They took my RiF. The CEO seems like an absolute bastard. It got more and more toxic over the years. I can take some abuse but this was a bit too much. If it continues to be popular I'll use it for information gathering just like always, but they wont get any content, interaction or ad revenue from me.
This blackout thing, while surely sending a message, will be pointless in the end imo. The bosses have decided how they want to proceed and that's that.
Yeah. I meant pointless in the sense of "we as the reddit community want to change the companies business strategy shortly before an IPO".
You being brought here (same as me) through the backlash-posts is great. But unless certain highly frequented subs go dark PERMANENTLY I dont see much that could sway the reddit leadership towards a more community friendly approach.
The CEO is an absolute bastard. He's twisted the words of his "friend" Aaron Swartz, the real founder of the site, and bastardised his creation while trashing his legacy.
The blackout isn't pointless, it's just not yet enough. Reddit needs to die, and the blackout is a step towards that. It started as a way to try and get admin to change, and in that respect it has and will fail, but it is the first step to reddit going the way of digg.
I've just finished deleting the past 9+ years comment and post history on my account, I'm just waiting until I have copied some of my saved stuff elsewhere then I'm deleting my account. Fuck Reddit and the cesspit it has become.
Better than every user from Reddit coming to Lemmy, for a few reasons:
servers would crash
the reddit "hivemind" would move to Lemmy
the shitty jokes would continue here
just check r/redditmoment, do you want that to become c/lemmymoment?
right now the community here is big enough that there are enough posts to keep us entertained, but small enough to get to interact multiple times with the same people and not get drowned in a sea of posts/comments
the Lemmy community rn is also formed of at least mildly tech-savvy people (that could figure out the whole instances thing), that isn't the case for Reddit
I don't really agree on the whole tbh. Specifically, the one thing that's still keeping my Reddit account alive is that there's a bunch of communities that don't exist on any other platform because they'd need enough of a "critical mass" of users for it to make sense; and they're too niche otherwise.
A huge influx of users certainly comes with.... Challenges, I do not deny that. But I'd also love to not have to use Reddit anymore solely because of its active user count. And new Lemmy users are unlikely to come from Twitter or something; as it's a different kind of format.
Also, I think the sentiment of "the Lemmy community rn is also formed of at least mildly tech-savvy people [...]" is kind of exclusionary for no real reason, I don't think you have to be tech-savvy to have a good perspective on things, make a good joke or all in all be a positive person to interact with.
I've been around long enough now to know that that sort of thing is unavoidable long term (and with popularity). The good thing about Lemmy is it's pretty low-friction to set up a new community on a different instance if need be.
Louis Rossmann really made some great points that a 2 day blackout doesn’t mean anything in his recent video. People need to understand that it won’t hurt Reddit at all of subreddits just start functioning normally after 2 days.
Well... a bunch of them are shutting down indefinitely. Plus who's gonna be happy modding for reddit after they see how spez respond to everyone's concerns?
I'm still waiting for an announcement from the dev of Infinity. But things don't look any better. The only one I feel bad about is them. Spez can eat shit while watching his platform meet the same fate as Digg.
infinity is the free and open source one, right?
basically there's zero chance that they'll be able to afford any commercial-grade , let alone reddit api pricing.
there's absolutely no hope.
I think many will forget. Meanwhile the rest of us that continue to use Lemmy, can hopefully mirror a load of the more popular communities, even if they have a very low numbers of moderators. That way, if there ever is another protest, many will be able to blend into their favourite communities without missing a beat. May even stay here. I think if the communities exist, even if it's just the basics, more users will come and stay.
My whole Reddit experience was Apollo, even on desktop after the release for M1 Macs.
So they’re not killing just an app to connect with Reddit, they’re killing the Reddit experience (at least for me).
I’ve stopped using Reddit web years ago, I installed the official Reddit app last month and uninstalled it after 5 minutes because it felt like a piece of shit.
I will stick with lemmy and even think about starting to create content.
I won't... I primarily use Reddit through SyncPro, I won't be downloading the Reddit app as it's a steaming pile of garbage. My Reddit use has already dropped by 90%, as I do sometimes use it from my PC.
