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Asking third-party reddit app devs to consider Lemmy after recent Reddit API changes. (www.reddit.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Archit@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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I've also cross-posted this post on other third-party apps' subs:

EDIT: Forgot to write a bit of an introduction of myself, hello to everyone here, long time redditor and someone who also happens to mod a lot of subs on reddit such as r/electricvehicles, r/trulyunpopularopinion and etc!

Though I love to moderate and contribute to this communities meaningfully, I never liked reddit, as a huge FOSS fan, and these recent API changes are freaking stupid as well, there wasn't a better reason for me to not consider moving to Lemmy. I will be speaking with a lot of other reddit mods in my own mod teams and some other friends, hopefully I can bring some subs/people here.

Speaking of bringing people, please do consider checking out these posts I've linked above, and consider upvoting them if you agree, this situation with third-party apps are a great opportunity for Lemmy, hopefully it reaches to the devs, and even if not all apps make a move, even one would be a win.

Thank you!

EDIT 2: Hey guys! I missed some third party apps on the list above, just updated them, and the new added ones are RIF, Joey, Get Narwhal and RedReader. UPDATE: Added ReddPlanet.

Please do consider visiting those that I just added and upvote them, so hopefully they can reach to respective developers!

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[–] dogmuffins@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (35 children)

The reluctance of redditors to move to lemmy always amazes me.

Not surprisingly, there's a lot of posts in a lot of subs about the recently announced changes. In every post the same pattern is repeated ad-nauseum:

  • "i hate reddit, it sucks here, I've always wanted to leave, I'm never coming back once this happens"
  • "maybe we should move the sub to lemmy so we won't have this problem in future?"
  • "but what about all our data, the wiki & post history and such"
  • "but there's no users on lemmy"
  • "but that would split the community!"

This is the case even in the subs I would have thought would be really keen to jump ship, like /r/selfhosted

I think this type of approach is the right idea though, a better ecosystem can only be good.

[–] SineNomineAnonymous@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

They all say they're leaving, they never do.

They also keep asking for an alternative or wonder "why hasn't an alternative popped up already since it's been going downhill for so long". And then you mention Lemmy (among others) and they immediately say "yeah, but no one's there". And they don't seem to be getting it.

[–] penguintech1@techhub.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@SineNomineAnonymous @dogmuffins EXACTLY, I was on Reddit saying the exact same thing yesterday, why don't people just start using that better alternative ( that doesn't target them with intrusive ads ) but when FB first started out, I remember everyone was asking how to sign up, ( they didn't think no one is using it ), I think "follow the crowd" mentality is the problem when it comes to mass adoption :rickdrink:

[–] aksdb@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

I think they just don't want to change what they got used to. Having an excuse then makes it easier to stay where you are, hoping that circumstances get better. Basically typical conservative behavior that lives in most of us.

[–] Zach777@fosstodon.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@penguintech1 @SineNomineAnonymous @dogmuffins Yall just have to start posting replies to everyone Lemmy's comments to make it seem like everyone is moving over lol.

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