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Apollo for Reddit is shutting down
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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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Signed up to Lemmy today, but held off to see if the Reddit situation was going to get any better. Seems like it won't, so one big hearty fuck you to them.
I'll try and contribute as much as I can to this community.
Yup, Christian's latest post about Apollo sealed the deal for me leaving. It's a bummer, but hopefully it leads to something new and exciting starting here! I'm guessing there's been a pretty big influx of Reddit refugees.
Hoping Lemmy is able to re-create the feeling and community of early reddit. The reddit we're all refugees from felt vastly different ten years ago. All of the venture capital funding has ruined something that used to be a replacement for fragmented forum communities. Maybe a mass exodus to federated Lemmy instances can help re-create that early feeling.
I feel like it has it very much already. I was lurking during the y-combinator days and it’s almost uncanny how the community here matches what Reddit had.
What’s also interesting to observe is that the vast majority of the comments here have been respectful, considerate, helpful, and constructive. Maybe I got too used to the massive user base of children that Reddit had, and no hate for the younger crowd, but I did miss the maturity that early days Reddit had and subsequently lost.
We all got here before the trolls and bots. It’s so refreshing to have actual conversations without the hate.
Don't worry, the bots, trolls, and dingbats will follow once they realize the party is here. However, they first have to grok the fediverse/Foss thing.
Looking forward to finding that new feeling again. The only way to have a good experience on reddit these days has been to quickly navigate away from the massive subs and into niche communities, but we're already starting at that point so it feels nice.
The tragedy of the commons I suppose. I hope with Lemmy and Beehaw we have the opportunity to do things right this time.
That's a very accurate representation of Lemmy lol
I read a comment that said the admins are holding an AMA soon to "address the concerns of the community". Can't wait to see that turn into a mega-shitshow.
"Popcoen tastes good"
Yup. After reading about Apollo going the way of the dino I took a quick glance over the Boost for Reddit subreddit, and while it doesn't look like they've announced their shutdown it's realistically gonna happen unless Reddit backs out last second.
I saw a thread there where someone recommended Lemmy so here I am. Gotta say so far it feels just like Reddit did, in a good way.
Even if they back out. Screw them
That's about where I am. Spez making up a blackmail/extortion accusation against the Apollo dev is just so completely damning. I have no faith left in anything the Reddit admins say at this point, and it's hard to imagine what they can do to change that.
Yep, fool me once
Feels a lot better than reddit tbh. Less toxic
I'm in the same boat as you. I hope Lemmy can replace reddit for me completely, either way it will be a good thing for my reddit addiction I think.