i need to know
I came voluntarily after the third party app debacle. I never even used a third party app, it had just gotten so ridiculous that when moderators were putting together a blackout in protest, I made the decision that’s when I was leaving and never returning, so that’s what I did.
I used Redd is Fun for years, even paid for the ad free version. Moved to Boost as the API debacle as the wave slowly started killing aps. Tried the official app for 2.5 seconds & hated it.
Moved to Lemmy & been loving it since.
I still use reddit on desktop, but it’s all Lemmy on mobile thanks to Boost.
Adding to say I have the same experience. Not banned, never used a TPA, but downloaded RIF Is Fun when people were writing up a storm just to see what was even going on. When the blackouts happened, I saw the more and more unhinged shit the Reddit administration was doing to stifle the protests and decided to make my blackout permanent from then onward. My exposure to the Fediverse has entirely changed how I interact with megacorps and software now. If it’s not FOSS or DRM free stuff on my device, I don’t want anything to do with it. Obviously getting to 100% on that is a very tall order, but I’ve been making a lot of headway since 2023.
Even in spite of the vast disparity in quantity of content, I would vastly prefer Lemmy to current Reddit without contest. Even aside from the massive brain drain the blackout had, and all the ad related enshittification, imagine being punished for even upvoting awesome things like Luigi Mangione? Now instead of the countless years I spent leaving my art and constant comments to boost some boneheaded corporation, I can post them here and be involved with a movement controlled by individuals. A movement made for and funded by each other, instead of lining greedy pockets.
<3
I came as soon as the app i used stopped working.
cleared all the posts and comments from my accounts over there way before that though. they were signaling their enshitification a lot earlier than that.
Nope, not banned, chose to leave. Realized most of my anxiety and fear were due to Reddit’s algorithm amping up my issues.
Was banned from a couple of subs for promoting Lemmy though.
it doesnt get talked about enough how bad reddit is for your mental health, glad you got out 🙏
very much so! lemmy has been a godsend for me.
i knew i was too weak to avoid reddit; so i tried to get them to ban me by breaking all of the rules and they wouldn’t.
so i setup a blacklist in my own dns w an 8 hour timeout and a 30 minute window to force myself to stay away.
I just joined Lemmy today. I found out about it through a piracy site of all things. If it were viable I would replace everything in my life with open-source alternatives. I’m tired of companies getting greedy and ruining the things I love.
Welcome to Lemmy! Just by being here you’re about to find out (whether you like it or not!) just how viable it is to replace (almost) everything in your life with open source alternatives, it’s just seems to be part of the (awesome) culture around here. Enjoy!
Make sure you check out places like !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com, on there and other communities on that site there be many a sailor like you. What’s better is you can participate without having to make a new account!
Reddit is banned from me.
I’LL START MY OWN REDDIT!
WITH HOOKERS AND BLACKJACK!Lemmynsfw has a few sex workers, some of whom might not mind being called hookers I suppose. I’m not sure what community has blackjack.
Edit: Yes, I’m aware that it’s a Futurama quote.
A blackjack bot wouldn’t be too hard to write.
I jumped off voluntarily a little over a year ago when spez didn’t like third party apps anymore and reddit went public.
Edit: damn it’s almost been 2 years on lemmy. What a fucking ride
Edit: I can’t believe cm0002 copied your exact same post
Fuck /u/spez
Fuck /u/spez
It’s not a matter of liking more, reddit was dead for me when they fucked their api. Lemmy still needs content, but the ux is wastly superior
I’m permanently IP banned from Reddit. During the time when they forced everyone off of third party apps, I posted multiple times in relevant discussions about Lemmy and other Fediverse alternatives. One morning when I logged in my account had a message from Reddit admins that my account and IP address was banned and that any future accounts created would be circumventing the ban and would also be banned.
More reason to leave that site anyway.
One word - Apollo. Reddit killed it, and I left and came to Lemmy. Much happier here with more authentic engagement, and Voyager gets the job done.
I can’t say I never go back over there, but it’s almost always for live sports threads. Those just haven’t caught on yet here, though it slowly seems to be happening.
I switched during the API fiasco. Most of my browsing is from mobile and I refused to use the crappy official app. Content had been declining in quality anyway, so I didn’t feel that strongly about it.
Same. I tried the official app after sync stopped working and hated it
RedReader is an option.
Modified boost too.
Dito, still have RIF installed on my phone so every time I click a reddit link im reminded of what they did with a 403: forbidden error. I like it better over here anyway, nicer people who give a shit and fewer bots (or atleast fewer obvious ones).
I left with the API issues. As far as I know my account is still in good standing.
Same here. Couldn’t use Apollo anymore so I downloaded Voyager instead.
Same here. I wasn’t even using a 3rd party app, just left because of the shitty behavior. Uninstalled the app and never logged in again. I was on Reddit daily, I’m on Lemmy daily now.
Lemmy is catching up on Reddit. The technical forums/c/r are not as useful yet, and not enough of the hardware suppliers monitor the/their Lemmy communities.
Once that changes over I don’t need Reddit.
I’ve just deleted my Reddit account, to switch entirly to Lemmy. No ban or something, i just don’t want to use social media from the US anymore.
This ^
For-profit US tech boycott club!
Left back when they announced the API changes and never looked back.
I left after they banned third party apps. During me testing third party apps for the first time, i have found out that reddit was getting rid of them. I didnt want to use a platform owned by a company that was willing to make these kinds of changes
Same. Rip rif. Never logged back in. Man I miss grimdank though. O well.
I also left during that period. Third party apps were and are a lot better. Fuck spez.
I stopped visiting reddit when they started screwing around with API access. I’m glad I didn’t wait in the hopes the inevitable wouldn’t happen.
