I'm moving here permanently and never looking back, but I'm leaving my posts because that's 11 years worth of comments that someone may find useful in the future. I hate the idea of losing all the good comments and discussions that have taken place over the years but I understand why people wish to delete their stuff regardless.
That's the problem with reddit at the end of the day. It profits off of other's knowledge and hard work. The only problem with Lemmy is its difficulty getting into it. I don't think this will ever be as big as reddit but one can hope.
Depending on the community, big is not always better though. Especially for technical communities, a smaller and knowledgeable community is preferable.
I honestly do not say this in a 'gate-keeping' sort of way, but see the Linux-related communities on Reddit for instance -- they have all devolved into "I successfully installed <distro_name> and I am never going back!", "Look at my shiny new themed desktop", "Update broke my installation. Help!" etc. This is in stark contrast to the Linux mailing-lists of yore, where users discussed actually interesting stuff.
Oh absolutely. I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit. I hate this being labeled as a "niche website" and I want the plethora of information reddit has to offer over here instead where it can't be profited off of and manipulated. Sadly in order for that to happen I must show you my new PC with a small debian based distro you probably haven't heard of, Linux Mint. I can't and won't ever go back to stinky windows. But for real I had to recreate my Lemmy account since I forgot my login its been so long since I found no actual personal use for this site.
I meant more in a way where Lemmy was the go to for hosting a community rather than reddit.
I would very much like that to happen too, and I hope we do manage to strike a nice balance between too niche and too, well, Reddit-like. I am old school, and almost exclusively use a browser for web content, but I think a good app for Lemmy will help attract and retain more users. After that, if the crowd who doesn't even want to climb the small hill of getting used to decentralized way of doing things is still not pleased and doesn't want to come here, or wants to go back to Reddit or wherever, that's fine by me.
Cheers :)
I'm not planning on going back...
gone for good - today was a good day without reddit sucking my soul out. happy to be part of something that does not make me feel like a serf on a corporate plantation.
I don't see myself leaving Lemmy anytime soon. It's like being in an exclusive club. You don't want go to back to the that filthy club where the bouncers are pricks.
I'll deffo be staying on Lemmy, ain't going back to reddit
I sincerely hope the Fediverse catches on. It has a few hiccups and limitations, but I love the concept and it so clean and devoid of clutter vs Reddit.
I deleted my 14+ year account (after deleting my content) right after the AMA: never going back. Have used RIF for as long as it has been around and it's going dark June 30. Bridge burned. No regrets.
I've deleted my 10 year-old account and I'm considering deleting the others I don't use just to drive a point. I only have a particularly naughty account on the Snoosite and the Birdsite each where I get source material for the Fediverse, though. Tee-hee.
I'm leaving my account intact for two reasons. First to keep a log of past comments. Second to make comments encouraging mod teams to move to lemmy.
Moving here for the foreseeable future, but don’t think I’ll be deleting my reddit account. Just like the gaslit partner in a toxic relationship. I am hoping reddit becomes better. Until then, I am moving here to reevaluate.
Also I cannot live without my patient gamers subreddit and my nosleep subreddit
I'm definitely planning on using Lemmy exclusively for a while, at the least. Not planning on deleting anything (yet), though I am going to request a copy of my data.
I'm not ok with anything Reddit's done lately, but not interested in taking drastic action quite yet.
My only issue with Lemmy is the lack of a "multi-reddit" where I separate the communities I've joined into themed feeds. Other than that, It's pretty cozy here.
I do. My sole account there is actively promoting migration and boycott, 90% of the posts/comments is in Reddit Alternatives and 10% in ModCoord (throwing gasoline on the fire).
Isn't the main obstacle for people migrating to Lemmy is the "signup"? Would it be impactful if someone creates a dummy proof guide, including a list of equivalent communites <-> subreddit?
I'll be staying. I do tend to be more of a lurker than a commenter, but generally that was because on reddit most anything I was going to say had already been said. I enjoy the "feel" of Lemmy, and I am very appreciative of all of the content contributers.
Of course I'm staying. I'll also stay on reddit until June 30th, after which I guess I'm only coming back on computer once in a while to check the more niche subs. I'm also thinking of using that time left on reddit to organize with people of those subs who would like to create a Lemmy community together, and to help the less tech-savy join.
