I’m just curious why some people come here; in my case, it’s because it’s not the same as on centralized platforms. I love these kinds of forums.
Banned from reddit obviously.
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Reddit basically banned 3rd party apps to fake a growth and show shareholders they can be profitable… so yeah, they can get fucked.
Yup. Landed here during the APIcolypse and haven’t looked back. The only time I visit Reddit now is when I have obscure tech issues, and the only search results are people asking about it on Reddit.
It’s the same layout/format as Reddit, but with far less bullshit or total fuckheads. When it was announced that Reddit was shutting down 3rd party API access, Lemmy came to my attention and I’ve been here since (though a couple previous accounts were on instances that have since shut down).
From a previous comment of mine on the same topic:
I was browsing around on r/kde sometimes, and there was a banner-thing Saying that KDE Supported open platforms like Lemmy. I took a look at Lemmy’s Wikipedia, and browsed around a few days later. I liked the stuff on c/programmerhumour, So I joined. Also my Reddit account got banned (i think, might be deactivated, idk) due to inactivity (I wasn’t on for 2-3 years), and I didn’t care to do anything about it. Also, as a bit of context for the above, it did take a while from hearing about Lemmy and browsing and joining.
I have recently switched to PieFed because it has a faster development cycle and more features (same username).
Everyone else was doing it, I just wanted to be popular.
I joined shortly after Reddit announced the death of their API.
It’s a site that allows me to follow topics/subs/communities instead of people. I hate following people.
Was banned permanently from Reddit for correctly identifying a certain South African billionaire’s political leanings.
This is why I left. I saw post about people being banned from communities for things like that, or saying eat the rich, iD’ing Nazis, calling Palestine a genocide and calling for action. It was clear they had fascist corporate donors to appease and had chosen sides.
the 3party killstreak. My app got some workarounds later but decided against reddit
Every other post being “Promoted” bullshit, the slow-ass web UI, my former favorite app no longer working, and the bloated and track-y first party app. I was never a fan of “old reddit UI” , so that wasn’t a crutch like it was for others.
I got banned from Reddit for quoting Worf from Star Trek.
What, they took issue with “Good tea. Nice house.”?
I left Reddit for Lemmy for the same reason I left Digg for Reddit: Enshittification, both technical and administrative.
Fuck Spez
Former mod of r/jailbait
Never let him live that down. any time you mention Spez, mention that.
It is like “X formerly known as Twitter”
“Steve Huffman - also known as /u/Spez, former mod of /r/jailbait”
It started as fuck spez, but I’ve learned the value of opposing homogeneity online and I will never go back.
Reddit API locked, RIF fell into a grave, then Lemmy and the voyager app rose up to take it’s place for me :)
the happy ending xD
Democratic freedom and democracy in practice.
