Lemmy
Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.
For discussion about the lemmy.ml instance, go to !meta@lemmy.ml.
Because Reddit has fully turned to the dark side lol. It’s been trending downhill for a while now but with the recent API shenanigans it became very clear it wasn’t going to improve. So here I am lol. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had to find an alt (RIP Digg).
Same, plus curiosity and enthusiasm for FOSS. Can't wait until fediverse is developed enough to host also niche communities like 'cassette_futurism' or 'liminal_space'.
Be the change you want to see :)
Even just creating those communities, then populating them with a few of the top posts from reddit, would be a good start.
Absolutely, the API changes breaking 3rd party app support are the line for many users including myself.
Reddit’s new API rules for third parties. Unfair and I’m not happy. Hoping Christian makes Apollo for Lemmy if the audience is here to support it.
If Christian makes an Apollo for Lemmy I would be more than happy to pay for it.
I'm trying to move as much of my online activity as possible to the Fediverse, mostly because the internet sucks now, but also because I'm excited at the idea of users forming communities and sites of resistance on their own terms, free of capitalist meddling and surveillance.
Edit: don't forget that even decentralization isn't free! Put aside a few bucks each month to support your instances!
Another edit (sorry, I'm just brimming with advice today): if you're a US resident and reading this before joining, consider joining an EU-based instance. They have much more rigorous privacy and data protection laws.
The Android client I use will quit working at the end of the month if nothing changes. Reddit is becoming a publicly-traded corporation sometime this year, and that will no doubt cause big and mostly negative changes based on past experience. And old.reddit.com I suspect won't last long. So this is my redoubt, I can see it's a viable place to fall back to even if I don't completely understand Lemmy and whether it is sustainable if a huge number of Reddit users start using it.
I've been learning to hate reddit over the past few years between:
-its awful redesign
-it's focus on more social media aspects like group chats, friend lists, follower count.
-Shutting down third party apps
-NFTs
-WAY too many ads
Basically everything that an alternative like lemmy solves
Obviously because RiF is shutting down.
On the advice of someone else here I used Power Delete Suite to scrub all my posts and edit my comments to say why I'm leaving Reddit how I did it.
I highly recommend doing it if anyone is leaving Reddit instead of just deleting their account. This way it leaves a protest message and removes content from the platform.
Well originally because I want to have a place in case r/piracy gets banned.
Now it's because of reddit's horrible decisions regarding their API
One tidbit about lemmy's early history: I was originally going to contribute to another reddit clone called postmill (despite it being written in php) many years ago, but one of the things that turned me off to contributing to it, was that the creator refused to allow having torrent links. So one of my main motivations in starting it, was to allow piracy.
I really need some stuff to read on my phone while on the toilet. And reddit is saying I might soon not be able to do that in the way I prefer.
I like how Lemmy is open source and you can set up your own server/instance to connect it to other instances.
I don't like ads.
It's really cool how there are separate communities very similar to Reddit/Twitter/Instagram and yet each community can actually communicate across these services with the same account.
Reddit has gone downhill over time and their API changes were the final straw that caused me to start looking for something new.
I was tired of reddit continuing to push their IPO agenda, too many influences that changed it from being what it was to a ad ridden dumpster fire.
Reddexodus due to them killing 3rd-party apps in a month. I'm weaning myself off reddit, as I don't think I could go cold turkey.
This place seems much nicer, inherently built to mitigate a lot of what I grew to hate about reddit-- namely the various bigotries, disinformation, and, well, the Nazis. And, frankly, I'm tired of the corporate-owned social media sites (even though Reddit managed to skirt that designation for a very long time), and the idea of FOSS, federated social media that's inherently better-moderated by people with zero tolerance for hateful people really does appeal to me.
So, I'm here checking the place out, and we'll see how it goes and how it grows!
Missed opportunity to say Reddexit.
Glad to have you here. People like you will make Lemmy a nice place to be.
Because Reddit plans to kill 3rd party clients. No sync no Reddit
If ljdawson could port Sync to Lemmy, that'd be awesome. Lemme is nice, but the app is kinda meh right now.
It was mentioned on Reddit. I wanted to give it a try. I'm not in favor of losing old.reddit.com or RIF and, like many others, am looking for a new internet home.
