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Stopped using it for the initial blackout. Heard about lemmy, signed up 14 days ago, and have only visited reddit briefly (to see for myself that John Oliver took over r/pics / see if the reddit-is-a-dumpster-fire was hyperbole, etc.).

I have been very impressed with lemmy so far! Web client is totally usable on desktop, and I'm deciding between Jerboa, Summit, Connect, and most recently wefwef for my go-to mobile client (wefwef maybe in the lead, but I've only used it for a day or so).

Obviously losing the third party apps and spez's lies about the Apollo dev were the big ones, but honestly, I have had negative feelings towards the reddit community for a long time. Everyone is perpetually negative. They seem like miserable people. And the fact that every single comments section was same 3 fucking jokes repeated over and over and over. "I'm grieving my wife who passed away this morning" "I also choose this guy's dead wife." "Hahahahahahahahahahahahalolololoollolololol" "no it's okay, the guy who the original joke is about thinks it's funny, so it's not offensive to say it to this guy."

The metagame has changed. Good discussion is on lemmy, now.

It feels like they're imminently going to make it impossible for me to use. They already did that to a lot of app users, I can't image old Reddit is far behind.

Tired of our corporate overlords

They killed RIF and Apollo.

Also, they killed off edgy content like /r/imgoingtohellforthis. And censorship got out of control. Sadly, I expect the same will happen here. But I remain cautiously optimistic.

I left Reddit years ago when Reddit turned into the personal fiefdoms of the mods. Almost all political subreddits became echo chambers where holding an opinion different from the subreddit consensus got you banned.

I left when Reddit started effectively taking over subreddits by forcing them to open or change their content to what Reddit thought it should be. I was planning on paying for Reddit premium so I could keep using it ad-free. I am sympathetic to Reddit’s desire to make a profit. But when they started effectively taking over subreddits it stopped being the Reddit I like and I’ll never return.

A less toxic alternative got enough users.

I used RIF. Before this went down I tried the official Reddit app because I wanted to follow some accounts and make a news feed out of them. It was so crap. It was so annoying. Random notifications, not allowing you to open threads in browser... Just felt overall very intrusive. Deleted it in two days. There is a small random invite only community that is wholesome and I really love, but I couldn't even get myself to download the app for it. Also using Reddit just feels really icky now.

I can’t use their stupid mobile app it’s really bad

Reddit is no longer accessible through Apollo. That’s really it.

I just don't feel like Reddit management remembers what the point of their system is. If they have such contempt for the mods and the users, what even is the point anymore. I get that they need to make money, but they need to do it in a way that keeps reddits positive aspects. This can't end well, the only hope for them is if enough people leave and they readjust their perspective and become a little more self aware. I'm not holding my breath...

I think that media platforms and public spaces should be publicly owned. I actually wrote an article on the subject a while back https://justiceinternationale.com/articles/2020-12-02-we-must-own-our-tools/

I got banned and all of the subsequent accounts that I made kept getting banned too

I was actually fine with the reddit app. All I want is memes and some news. I left to support the rest of the communities that were adversely impacted by the changes

I want to be a part of something new. And I want to see it from as early in the process as possible. I've been opening issues on lemmy apps, helping users, better understanding the technologies, the intricacies of federation, and the process of building and nurturing a positive, supportive community. That's fun, and rewarding. And it feels like we get to own it a little. And someday I may have my own Lemmy instance and I can continue the work, all in my own way.

Because it became a hivemind of only one allowed thought process. If you disagreed with the vaccine being mandated and forced on people, or disagreed with masking inside of a car you were downvoted and ostracized. Reddit mods started going after communities just because they disagreed with them politically and it became unfun to use.