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Fuckreddit777@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Art3sian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you stick it out here for long enough, three things will change.

  1. You’ll begin to really like it here. It’s different but it grows on you, and it’s growing with its users.
  2. Your addiction to these noticeboard-type socials will dramatically reduce. There’s something about Lemmy that’s less addictive in a good way.
  3. You’ll eventually go back to Reddit and see it with new eyes, realising just how quickly it’s dying.

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  • AVincentInSpace@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’ll eventually go back to Reddit and see it with new eyes, realising just how quickly it’s dying.

    I don’t want to ruin the vibe for our newcomers, but… is it? Every subreddit I’ve subscribed to is an order of magnitude more active than all of the equivalent Lemmy communities spread across various instances put together, and from what I’ve read most Redditors remember the API blackouts as “that one time the moderators collectively had a tantrum” and they’re glad it’s over now, if indeed they remember it at all, and mentally group Lemmy in with Linux as “that thing those insufferable enthusiasts won’t shut up about”. Don’t get me wrong, I hate spez with the fire of a thousand suns and I can’t wait to see more Redditors make the jump, I can’t help but think that the whole “Reddit is dying” narrative is just copium.

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    • Art3sian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, I disagree. I didn’t touch Reddit for a year and finally went back about a month ago.

      • THE ADS. Fuck me, the ads now! • The corporate plug-ins. I had a legit, verified business comment on my post and then PM me after it. • The videos freeze more often than makes me comfortable clicking on them. • The pop-up trash now; “follow this”, “click here”, “did you know”, “ICYMI”. The U.I looks like Yahoo’s home page now.

      Is it dying? I don’t know. Is it exhibiting every square inch of desperation, turning the corner from what was once cool, to what is now every pixel monetised and sponsored? Yup!

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