I'm going back.
The community search functions are next to useless, the fragmentation of communities makes it harder to manage, and the Jerboa app is infinitely worse than the Reddit main app
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Even is Lemmy isn't right, why not have a look around and see if you can replace Reddit with something else, even if it's a mix of stuff.
This is the beginning of the enshittification of Reddit - it's no longer about providing a good user experience, it's about providing a good corporate experience. This means that the content will get worse and worse , and less and less relevant. Stage 3 is where Reddit fucks over the advertisers and starts making bank, and shortly after that with no users and no corporate support it starts to implode..
And then you will need to move off the platform.
Or - you could move off now. Lemmy is ok, the best for chatting. I've been using Imgur for memes but miss NSFW content, and Lemmy is also very NSFW unfriendly. So for me right now it's a bit of a mix.
I'm working on my own content aggregator with the features of Reddit, but in the end it's just for me if nobody gives a damn and that's ok
How many users here do you think are going to get bored and end up back on Reddit as soon as the blackout ends?
Most.
90% of the engagement I've seen regarding Lemmy is "Why isn't this Reddit and work exactly the same as Reddit? When WILL it work exactly the same as Reddit?"
I'm already seeing hostility a la "Well I guess we'll see if the devs LiStEn To ThIeR uSeRs" in regards to communities getting tied to a central authority, aka the thing this was explicitly designed to not do. I've been offloading my data and such to self hosted options for a few years now where I can anyway, so I'm down to stay, but I DO look forward to the end of the protest and the Reddit stans going home like nothing happened like they were always going to. > How many users here do you think are going to get bored and end up back on Reddit as soon as the blackout ends?
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Every day, I open jerboa and see like 5x more communities with a lot of activity. If we can keep up this level of growth for another week or so, then i don't think I'll miss Reddit much. Especially if i really have to download the official app. On the other hand, if Reddit backs down at the last minute and agrees to allow third party apps, then i could see lemmy users going back to Reddit out of habit.
I will enjoy the last days that Infinity will be operational, after it gets shuttered I will participate more here. I might go back on reddit every now and then to see what r/okbuddychicanery is up to but that is it.
I have no use for the hot garbage official app otherwise.
It would really help the adoption of Lemmy if we get a 'multisub'-idea, that Reddit uses, where a user could bind multiple instances' communities together, and make it appear as one community.
(So I can bind all similar instances into one).
Regardless, I won't be going back to Reddit. If I stick around Lemmy, that's kind of up to how I enjoy this platform & usability, but I can be quite stubborn with my 'morals'. Once a platform is done for me, it is done lmao.
As much as I want fediverse to become the norm, the thing is that it doesn't really matter if users switch over - content creators have to switch over. It's the same reason why Mastodon isn't very relevant, very few large names actually moved from Twitter.
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I usually scrolled my subreddits, but the things I absolutely sought out on reddit were the wrestling sub and subs devoted to the toy lines I collect. There are discords for those things, but I hope to stumble across something here sooner than later.
SquaredCircle refugee as well here. I don't have cable or Fite so SC was my way to keep up between PLEs and AEW PPVs I had to find online.
There's nothing stopping you from creating such community yourself and if you don't want to mod it, you can always ask somebody to mod it for you or transfer the ownership to later ;) We also have newcommunities community where you could post it for better visibility (but please read the sticky there about how to cross-link between the instances).
Have fun! ;)
Iβve tried but I keep getting a βmatch the requested formatβ on the name part. Iβve googled but so far no help. Any tips?
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Anime intros, but Madoka as well as the second intro of season 1 of Gundam 00. One of my favorite intros ever.
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I expect a lot of people to go back, and I can't deny that if too many people decide to go back I'll probably drift away too; hoping that the blackouts are indefinite so people stay on here and get acclimated enough to decide that this is better than Reddit (or at least has more potential)
I'm the same way. Its really all about user content. If the Lemmy userbase doesn't have a lot to offer after the blackout then I'll probably go back
It's okay if people get bored and migrate back to Reddit. Lemmy is currently not capable of handling the load. Throughout June I'll probably browse Reddit when Lemmy is down.
Come July, I (and many other I suspect)'ll just be forced to stop browsing Reddit as the third party apps die.
The reality is that Lemmy just isn't ready to handle the full influx of users.
Reddit already made a exception for the app I am using, and it will be allowed to use the api freely. If needed they will make exceptions.
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While lemmy as in lemmy.ml isn't ready, there are plenty of other instances for users to go. I hope that few folks will find their way here one way or another. Probably not to the reddits level, of course, but I'm still hoping to see something around 20-30k MAU.
To me, Lemmy's concept looks better than reddit. Glad I found it.
I feel like the concept of instances and federation are still foreign to a lot of mainstream users. And it doesn't help that a lot of these instances have genuinely terrible domain names that don't give them an air of legitmacy or even a vague association that it could be a Lemmy instance. Like seriously, beehaw.org? sh.itjust.works? I guess this minor gripe will eventually go away once reputable groups, associations, or even companies start spinning up Lemmy instances, but still, it is quite daunting and scrappy looking to the average user.
I just hope enough of us will remain in fediverse, since making account and understanding federation is the hardest part.
People who were happy with reddit will go back, but I think there are now enough of us that didn't feel part of it in the last few years, finding other communities makes me hopeful for better space (for me) on the web.
since making account and understanding federation is the hardest part
I can say for me personally, that was DEFINITELY the hardest part. I joined the Fediverse with Matrix and just understanding how federation worked and picking the right instance felt like a major undertaking compared to your average signup process. I ran my poor mom through the same process and she would have been absolutely baffled if I hadn't walked her through the process.
However, since then, I've been hooked on the idea. I use Matrix a ton now to talk with open source communities and have even convinced a few friends to sign up for it for regular chat. I signed up for a Mastodon account a while ago and have just recently started being more active on it and so far the content on it has been great.
Most, but they'll always have Lemmy in their back pocket, which is the important part.
I think if the top Reddit third party apps developed a Lemmy app, that would genuinely help keep people here.
The "official" Lemmy apps right now are rough. They aren't terrible, but they are leagues behind any of the main Reddit apps.
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