Decoupling from Reddit has been easier than I thought.
Am actually rotating between Lemmy instances and Kbin to read the articles and thoughts in between my workday and it works like a charm.
It also really helps that I pavlovd myself to associate Reddit with garbage and instantly make the connection to how they see and treat their userbase.
It made me open reddit only once during the last days.
Smart idea.
Reddit will jack the prices again when they see fit.
Reddit also wins with this pricing because they are gonna pocket the cash.
Reddit will limit 'Recommend' and NFSW content to its official app. >
And ohw yeah you are gonna get less content for your subscription. It is all in bad faith.
Then the people who still use Reddit can leave or accept the changes.
I expect the people who actually gave a beeswax are long gone than already at that point, so the community can then shout into the void if they would disagree.
After slandering the Apollo Dev, Steve now starts to slander the entire userbase.
I am gonna be honest but instances going down and losing communities could have the same probability as Reddit shutting down Subreddits just because they feel like it.
I understand your concern, but I think it would first be wise to let some communities flourish and look how it holds up in the grand scheme of things.
That is awesome.
First thing I do when the blackout is over is export my history, edit my comments, delete my acc and buh bye Reddit forever.
I can understand where mstdn.social is coming from and it is an "uneasy" situation. But the fact is that you have a choice here in which with whom you communicate.
The irony though of Reddit discussing to stay on Reddit and actually comply with the Autocratic leadership it has.
This should be bumped.
The smaller/niche communities is what made Reddit interesting.
When those eventually decide to pack and the only vibrant communities are the meme subreddits etc then you would probably see a drop in usage.
The amount of projecting going on in some subreddits the past days is telling.
People are quite afraid that in fact the "leavers" won't come back.
Spez after joining the Fediverse;
I won't be back honestly.
The fact that they are "willing" to go this route is the writing on the wall.
I also find it so interesting that people and reddit themselves see the platform as "Social Media" and development is has been going that way.
I see it as a link aggregator and forum and treat it as such. I just want to find information, comment about it and have it as dense and "clean" on my screen as possible. but The fact that it looks like another Facebook and instagram clone and it is gonna be the only way to experience it is a hell no from me.
I literally sold the consoles I had and all my games with it because games became shittier each year.
Imagine having to pay 80+ dollars/euros for a game that isnt even the "finished" product.
I'd rather just save my money and spend it on things where I don't get absolutely railed as a consumer.