For me Lemmy was my gateway to the rest of the Fediverse. I can say I like Lemmy way more than I ever did Reddit. The people are nicer the engagement feels more real and over all it’s a better vibe. Here’s to 2 more everyone!
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So you’re from the first reddit exodus (third party apps ban) in 2023 like me.
Yep they killed Apollo and I took off running looking for greener pastures I think I went to the right place.
Same. No Apollo no Reddit. Haven’t been back except to delete my account a few weeks later.
I also left when Apollo went down! The grass is much greener here if you ask me.
I’m in the same boat here, not regretting it at all that I moved on.
Exactly the reason I left. I was so pleased when Apollo for Lemmy in the form of wefwef/voyager existed too
Was that two years already? I thought that was last year. Tme flies when you’re having fun, I guess.
That’s why I’m here! :D
The developer of my favorite reddit app (dBrady, Relay for Reddit) decided to play along with Spez’s game and start charging for usage.
So I fucked off, and after testing every Lemmy app I could find, I settled on Voyager. It’s not optimized for foldables like Relay—and it’s swipe gestures aren’t as intuitive—but it’s close and still better than paying to use reddit.
Fuck reddit, and fuck Spez
Is there more than one exodus now? I haven’t been keeping track.
There was a smaller (?) one a few months ago when reddit started punishing people for upvoting content that went against their ToS.
Edit: here’s an article.
There have been several. Before lemmy there were others that failed.
Amen
Same here! Though I took a 6-month break in between quitting Reddit and joining Lemmy. I remember hoping it would amount to a feeling of liberation but in reality I just felt out of touch with world events and started scrolling through my Google feed instead, which sucked…
Happy lemon cake day!
Congrats! This is definitely a better place than reddit.
4 years over here for me, when lemmy.ml was pretty much the only option.
2 years is coming up for me shortly. I realized not too long ago that I’ve always been interested in Reddit alt. I signed up to… volt? I forgot the name, but the users were awful so I didn’t stick around. I’m glad lemmy worked out.
Geez that was a quick two years
Nearly the same for me, but it was closer to the end of June that I moved.
I’ve not contributed to Reddit since, and only really occasionally browse it from my computer when I’m looking for something in particular now.
Kinda helped by the fact the Reddit I used to enjoy seems to be more or less dead anyway. Weird bot filled comment sections, ads shoved in your face, weird monetising features no one asked for, increasingly weird moderation.
hey me too! All the best!
Wow. Same here. Haven’t logged on since then either. Although I do browse r/printsf in my laptop still… Fediverse is the shit
Almost two years for me too. Wow, time flies.
Happy 2-year! Damn, I’ll coming up on my 2y in a few weeks. Time flies, and I don’t even remember much about xhitter and reddit anymore.
Same here. It’s been a blast.
Happy 2 years!!! Very glad you had a great time!
Two years for me, too. But I disagree that it’s nicer than on Reddit. The way Lemmy works fosters the development of cliques. Also, with much fewer users it makes it so that ‘power’ users wind up having a weird cult-like following that boosts their posts/comments and suppresses anyone who dares to point out when those people mistreat other people and/or break the rules that are clearly applied selectively.
Just like old web forums, how nostalgic
“I like Lemmy way more than I ever did Reddit. The people are nicer”
punches you in the face
Oh, yeah. Totally agree
punches you in the balls
Over on reddit, there are all kinds of fascists, and literal nazis.
uppercuts you
Over here, theres an instance full of tankies, but you can avoid them.
kicks you in the shins
The people here are TOTALLY nicer!
kick kick punch
What? I’m not attacking you to be violent. I just have a neurological disorder that causes my limbs to involuntarily thrash out.
punch
I’m TOTALLY being friendly right now!
kick punch it’s all in the mind
One instance? There’s at least two. But does that really matter? Reddit had r/TheDonald and r/conservative, and trying to get those people to fuck off and stop proselytizing elsewhere was like trying to play whack-a-mole against an anthill.
Here, you block the tankie instances and move on with your life.
This kind of self-critical comment no longer exists on Reddit, lol. Appreciate it.
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