I’m not spending much time on Reddit these days but in no way is this the end for Reddit. The VAST majority of the user base just doesn’t care. We may see more users trickling in and Lemmy is sure more ready now than ever but people are so used to being advertised to, that this won’t be a big issue long term. People are dumb.

No opt out? Expect trouble from the EU.

you underestimate people's complacency and inertia, in no way this is end of reddit

I'm new here. I left Reddit yesterday. No looking back.

This would've resulted in my leaving if I hadn't left in June.

Saved me 3.5 months.

Is this even legal in the EU?

I deleted my reddit accounts and signed up to lemm.ee today b/c of the advert policy change.

If you wanna keep your bookmarks and the subreddits (communities) that you're subscribed to before deleting your Reddit account, I made a free tool to help you store and offload that data.

It's called Reddit Account Manager, and it's 100% free.

You can also use it to manage your Lemmy account(s), of course.

Looking at Twitter/X, this won't be the final nail. People stick to the platforms they're on as long as it doesn't directly Negative impacts them too much.

Nobody who remains there gives a fuck.

It's only just begun. That's what they said about Xitter ages ago as well, but if it can get worse it absolutely fucking will

Sounds like it violates gdpr

They reset all my notification settings. I deleted the app.

This is just the continuation of the instagrammification if reddit. They want to turn it into a influencer platform where people are desperately trying to make money so that they can take a big cut of it.

I don’t think this will move the needle at all

Reddit mods had a chance to migrate but decided to sit and wait thinking they could change Reddit

Obligatory fuck spez the hurensohn.

The new update is horrible. They are blocking critical comments and gaslighting users too.

Sadly it's not even close to the final nail. The largest reason being there isn't anything to take its place. While I love Lemmy, there are still too many hurdles and roadblocks to getting started compared to other social media platforms and all of those established ones are doing similar moves to Reddit's nonsense. But just like why Mastodon hasn't topple Twitter is that the ease of use and user base isn't there.

Until someone can offer the same(ish) experience that almost fully featured and super easy to get start. Most users won't break their habits. They only other way is to offer something that is better than the other platforms (since this can be wildly subjective) again ease of use and standardized features are incredibly important.

Will Twitter, Reddit and Facebook go the way of MySpace? I'm sure at some point. But only until something can truly replace or pull users.

I had been using Relay for Reddit Pro until today, the API finally switched over and it doesn't work without updating and paying a subscription.

I had already been 50/50, now I can only access the terrible Reddit application on my phone, so I guess Lemmy is all I have on mobile.

wow, it really is just slow erosion of our rights, huh?

extremely disappointed that we are all fighting for our basic fucking human rights (e.g. privacy) instead of, i dunno, fighting climate change? There's little hope that we can do what we did with the ozone layer again...

I just deleted my reddit account and signed up here as well. Fortunately, I don't know anyone else who still has an account. Most of my friends and family left a long time ago.

As a mod on reddit (who only reacts to pings these days) I would like to post an undramatic message „here‘s what happened, if you‘re interested to join our lemmy mirror, here‘s the link.“

Anyone got something I could use which will not set off reddit stans or get me replaced and the message deleted?

ah yes, just like how the oh so mighty mods pissed their panties with the blackouts, really killed reddit too that one huh

refunds for people who spent memory on Reddit coins

Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh all of your points are valid but if anyone ever spent money on coins, it’s all in the trash anyway

Apollo let me turn awards off and it was one of the best features. So much cleaner.

Fuck spez. Aaron never would have done this

Its good I don't use reddit anymore