They've just today killed old reddit for users not logged in, now you get a "you broke reddit screen". It still works if you're logged in, but the days are counting down.
I'm just waiting for the day they take over the subs that have closed down, reopening them as part of the powermod's "projects". That should be a real show. /popcorn
Spez that fucking rat JUST said 2 days ago "old reddit is going no where". Lying by omission, especially when he had to have known this would be implemented days after his comment
I agree, the majority will go back to Reddit but maybe that's a good thing, hopefully all the good people stay here and it doesn't become as toxic as reddit
at least it gave Lemmy the kick it needed, and the quantity and quality of posts will simply never be the same. Also Reddit, FUCK YOUR REDESIGN AND FUCK YOUR APP. Javascript bloat that doesn't respect you.
It is much more resistant to enshittification, if an instance is showing signs of corporate takeover we can just jump ship and be suspicious of any corporation backed instances in the first place.
Power Delete Suite is still limited by reddit. I ran it and it got a lot of stuff, however I was still finding comments older than a few months with 50 or less karma that it missed.
The issue isn't with PDS, though, it's with how many comments reddit will show you. When I go into my profile there are no comments, however there are still some out there.
I'm wondering if anyone has made a script that will edit + delete comments based on the csv files from a GDPR request? That actually gives a comprehensive list of comments (with links) with which to work from, better than the user account page.
I personally used Redact, and deleted all comments from my last two reddit accounts. 2500+ comments gone! felt a little sad, but had to be done. I never want to support those ppl ever again
I'm curious, because we all have our own reasons, is it just about third-party apps ? about the broader direction Reddit has been headed in over the last several years
What if they do reduce their pricing structure so that third-party apps can more reasonably afford it in the short term? What makes you think they have your (being a broad term for the Reddit Community as a whole) interests in mind as they continue to grow and change the platform?
Any users that have used reddit before there even was an official app are going to bail because we're used to our 3rd party app. We like our 3rd party apps. But I think it started going downhill since the hellen pao controversy or whatever that bitches name was. It's been one thing after another with Reddit leadership making bad decisions.
Valid point. I think existing on the third party app helps avoid a lot of that. I go to specific communities and don't see the broader effects. It isn't until I'm in a browser with the new design that I really see just how far it's gone downhill.
I would honestly want to know what made you prefer it, it's my first day and most communities are dead or doesn't have a lot of content and even when browsing all, theres nothing interesting.
I know it can take a lot of time, but still I'm not sold, would be glad to hear what you saw
It isn't so much what I've seen in terms of content, it isn't a doomscrolling replacement yet. I mean that almost every comment I've put on here I have received a civilized reply, on Reddit I felt more likely to be mass-downvoted or trolled for commenting.
I think it will be quite different afterwards, especially for those subs that permanently go black. If Lemmy can provide a alternative community for those subs and enough content is provided the people might stay there
the blackout is like if a union went on strike but agreed to come back to work in two days regardless of whether any of their demands were met. it's hard to see this affecting reddit at all tbh
Yeah, major miscommunication to say that it was lasting 48 hours. I will say it's kinda weird that was the initial plan for the blackout instead of just indefinitely. Some subreddits were going dark until the demands were met, but it confused a lot of people.
If Reddit backs off, most of them, although a seed of an idea will be planted. Otherwise there will be a lot of people who hate the official site and app who will be looking for a new home.
I'm not using their shitty official app. I've tried it before and it honestly makes me question how reddit is even popular when so many users are accessing it through that mess. Like, this is the only experience for many, and it's pretty rough.
I was a Relay user but I'm pretty damn easy to please tech wise so if the 3rd party app shutdown existed in a vaccuum I'd probably be fine with the allegedly shitty official app. What I can't condone is the moneygrabbing and end-user belittling behavior of the reddit execs so I am not going back. If lemmy doesn't pan out then I'll re-learn bookreading and be better for it.
Guess what: Reddit needs its users a lot more than users need Reddit.
I'm going to do the most productive thing I can think of in this situation: cancel my reddit gold subscription, delete ALL my content, and close my account.