Mainly because its libre and federated, what pushed me over the edge was the reddit api changes (R.I.P in advance infinity)
For me, if Reddit is trying to get rid of third-party apps, they're trying to get rid of me. I tried their official app and found it to be not fit for purpose. Especially compared to the superior offerings of third-party developers. The Sync app basically IS reddit to me. That goes away and so does reddit.
I'll be interested to see if Reddit backs down from their current stance in order to avert a mass exodus, and also if ekought people will actually leave to force their hand. Time will tell I guess.
I did the same. I checked out the official reddit app, and it's a steaming pile of garbage compared to Apollo on Android or Relay on IOS. Much like you, those 3rd party apps are reddit in my eyes. The official app is attempting to morph reddit into something other than what it used to be and always was in my eyes.
That being said, I've been on Lemmy far more than I've been on reddit today, and I intend to continue that trend if the powers that be at Reddit Corp. proceed with their poorly veiled attempt to shut down 3rd party apps.
Doubtful, they have the data about how many users are through the API so while I'm sure they don't expect everyone currently using through API to leave (after all they're doing this to get users on their own app) they must be OK with "xx%" leaving.
I think I saw someone post the share of users that were using the "standard" options (site and app) and it was the majority.
But someone made the point that it might be the 5% which are producing 90% of the content leaving. Don't know if this is true, but there are a lot of 10+ year long redditors being vocal about the API issue.
The idea of having various communities of different sizes and all kinds of topics as we know it from reddit just fits so perfectly to the idea of the fediverse! No more big data companies - truly community owned places for discussion and sharing of information. I really hope lemmy will grow.
Was sick of the consolidation / enshittification of the net and everything that came with it and one of the ways I can contribute is to post on a platform like lemmy.
I came for the drugs and hookers. So far, pretty disappointed.
I only used RIF to browse Reddit, hearing the app was getting killed made me jump ship here.
Various reasons:
- Getting banned for random reasons even though I participated in good faith
- Nothing being done about hateful posts and messages
- The company following in Elmo's footsteps and their lack of transparency because corporate greed
Originally because I wanted to check it out when it first launched. I have been checking out reddit alternatives for a while and I've been waiting for a migration to happen from reddit, I figured they aren't going to keep old.reddit going forever. Wasn't expecting the api changes to happen first, but since folks are making the move I'm finally participating here because I want reddit style communities to succeed on the fediverse and there's a lot more people here now for that to happen.
I've been interested in the Fediverse for a long time but didn't have any reason to jump into it because the applications I was aware of did not appeal to me. If I don't use Twitter and Instagram, why would I be interested in Mastodon and Pixelfed? This all changed when Reddit announced their API change. Reddit is the only social media site I use, so Lemmy seems like the perfect reason to jump in.
I've been on Reddit since before subreddits were a thing. With the continuing degradation of the primary UIs the only things that kept it usable were the API and old.reddit.com. With one going away it would be foolish to count on the other staying around. I really thought that Reddit knew better than to go full Digg but I guess I was wrong.
So it's time to learn a lesson and move on. I've been enjoying Mastodon for the past few months but I also like to have a place for topic-focused communities so this is the natural place to come to. Looking pretty sweet so far. With the community-based federation model it seems like the closest thing we have to a Usenet 2.0.
Like many here, mostly because Reddit will restrict their API access and kill a lot of features (like the remind me bot) and beloved third party apps.
And I really dislike the direction Reddit is going... Adding a online status to your account, letting random people follow your account, rampant bot spam and I'm pretty sure they will go after the porn subs when they go public.
Because i use RedReader and refuse to use reddit without it. The official apps and website are garbage can residue quality. I have actually had a lemmy account for a while and use mastodon almost every day, but never really made myself get used to lemmy. I am really hoping the RedReader dev ports the app to lemmy as i am not the only one asking and they seem open to the idea
Got fed up with anti-consumer behavior of companies. Projects like Lemmy are really the only long term reliable alternative to the communication style reddit showed me
Just chillin, reddit is becoming toxic for me
Same reason I joined mastodon people are talking about decentralized social media and I was curious also I've been more of a fan of reddit so I wanted to see what an open source reddit looked like
Reddit api changes makes me fearful for the future of the place. I don't think people there really realize what might happen next. Api is just the beginning. But also I need to get myself into fediverse more. So far really like lemmy, meh on calckey (too modernish for my liking), next try out an Akkoma server since they seem more my style when it comes to ui. It's so nice to have so many good places to go.