Asklemmy

Yeah, reddit has always been my favorite type of social media. Especially being able to choose your own communities and being free of most algorithm shenanigans is what made me love it. I hope they turn around, and otherwise I hope Lemmy becomes more active and popular. It would suck to lose such an unique type of social media.

My main issue is all the useful information that might be gone with a decent chunk of people editing and removing their comments or even subreddits going private
Otherwise, I got perma-banned from Reddit for commenting the navy seal copypasta in a thread where people were clearly sarcastic so I don't care

I'm permanently suspended anyway, there's no way back. They somehow find me if I create a new account lol

I think everything trends this way. I almost feel more excited for new opportunities in new platforms than disappointed at reddit.

My big fear right now is that Bandcamp will try to emulate Sp0tify instead of enhancing their unique strengths. Then I'd be seriously disappointed, and musically homeless.

@Acetamide This has been coming for a long time, I'm glad the community is being a chance to move on to spaces which aren't just trying to suck blood.

It’s definitely a strange feeling, I’m not sure that heartbreak is the right term for me. It’s more uncomfortable - I don’t mind the change but the ease of access to all the content I wanted in one place was just so fucking convenient! I know this community will grow with time, and I don’t hate that I’m more comfortable interacting here, but I look forward to the day where I can go back to my room scrolling lurk like the good ole days lol.

I'm going to miss reddit but I'm also excited because I really like the idea of the fediverse and I'm hoping this makes it take off even more. People need to start moving away from centralized social media IMHO, how many times do platforms need to get ruined before people realize centralized platforms run by megacorps always end the same?

I loved reddit for a few years at the beginning, but after that I became disillusioned and found myself waiting for a better alternative to come around for a long ass time. I even made an account on voat and the users were just terrible people.

But yeah, I spent a fuckton of time on reddit and I'm hoping to do the same on lemmy, with the difference being that I hope that lemmy will enrich my life and give me the opportunity to enrich the lives of others, whereas reddit was often a toxic cesspool that made us angry and miserable.

Honestly? Yes. That said, this seems nice. I just wish I still had RES. Does anyone know of a way that I could have images open on the page instead of having to open them in a new tab? That's bugging me a lot.

The sad part is potentially losing all the information, communities, etc. You can pretty much expect any company to go bad, so it makes no sense to get attached to a company.

On one side yes, on the other side I see it as an opportunity to spend more time being active and or outside doing things that are truly good for myself.

A little sad, but I am not as attached to specific communities online. I’ve seen subreddits rise and fall too, so this just feels like another chance to find something new.

I do. I’ve gotten so much value out of it. I ended up deleting my account and comments to give as much teeth to all of this as I can, and while I realize there’s not a lot of value for me personally in my history, it does make me sad for the knowledge lost. I think it’s necessary for Reddit to feel enough pain to change course (if they will at all) but it still makes me sad.