Deleted my Reddit! I am now entirely federated online except for Pixelfed!

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• TORFdot0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I deleted my Reddit back in the API debacle (well I deleted all my content, still squatting on the username since I use it else where as well)

  Being here shows that there really is no reason to go back to Reddit for the default subs which are just absolutely useless karma farms. The juice isn’t worth the squeeze for niche subs, I do hope that the fediverse will grow enough to support the niche interests without falling into the enshittification pitfalls of corporate social media

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• Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In general I've found Lemmy to be closer to the feel of old forums in interactions. Arguments and petty squabbles are still entirely possible, but it doesn't feel like every interaction is about to become one. It's what pushed me to stop using Reddit - everything seems to end up as a fight for the slightest reason. Whilst I'm plenty abrasive as a person, it felt like Reddit got worse over the last 5 - 10 years.

  They might have a bigger userbase now than when I joined but it's not ended up being worth it, I feel.

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  • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I came late to Reddit myself but even I noticed that happening during the pandemic. The decline was rather speedy, sharp, and extensive (affecting all subs).

    And we could even track some of those to specific implementations or lack thereof of features by Reddit. Like how their search feature sucked so bad, thereby encouraging people to write a (still yet another) post to ask rather than look up an existing highly crafted and well-researched answer that even if posted a mere week prior still would not show up in the algorithmic feed pushing all the latest noise to the absolute tippy-top. And mods were forbidden from pinning more than two posts. And even those only showed up when sorting by Hot. And maybe not even then in some apps. And you couldn't consolidate ones bc the moderation tools sucked so damn hard, e.g. posts made by Auto Mod could not be edited later by the very same mod team who requested that the post be made. Every damnable one of these things increases apparent engagement metrics like "number of posts", but at the expense of actually connecting people with the information that they wanted to receive. :-(

    To which we can say "fuck spez", but it's deeper than that bc of the chasing after profits *to the expense of all else* that led to that, as in if it wasn't him that did it then it would have merely been someone else instead.

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    • actually@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It always amazed me that Reddit stopped adding new stuff to make it easier ; instead the only changes in years was all the stuff making commotions and scandals.

      It’s like they purposefully exist in a frozen tech made years ago and innovation is not something helpful to their business model.

      The enshitification and out of touch culture came from a deeply entrenched mindset in the Reddit offices years ago

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• zephorah@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s nice over here, it’s not the same 15 questions across subs every 3 days. It’s not the same recycled stories as nauseam. And, there’s more Gowron.

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• muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just make sure to follow tge rules.

  1. Whatch out for tankies
  2. Dont mention the ex reddit

  Other than that we are glad to have you. Welcome to our little(for now) corner of the internet.

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  • Intergalactic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I used to be a tankie lol

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• technomad@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why exclude Pixelfed though?

  Welcome, by the way! 😁

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  • Intergalactic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Still haven’t been approved past the 48 hour mark.

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    • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fwiw, this might be a special time around the launching of the Loops service, which I heard will be placed underneath PixelFed. I know nothing more than that but thought I'd offer that much:-).

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• OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Welcome! People are kinder here, overall. You'll find yourself less defensive, more willing to engage, less snarky, easier to be around irl - man, Reddit was (is?) toxic AF, and whether or not I came here I was definitely leaving there.

  Remember to block early and often here - back there that was almost pointless bc a never-ending stream of Reddi-trolls was ready to take their place, but here that actually works!:-)

  Check out !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca for many more tips. You are going to like it here:-).

  Also, since you mentioned PixelFed, check out PieFed as well as a Lemmy alternative - it has e.g. "categories" of communities rather than making you find and subscribe to each one individually, so it's a whole different style compared to Lemmy where you have to browse by All to find new content. I'm speaking to you from it right now.:-)

  But either way, I find that (most of) the people here are more worth talking to than Reddit:-).

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  • Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Kinder??? How DARE you. I’ll have you know I only kissed 2 puppies instead of 3 this morning

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    • PlantJam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I kissed four so the universe is now back in balance and there’s nothing you can do about it.

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    • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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• cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Congratulations. I deleted mine earlier this year and it’s been a blessing. The community I used to be a part of has become so toxic. I go check it out from time to time and I can see I made the right decision.

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• Jerry@feddit.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You've ascended! You're now part of the real world!

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  • Intergalactic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Feels like it. Interaction feels more human here 😂

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    • IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I, too, feel more human here fellow human 💪

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    • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      and, in over a year of being here, i’ve yet to see anyone whining about reposts!

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    • Pringles@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lemmy: very human to use.

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