Hi, Sorry if this has been asked before! But I really wanna know why and what people here use instead! Do you use matrix instead? Why/why not?

  • Saltarello@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    I absolutely loved Reddit. Deleted my posts & left after the Spez api farce (Joey on Android you were a good soldier). I occasionally go back there anonymously to check niche subs (using Redlib).

    Reddit is essentially shite now:

    • Endless bots
    • Same crap re-posted repeatedly (describe your cat I’ll draw it, 12 shitty manga characters - pick one to fight on your team, this is my cat the last thing you ate is its name etc etc etc
    • The exact same jokes repeated endlessly
    • Reply after reply quoting the next few words of a song lyric
    • Topic replies tend to go way off the rails within 2 posts

    Fediverse seems to be a more knowledgeable/mature crowd. Some great information disseminated. Ive seen some wonderful actual discussions between people with differing points of view asking for further clarification then discussing further. You never see that on Reddit.

    Sure, we could do with a ton more posts & the niche communities continue to struggle but I’d much rather visit Lemmy 2 or 3 times a week than Reddit every day.

    • Yuuna@ani.socialOPEnglish
      1·
      28 days ago

      Oh geez I hate those posts so bad, you’re not alone. And oh my fucking god…powerscaling…like I could browse a subreddit of an animanga series I like…bam powerscaling posts and comments so frustrating! Just stop!!! Like…please! Reddit users are often rude too…like I cannot explain why, just makes me go “uh did you even look up what that is?” “Why are you so angry for no reason?!” “Um, what is wrong with you?!/ erm are you okay?” Same with discord too but that’s gonna go off-topic a bit- oh wait nvm it wouldn’t kind of. If you wanna hear about my rant about discord, feel free to ask!

      • Yuuna@ani.socialOPEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

        Also damn I remember the death of boost (when it was for reddit) bacon reader and more! Spez the ceo who made that api change?! Oh, fuck him. Fuck him 1000% hate spez. Instead of improving the shitty android app, you kill off the good ones?! New reddit ui now for me is just why?! I’d get it if it’s for mobile but for pc old reddit is better imo, young me used to feel weirded out by old reddit ui! Why? Never used it before and it felt weird because I was used to new reddit ui! Good times man…I loved baconreader…(;O;)