• wise_pancake ( wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ) English
    31·
    2 years ago

    I joined the fediverse during the reddit API disaster and so far I’ve been enjoying it more than most of Reddit

    There’s no substitute for my local subreddit, or some of my hobby ones. But my favorite mod got usurped during the protest and it all went to shit after, so I miss it but I don’t feel the need to go back.

    Making and sharing start trek memes here has gotten me through some shit.

    • Astra ( Astra@lemmy.ml ) English
      12·
      2 years ago

      Lemmy feels like old Reddit, with actual useful information and conversation. I’m definitely enjoying it more so far, but I do miss the sheer volume of Reddit, and also some of the silliness

      • wise_pancake ( wise_pancake@lemmy.ca ) English
        4·
        2 years ago

        Welcome to lemmy!

        I agree, I think because there are fewer people the community vibes are stronger.

        There are plenty of silly communities if you can find them. I like tenforward and dullsters (formerly dull men’s club). The historic memes subs are surprisingly popular, programming humour gets a lot of engagement too. There are trek and LoTR memes, and a lot of webcomics get posted (but don’t have the creator community of reddit).

        As long as the silliness is in good taste, I say be the change you want to see and people will follow.

  • prof ( prof@infosec.pub ) English
    12·
    2 years ago

    I really appreciate the influx of new users. My feed has been way more lively lately and the amounts of upvotes some posts get is quite amazing.

  • Patch ( Patch@feddit.uk ) English
    7·
    2 years ago

    I appreciate the sentiment (and I’m here on Lemmy, so go me), but Boost for Reddit still works with Revanced. If yours has stopped working, you may just need to uninstall it and reinstall it again.

    Or don’t. Don’t works too.

  • misk ( misk@sopuli.xyz ) English
    3·
    2 years ago

    Shutting down API set Reddit on an obvious path where next migration waves were inevitable. I’m not sure that all of the reasons people think Reddit is bad are valid since I agree with banning for upvotes granted there’s a documented pattern of misbehaviour for example. People started to use Luigi as a verb and behaved like children when called out on following platform policy as well as law in general. Which is weird because they tried to do it on a corporate owned app and expected to be allowed to continue.

    I don’t think Lemmy needs to get big. There’s a value in recognising nicknames and knowing people. We need as many small/medium sized communities as possible so that people have real connections rather than doing performances for general public. As long as they’re on ActivityPub we’ll figure out the rest later.