Same. It's not about the app anymore. It's about reddit itself.

I just don't understand why they (or just spez?) are/is intent on badmouthing the Apollo dev.

I completely agree. Reddit has shown no indication of backing down. They will just wait for it to finish if the lockdown is as short as ~48 hours. If a major/big sub goes on lockdown indefinitely, they'll open it and replace the mods. I'm pretty sure there are tons of people out there willing to mod a big subreddit like r/videos for one reason or another. The reddit of the digg migration era is gone. It's just corporate reddit now.

It's certainly more about discussion here. I've made mistakes already and no one has criticized me (yet). Just someone responding about why my opinion/statement was wrong in their opinion.

If I did that on reddit I'd probably never check my inbox again lmao. Not saying all reddit subs are like that, but a lot are.

Or when you comment something and you get a rain of downvotes without even one person saying why they downvoted you.

Yeah, I sometimes have stupid opinions. But how will I know why it's stupid if all y'all do is downvote me? People here are very different and would actually talk to you and explain stuff. This is mainly why I'm much more active here.

Jumping ship is the easy part. Now we have to keep this up. Let's make sure this isn't just something that'll disappear in a month or two. Make Fediverse more active than before permanently.

We really have to spread the word that lemmy.ml is not the only intance and size isn't a gauge for how active an instance is. I'm worried lemmy.ml will not be able to handle that many users who may be coming, and a high concentration of comms there would mean a lot would suffer if lemmy.ml crashes...

I did it not even half an hour ago and didn't get any errors. I have only my main account left. One last account before I leave for good. I'm also new to that script/tool so maybe I made a mistake? But then again it's pretty straightforward.

Been here 6 days and here are some of my thoughts:

Pros:

• the community is great. I've been more active here than on reddit and I noticed people answer your posts/comments more to discuss than criticize your POV.
• it's nice to have a lot of options in terms of instances
• the app is surprisingly good. It's no Apollo/Joey, but for something that's in its initial stages is surprisingly useable
• on browser, kbin.social is nice (I don't use lemmy on pc)
• many of the subs I follow on reddit have their own communities here

Cons:

• it can still be confusing, specially for new members or people who aren't used to how the Fediverse is set up
• I still miss the niche subs I follow on reddit. i know I can start my own but I don't have time nor the experience to effectively moderate communities
• there is, of course, a big difference in terms of activity (again compared to reddit) due to the massive difference in the number of users

Is it a reddit replacement? No. Reddit is too big and established (and mainstream) to be replaced in such a short period. But imho lemmy is a great alternative. Like I've mentioned before, just participating here has drastically lessened my reddit usage. It can get better. I'm excited to see there it goes.

Edit: sorry for all the typos. I'm new at using flosiboard and it doesntl't have spell check yet lol.

This'll be one of the worst AMAs after the James Corden one. Lmao. He'll get crucified.

Edit: or maybe he'll just edit the questions/comments of users before answering.

I'm still hoping some of the subs I frequent will migrate here. That's my only concern, tbh. If even 90% of the subs I'm following on reddit move here, I can quit reddit altogether. I'm also concerned about nsfw content (not just porn), but reddit is killing that too.

Can't start my own subs because, 1) I have no time, experience, nor patience to mod, and 2) idk of many of the people from those subs are already here.

Overall, though, lemmy/fediverse has been nice to me.

r/askhistorians has a good post about Reddit promises as well as other information about the API change here.