I deleted all my comments along with my account. I'm not contributing to any platform that is corporate owned walled garden. Lemmy is much more in line with my ethos and I'll happily contribute to it.
This is my very first comment.
I'm eyeing right now, but it already reminds of Old Reddit, so I may stay. I was there to see Digg die, and now Reddit fall.
I just hope for a good active community.
I plan on making Lemmy my main go to and MAYBE occasionally jump on Reddit for some of the niche subs I'm part of. When I do go on reddit I'll be blanket blocking ads.
I will definitely be staying. Even if it fails, I will then just stop using any social media but Mastadon. I am never going back.
I deleted multiple accounts an I'm never looking back, at most I'll connect on my phone anonymously for google results using infinity for as long as it works, and then with a mobile browser until that's no longer allowed
After that, well there might be ways to bypass whatever it is they do, but it won't be worth it
Well, I've been here since before the blackout. I've been following the Fediverse for a while, registered on Diaspora, Mastodon and others.
The only reason I wasn't really using Lemmy much, or at all, is because there were not many people to interact with. But look at it now!
I have indeed already left Twitter for good, using only Fosstodon, I might as well leave Reddit for good.
i think i jave a 13yo account? maybe 2 comments (I had a few but purged most a few years ago). I have onlu browsed on Baconit and once i found lemmy i started to use it less. . .once its gone I'm gone.
TBH I am more active here because i want it to become my main content source while i drink coffee, and then go back to the comfort of lurking.
im a simple person...doesn't take much to entertain me.
I've been increasingly frustrated by reddit for years. The API issue was the final straw. I had 3 accounts and deleted all 3 just before the blackout. I left some posts because I didn't know how to nuke it all without doing it manually. But I doubt anyone viewed anything I posted as valuable, so I'm not bothered. I'm just glad to be rid of reddit, to be honest.
I left my account, but deleted my posts. Not going back, only miss a few things like the BestOf board. That sub declined for sure but reliably had good content.
I'm having fun here, will likely stay for long.
My main issue right now is that, I use Reddit mostly for participating in tech communities and they don't seem to exist here... yet.
I hope that changes in the soon future.
Over 10 years on Reddit. Will delete the account. Will mostly waste my time on kbin and lemmy.
Toxicity-wise I much prefer Lemmy. I'll definitely end up staying and have stopped using Reddit almost completely. However, there are very niche communities that haven't switched over yet so it's not viable for me to completely cut it off. I've logged out of my Reddit account and will most likely never use it again. I haven't deleted my comments or any posts simply because maybe someone else will find use for them (like somebody else said in this thread). Other than that, I'm all for Lemmy.
I do for sure.
I'm going to stick around here. I'm not letting the official reddit app anywhere near my phone.
I had created an account almost 3 years ago. This reddit API apocalypse reminded me of lemmy. Considering, the subpar experience. It would be stupid to not be on lemmy. I still have my reddit account and posts but, after the blackout and the subpar experience my activity has been super reduced.
I want to stay gone. I’m banned and can’t go back on the reddit app so Apollo was the only way I could post. That being said, I want something to replace it and I’m not sure what that’s gonna be right now. I mean it wouldn’t be the worst thing for me back on there and not allowed to say anything but sometimes I do like to ask question. Hopefully something positive happens but I’m not holding out much hope
I toyed with the idea of triggering a ban on my account, on purpose. I just need to log into the account that was banned years ago, edit something, and BANG! automatic detection bans my current account. Then you'd get a bunch of people claiming that I was banned because my account criticises Reddit, that would further fuel the fire.
The only reason that I don't do this is moral. I don't mind small immoral acts but this steps over the line for me, as I'd be effectively lying to other users.
i really want to, I really like the distributed concept, but posting/commenting times out a lot - easily 80% of the time. maybe I'll give it a few weeks and come back to it.
as far as reddit goes? if it cant access it without infinity then I will never access it. deleted all of my accounts except one, and it's only usable until infinity shuts down.
I think that the time-outs will go away once the servers are upgraded to better suit the demand
Deleted my 2 accounts yesterday. About 10 years old. All posts, comments, everything. I'm moving on and I love this world so far.
tbh, it still sucks here lol, but i'm open to the plan on staying here as well as reddit if Lemmy can at least improve to be comparable to Reddit.
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