They shut down third party apps like Apollo. That was my last draw.

Fuck using that garbage official app.

That greedy little pigboy Spez decided to lock down the API and kill third party apps, and we all left.

It’s been only bots there for the last two years.

They blocked 3rd party apps so I left.

Lemmy feels like the old Reddit that i love.

I’m a communist. I don’t mean to say I’m here because of the leftist population (though, that is nice sometimes, but as in any lefty heavy place there’s infighting and bullshit), but rather I have certain values that guide my decision making process, and one of them is not supporting massive corporations and shitty services when possible. Lemmy is an alternative to reddit that doesn’t benefit the same class of people as reddit, while actively benefiting the people who actually use it.

Fuck spez

Privately owned centralized platforms like Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, etc, are a recipe for disaster. So I left.

Why am I on Lemmy and not any other social media? I had read about it on Reddit, but I hopped on as soon as I heard about the API changes. The writing was on the wall, and I remembered this place as being popular. I’m also down to try new sites, so if you have any other recommendations, I’m here for them.

Reddit’s enshittification has been steadily getting worse for years. I moderated a large sub that took part in the blackout protests over the API changes, until the admins threatened us into reopening the sub. That was the point at which I decided I was completely done with this garbage fire of a website.

We’re in an era where every large social media platform is becoming increasingly awful, and all of this can be attributed to corporate ownership of those platforms. I believe that the only way forward is federated platforms that no one CEO can control, putting power back into the hands of communities. The Fediverse is the only capitalism-proof solution to everything wrong with the internet today.

I got warned for “report abuse” after reporting a bunch of misogynistic comments on a sports subreddit.

Also, fuck spez.

The reddit admins got a little fashy for my taste. i got a 7-day ban for saying Luigi probably didn’t deserve to go to prison for what he did, they called it inciting violence. The ban was lifted on appeal of course, because it was bullshit, but not before I was then given a permanent ban for circumventing the temp ban with another account. It, too, was liftedo on appeal because it, too, was bullshit (I was on reddit for 14 years and never even made a throwaway, much less other accounts in general), but by that point I’d had enough.

Also it’s very not the same, as you will learn if you spend some time here. I find people are generally friendlier and a lot less hostile here.

Where the population us much larger and its basically the same?

well that’s exactly why. I don’t want more I want better.

TBF with you I’ve been here for more than a year and only miss 1 single community, and I don’t have to “go back” to see the posts (which is what matters).

Because Reddit is run by a psycho who looks forward to owning slaves after the downfall of civilisation.

Because Reddit locked out third party apps and when asked for an explanation, their first instinct was to lie.

Because Reddit disguises its adverts as user posts.

Because Reddit is overrun with fake user accounts trying to control discourse on the internet.

Because Reddit’s real users will post Among Us jokes in threads about school shootings to farm karma.

Other people said to leave because third party apps were being shut down, so I left.

Permabanned and not interested in circumventing it.

Where the population us much larger and its basically the same?

Larger population but also more bots, more cortent that’s irrelevant to me and more corporate bullshit. And it’s been getting worse and worse. I prefer it here. It’s a more focused experience but imo that’s not a bad thing.