I’m just curious why some people come here; in my case, it’s because it’s not the same as on centralized platforms. I love these kinds of forums.
Reddit killed the app I used.
Same. Used Reddit Is Fun for like 11 years or something. Haven’t looked back. The most I’ll do is search for an answer for something and check a reddit thread if it shows up in the results.
I’m another ex-RiF user. In hindsight it was a good thing Reddit killed the third party apps. I honestly don’t think I would have joined Lemmy if I was still able to use Reddit Is Fun.
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RIP Baconreader
Try Boost, it’s pretty similar (might have to tweak a couple settings)
I switched to iOS along the way, but Boost is still my favorite Reddit, now Lemmy client. I wish they would make their way to iOS.
They burned down Boost for Reddit, and Boost for Lemmy rose from the ashes
Fuck Spez
I left reddit when they shut down the 3rd party readers. I don’t like ads, and I wasn’t willing to compromise and use their shitty app, so I came here and haven’t looked back since!
Was banned permanently from Reddit for correctly identifying a certain South African billionaire’s political leanings.
Left reddit as part of usa boycot. No regrets.
Reddit has just been steadily declining in quality the past few years.
The bullshit with the api and 3rd party apps was the start of it for me. I use to love alien blue. Then came the censorship… I’ve gotten two warnings so far within maybe a year of each other about upvoting, not making a comment or a post that would be offensive, inappropriate, or alarming but a fucking up vote. Apparently it violates a Reddit rule. Best part… they won’t even fucking tell me what I upvoted that was so egregious.
That was the final straw for me.
why a lot of people migrated here, right? By the way, I like you, I’ll follow you :D
I can help you spoof the API and get your favorite third party app going again, if you really want. I was using RIF up until a few weeks ago. Still works too, I just got banned and decided it wasn’t worth it to start over.
The API thing. I was using RIF for a very long time at that point and had no intention of using the official Reddit app.
Saaame
wow, nobody mentioned the open source thing yet. I’m here because I really like the open source thing and the idea of federated servers run by hobbyists.
I’m very appreciative of this. I want the people in charge here, not billionaires and CEOs.
The API shenanigans
API boatlift gang 🇨🇺🤞
the 3party killstreak. My app got some workarounds later but decided against reddit
Fuck Reddit.
Reddit gradually began to suck. Enshittification started to take its toll, but I was protected because I used Old Reddit with a lot of blockers, and I never used the app. Then the API crisis happened, and I thought “Why am I supporting a corporate big-tech platform?” So I left, because a bunch of other people were doing the same.
TLDR:
everyone else dideveryone who counts did.I wasn’t aware of that, but it’s a shame Reddit has become like that. But there are wonderful people out there creating these kinds of communities and websites :)
reddit’s api drove people here to the point where conversation could happen. Was willing to go anywhere that didn’t have mods that protect and coddle nazis.
Did Reddit (or the moderators) support them?
“Civility” rules are too frequently interpreted as “don’t sass the nazis.”
Least fucked option.
Reddit: fucked. Twitter: fucked… Meta: fucked since forever. Bluesky: signs of future fuckededness. Mastodon: not what I was after.
Lemmy: hey, these people seem to be my kind of insane.
Reddit killed my favorite app Joey so I, nuked my Reddit account by talking shit about a mod, came here, and never looked back.
Exact same backstory here
