- cross-posted to:
- fedivangelism@lemmy.ml
- fedizens@lemmy.ca
- Chris Trottier ( @atomicpoet@beehaw.org ) English15•2 years ago
Well, this could be Lemmy’s chance. But it will need to be easier for ex-Reddit users to sign up. I know that Lemmy instances have been brigaded, so I guess better moderation tools will need to be created before open registrations happen.
- anji ( @anji@lemmy.anji.nl ) 2•2 years ago
Self-hosting Lemmy was pretty easy, and federation works well. Many little things can be improved but at least user-facing the big systems work. Moderation might be more difficult, as always with social media…
- sabret00the ( @sabret00the@beehaw.org ) 13•2 years ago
Well this is what made me stop lurking and finally sign up for a Lemmy account.
- dleewee ( @dleewee@beehaw.org ) 10•2 years ago
Same here. So far I’m pleased with the Jerboa app on Android. As a user of the Infinity app on Reddit I’m surprised how good things are working here.
As a platform I do need to see more content being posted, like a constant stream so I always have something new to scroll through… 😜
- poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) 12•2 years ago
And so the enshitification continues in lock-step. surprised pikachu face
- sub_ubi ( @sub_ubi@lemmy.ml ) 10•2 years ago
Lots of good information on reddit, what a pity.
- BlazingFlames6073 ( @BlazingFlames6073@lemmy.ml ) 5•2 years ago
Sad about that as well. It’s my main source of information.
- Kay_Angel ( @Kay_Angel@beehaw.org ) English8•2 years ago
If they do it, there would be reddit vanced
- possiblylinux127 ( @possiblylinux127@beehaw.org ) English4•2 years ago
Isn’t that Infinity For Reddit?
- noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@beehaw.org ) English3•2 years ago
no, Infinity is written from scratch and fully open source. all Vanced apps are modifications of the official, closed source clients.
- noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@beehaw.org ) English4•2 years ago
there already are Revanced patches for the official reddit app, although even without the ads it doesn’t hold a candle to the third party clients.
- Kay_Angel ( @Kay_Angel@beehaw.org ) English2•2 years ago
What do third party clients (like Infinity) do better than the official Reddit app other than performance? Just curious
- noodlejetski ( @noodlejetski@beehaw.org ) English7•2 years ago
no ads and more customizability. last time I checked (and I’ve been checking multiple times over the years), the official client didn’t even let me change the post and comment font size, which is by default too small for me. at the same time, I don’t need huge-ass cards for every post and switch view to just post title with small thumbnails. I can sort subreddits I follow the way I want to, with the ones I visit most frequently on top of my list. I can add labels next to usernames with notes about the users. when I’m writing a post, there are buttons that help with quick markdown formatting. the comment section has got colorful depth markers so it’s easier to keep track of the chains. even the UI integrates better with the rest of my OS. in comparison to that, the official app is a crippled mess that is only good enough when all you do is scroll through auto-playing gifs and videos, and it doesn’t even support some of the native reddit features (like opening categories of your saved posts - a reddit
goldPremium feature) that the third party clients do.
- petrescatraian ( @petrescatraian@libranet.de ) 2•2 years ago
@Kay_Angel I don’t know that much about development, but from what I see, the mods to the official apps are just that: mods
If you’re on a device with limited space (say 16 GB internal storage), you’d definitely not wanna run a “reddit vanced”
- Unfunnyryan ( @Unfunnyryan@lemmy.ml ) English7•2 years ago
Paying for API access is… Understandable. Limiting the API calls is ridiculous. I will happily pay for a premium version of my 3rd party reddit app. But, if what it can pull is limited vs the official app, then reddit is something I’ll begin to step away from. Gonna Digg/Tumblr themselves if they’re not careful.
- BlazingFlames6073 ( @BlazingFlames6073@lemmy.ml ) English8•2 years ago
Does reddit even hear themselves? Making us pay for a subscription to use our favorite third party apps is one thing but making us pay for it with limitations like no access to nsfw content is pure insanity.
- sexy_peach ( @sexy_peach@feddit.de ) English7•2 years ago
yeah, who comes up with shit like this and who believes it’s a good idea.
- jherazob ( @jherazob@beehaw.org ) English5•2 years ago
Someone who intentionally wants this to die
- BlazingFlames6073 ( @BlazingFlames6073@lemmy.ml ) English4•2 years ago
Reddit apparently lol
- sexy_peach ( @sexy_peach@feddit.de ) English3•2 years ago
yeah but it’s like soooooooo dumb
- possiblylinux127 ( @possiblylinux127@beehaw.org ) English2•2 years ago
I doubt anyone will notice.
- possiblylinux127 ( @possiblylinux127@beehaw.org ) 7•2 years ago
This sounds like it could be the doom of the foss freindly Reddit
- jherazob ( @jherazob@beehaw.org ) 7•2 years ago
This already happened when they closed the source of the site years ago
- possiblylinux127 ( @possiblylinux127@beehaw.org ) 3•2 years ago
There is still the old reddit and Foss clients
- jherazob ( @jherazob@beehaw.org ) 3•2 years ago
Which all use the same API
- Nick B. ( @nickb333@beehaw.org ) 6•2 years ago
I’ve used Baconreader for a number of years. I guess that will be toast then?
- Unfunnyryan ( @Unfunnyryan@lemmy.ml ) 6•2 years ago
Seems like unless they pay for the API, then perhaps.
- Nick B. ( @nickb333@beehaw.org ) 4•2 years ago
It’s no great loss as it was a one-off payment in the App Store. If they changed it to a rolling subscription then I would seriously have to consider my options.