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I was ready to switch for a long time. When everyone else left, lemmy got large enough to sustain conversation.
I’ve specifically put more effort into playing an active role and being part of conversations because I believe in the promise of Lemmy.
Lost Bacon Reader app, Redit’s app is a shit show. I use Boost for Lemmy and it’s got its problems but it’s better than Reddit’s hot pile of garbage. I used reddit mostly to read the news and make snarky comments and I can do that here so…bye reddit.
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I don’t know if it’s the snarkiest but my favorite is “So, would it would be safe to say Donald Trump loves Pecker?” Not because it’s particularly witty or anything but because I am just a 13 year old dude stuck in a 54 year old body lol
I tried to use the Reddit App something like 6 months ago just to see and it was so much worse than I could have imagined.
The API changes were the last straw; but it had been heavily destroyed by astroturfing for years before the API restrictions finally just pushed me over the edge.
Technically, the fediverse would be even easier to astroturf. Luckily we’re early enough that astroturfing is foolish on Lemmy.
Maybe. I feel that Reddit cares little about bots and astroturfing. It drives up the engagement numbers. Independent server operators care more, but have fewer resources. Time will tell.
This seems to be the case so far. I hope it scales. Lemmy servers actually have an incentive to eliminate those things - they drive up server costs and could lead to defederation. Plus, they are usually running a server for the sake of enjoying giving people a place to socialize.
Ever tried getting an obvious bot/spam account banned from Meta? Good luck! Those accounts are generating ad impressions, so who cares if they’re fake? Meta could invest the profits generated in 2 minutes and fix the problem for good, but their incentive is to keep the problem just below the threshold that people leave the platform.
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I still use Reddit, but less after the API changes. I was already using Mastodon and aware of Lemmy when that happened, but the biggest server previously was lemmy.ml, and even that wasn’t very active. I put it in the back of my mind to check on again in hopes it would gain relevance. Reddit pissed off a bunch of its users, so it did.
Lemmy.world launched around then, and I’d heard of its admins by way of their well-known Mastodon server so I signed up.
The API changes, and that reddit now blocks VPN users which means that I can’t even browse the site to read.
Everyone else was doing it. I just wanted to be popular.
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Corporate douchebaggery
The death of the “.compact” version of the site was the final nail in the coffin for me. I don’t want to install an app, especially not the official reddit app to have a usable mobile experience. Once “.compact” was gone the only option was “old.reddit” which is a horrible mobile experience even though it is a fine desktop experience.
Lemmy mobile web user experience is VERY close to the “.compact” reddit user experience.
I loved using Reddit Is Fun, and I couldn’t stand the amount of bots on Reddit in recent years
Also loved RiF.
Didnt realize how bad reddit had gotten though.
Definitely the API debacle.
Sync stopping development and switching to Lemmy brought me with it.
Content here is robust enough for me to mostly keep me off the other guy. Just been waiting for a few more niche communities to make their way over here to be perfect.
too many ads
API changes / forcing 3rd party apps to shut down.
I really don’t like Reddit’s attitude as a corporation. The sense of entitlement from a user driven content aggregator is insane.
