely. Fuck Reddit forever. Killing third party apps was the last straw.

[–] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

what's reddit?

[–] EchoCT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I think I'm here for now. Reddits bullshit is only going to get worse and I am just plain tired of the losing battle against the data hoarding and ads and all the other crap they foist on users. Community seems more engaged and discussion is deeper here as well. No reason to go back.

[–] user910487@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I don't mind the smaller communities of this platform. As long as it stays somewhat reliable without gateway errors I'm sticking around.

[–] pokexpert30@lemmy.pussthecat.org 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There's a massive inertia from reddit being the go-to social network for enthusiasts, it will need years if you want it to be fully replaced by something else. I will keep lemmy, but i believe going back to reddit is a smart choice... for now.

[–] 777@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Being a member of the Fediverse is an investment in the future I feel. There's not tons right now like on Reddit, but you can stick around and help build it by posting, commenting and voting. Alternatively, you can come back in a few years when this is the way that new communities form.

Reddit's behaviour is a statement of intent for the future, to make money at all costs, sell up and become another advertiser friendly walled garden like Instagram. That's fine for them, but I have no interest in being part of that.

[–] pokexpert30@lemmy.pussthecat.org 2 points 2 years ago

Thats a very fair take.

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[–] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, I'll be staying. The writing is on the wall. I don't expect old.reddit to be around too much longer; I wouldn't be too surprised if RES is gone within the next few years, too.

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