Yep. When RIF was killed, I closed that door immediately (was not easy). It was to be expected though, I think. Once a site reaches critical mass, money interests enter the picture and greed can always screw up a good thing. It’s a shame.
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m glad I jumped ship back during the ban on 3rd party apps. That was it for me.
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
samus12345@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I don’t even use any apps and was just planning on boycotting it for a few days in solidarity. Then Greedy Little Pigboy made his statement about how everyone will come crawling back and that was that.
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh i didn’t even hear about that. Fuck spez.
samus12345@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The memo is in this article, if you’re curious.
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 months ago
thank!
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is the actual reason for me too. I’m making a point to never visit that website again.
There’s exceptions like when searching for troubleshooting help and a relevant result happens to be on Reddit, but otherwise I avoid it as much as possible.
samus12345@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I figure as long as you visit with adblock enabled and don’t post anything, you’re not contributing to them in any meaningful way.
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Agreed, and to be fair I still stop in at niche subreddits I used to follow to see what’s new, but never logged in.
kernelle@0d.gs 2 months ago
Same, my mouth dropped reading the article.
Obligatory fuck spez
mac@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Wild that that was almost 2 years ago now…
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Tbh, I didn’t care about the 3rd party apps.
I just didn’t like the silencing of opposition.
If they are willing to do mass censorship for benign things like a 3rd party apps protest, what’s to say they wont booklick governments/corportions and censor info of horrible things that a government/corporation is doing.
It’s the censorship that I was more afraid of. Besides, I always wanted a decentalized platform, but none of it had any users until June 12, 2023.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s the truth. It was tone deafness, a lack of responsiveness, and a clear lack of principles that made me leave during that.
Strider@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Me too.
Man people really like taking a beating.
MrVilliam@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Same. I had even paid for the paid tier of my 3rd party app because it was such a good value to me that I wanted the devs to have some of my money. Thanks to that app, I was on the site more and pretty much never via computer anymore.
I think it was for the best though. Quality over quantity here. I find it to be far less toxic on Lemmy overall. It’s like how people tend to be nicer in a small town because you know you’re gonna run into these people over and over again, but the big city you came from had more variety in stuff to check out. Definitely a trade-off, but I think it’s worth it to have this much more pleasant space that isn’t so packed with content as to be addictive. Good vibes.
datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I’ve gone back to reddit a few times from searches, and after spending time away it is really apparent how negative most of the comments over there are.
For example, anytime someone asks for help, someone always has to show up and get angry that they didn’t search instead of asking. Then a third person shows up and says that a search brought them to this thread… and no one ever answers the question. Thanks reddit!
Pips@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
There are some instances where Reddit is still a great source of information just due to the sheer size of the community. But there’s a lot more shit to wade through after the exodus a couple years back. I haven’t signed back in for years.
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Its improving over time, I think it’ll find a decent grove as more communities pop up. I find the comment sections really engaging too I’ve had some solid conversations over here.