Asklemmy

because they killed off FOSS 3rd party apps, and companies like that don't deserve my data

I had been using Apollo for 6 years. I couldn't go back to their miserable app. Still can't stand their desktop mode either

It got too corporate and sterile. If I wanted to be on the Walmart of social media, I'd rejoin Facebook.

Lemmy is exactly what I was looking for.

I just don't feel like Reddit management remembers what the point of their system is. If they have such contempt for the mods and the users, what even is the point anymore. I get that they need to make money, but they need to do it in a way that keeps reddits positive aspects. This can't end well, the only hope for them is if enough people leave and they readjust their perspective and become a little more self aware. I'm not holding my breath...

I can’t use their stupid mobile app it’s really bad

Reddit is no longer accessible through Apollo. That’s really it.

RiF shutting down, deleted my account on the 12th and cited it in the "why are you doing this?" Section. I doubt it even saw human eyes but if you want something to change you have to be willing to give it up 100%. Anything less and u/spez has already won.

Lemmy.world is a nice place and it's getting pretty big. I hope other instances keep up. I'd enjoy seeing four or five main instances with dozens of smaller ones for specific use cases propping up the content aggregation side of the fediverse into a viable option. Mastodon already has the community size they need to be self sustaining IMO.

Hell if YouTube dumpsters it soon it might actually get the web 3 we really want to see off the ground.

Tired of our corporate overlords

I used RIF. Before this went down I tried the official Reddit app because I wanted to follow some accounts and make a news feed out of them. It was so crap. It was so annoying. Random notifications, not allowing you to open threads in browser... Just felt overall very intrusive. Deleted it in two days. There is a small random invite only community that is wholesome and I really love, but I couldn't even get myself to download the app for it. Also using Reddit just feels really icky now.

I havent fully left. I'll probably still use it on my browser for some time while also visiting lemmy. It'll be dead to me on my phone though, boost was my window to reddit on mobile, removing that is a death sentence.

No more Sync :(

I deleted 50k karma worth of posts and comments and my account when it occurred to me that they're charging these API fees to essentially make money off content that I - and others like me - made. Screw that. I'll take my two cents elsewhere, thank you. It's pretty exciting to be part of something relatively new as well. There are already Lemmy reproductions of some of my favorite subreddits, and despite being significantly smaller, there's much less meta to slog through. People are talking about the things that made them passionate about those subjects to begin with again, rather than some obscure piece of memery that has taken over the entire community.

Just couldn't trust them anymore. Stuff like that always turns into a slippery slope. Besides the fediverse feels like the old internet with web rings. But better. It's nostalgic in a good way.

I got banned and all of the subsequent accounts that I made kept getting banned too

I want to be a part of something new. And I want to see it from as early in the process as possible. I've been opening issues on lemmy apps, helping users, better understanding the technologies, the intricacies of federation, and the process of building and nurturing a positive, supportive community. That's fun, and rewarding. And it feels like we get to own it a little. And someday I may have my own Lemmy instance and I can continue the work, all in my own way.

The metagame has changed. Good discussion is on lemmy, now.

Reddit has gone downhill so much over the years; RIF was the only way I could continue to enjoy Reddit, get past the fake-post ads, get past all the stupid bells and whistles and flashing awards and whatnot. Without RIF, I can't stomach what Reddit has become.

How Reddit reacted to the 3rd party apps builders also really pissed me off, too. Solidarity to people, not money hungry corp.

I may occasionally go to Reddit via my desktop, to visit some communities that I love. But I'll be reading, not participating.

I hope to find a new nest over here.

I was actually fine with the reddit app. All I want is memes and some news. I left to support the rest of the communities that were adversely impacted by the changes

I left Reddit years ago when Reddit turned into the personal fiefdoms of the mods. Almost all political subreddits became echo chambers where holding an opinion different from the subreddit consensus got you banned.

I think that media platforms and public spaces should be publicly owned. I actually wrote an article on the subject a while back https://justiceinternationale.com/articles/2020-12-02-we-must-own-our-tools/

Because it became a hivemind of only one allowed thought process. If you disagreed with the vaccine being mandated and forced on people, or disagreed with masking inside of a car you were downvoted and ostracized. Reddit mods started going after communities just because they disagreed with them politically and it became unfun to use.