I don’t want to nitpick, but I used the default reddit app and have switched Lemmy based on principal. I don’t think most or even many people are like me, but there are a few of us out there that just don’t like supporting companies that clearly don’t have users interests in mind, and this has been the wakeup call needed to get us off the platform.
Honestly, I’m almost glad their doing this. Gives me a good reason to leave and stay gone. Reddit as a whole is circling the drain with the constant AI and spam posts.
Totally. The blackout felt like detox. When I was searching for communities that are similar to the subs I used to be in, I realised a good portion of it was pretty toxic. Now I’m reevaluating what I want to subscribe to.
Yup. I don’t know for sure, but I think if you could break it down 80% of my interactions were 196 or gcj or a sub like that. Any larger sub I think I was just arguing constantly.
The official app is so terrible. I’ve tried it a couple of times. I think once people are forced to use that, we’ll see more folks move away from reddit. Looks like they are already killing browsing on a mobile browser to force you to use the app.
I don’t want to nitpick, but I used the default reddit app and have switched Lemmy based on principal. I don’t think most or even many people are like me, but there are a few of us out there that just don’t like supporting companies that clearly don’t have users interests in mind, and this has been the wakeup call needed to get us off the platform.
Honestly, I’m almost glad their doing this. Gives me a good reason to leave and stay gone. Reddit as a whole is circling the drain with the constant AI and spam posts.
Totally. The blackout felt like detox. When I was searching for communities that are similar to the subs I used to be in, I realised a good portion of it was pretty toxic. Now I’m reevaluating what I want to subscribe to.
Yup. I don’t know for sure, but I think if you could break it down 80% of my interactions were 196 or gcj or a sub like that. Any larger sub I think I was just arguing constantly.
The official app is so terrible. I’ve tried it a couple of times. I think once people are forced to use that, we’ll see more folks move away from reddit. Looks like they are already killing browsing on a mobile browser to force you to use the app.