▲ 215 ▼ The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com) submitted 3 years ago by dvdnet90@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.ml 135 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.world 114 points 3 years ago (5 children) Absolutely. I had never even heard of Lemmy or anything Fediverse prior to all the 3rd party API shutdown. Once Apollo died, I stopped using Reddit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Kerrigor@kbin.social 38 points 3 years ago (3 children) I had heard of it, but was like "that's dumb, just use Reddit, there's no reason not to" They gave me and many others that reason to reconsider permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Meltbox@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yep. I also didn’t think this would work as well as it does. Remarkably good platform so far. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 21 points 3 years ago Thee developers really crunched over July. It went from a niche beta platform to fully featured third-party apps and a ton of platform optimizations in a month, which is really impressive. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I'd heard of the fediverse too, and I liked the idea of decentralised social media. But it was way down on my list of "things I guess I should learn about but don't have time for." Reddit blackout gave me both motive and opportunity to learn, and I've never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago That's exactly what happened to me too. It was in the background until something disrupted my status quo and then there was no looking back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yup, I saw the paltry userbase and didn't bother. Other alternatives like lobste.rs and Tildes were a bit too closed, so I just stuck with Reddit. When Reddit decided to be stupid, I tried out lemmy and haven't looked back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MrCyan@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Same here. So far I’m rather enjoying Lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago That, and Reddit was getting pretty fucking annoying. The little annoyances had really begun to pile up for me personally and I know I’m not alone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dragontre@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago When RiF died I deleted my accounts and found my way here. I still open a couple of niche subreddits from time to time just to check on updates but otherwise my time on Reddit is done. 2010-2023 (damn I hate to admit that). permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ganrokh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago The host of a tech podcast I listen to has had a Mastodon instance for years. I knew of the Fediverse because of that, but I always thought of it as decentralized Twitter and not necessarily a way to decentralize all types of social media platforms. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kerrigor@kbin.social 38 points 3 years ago (3 children) I had heard of it, but was like "that's dumb, just use Reddit, there's no reason not to" They gave me and many others that reason to reconsider permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Meltbox@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yep. I also didn’t think this would work as well as it does. Remarkably good platform so far. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 21 points 3 years ago Thee developers really crunched over July. It went from a niche beta platform to fully featured third-party apps and a ton of platform optimizations in a month, which is really impressive. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I'd heard of the fediverse too, and I liked the idea of decentralised social media. But it was way down on my list of "things I guess I should learn about but don't have time for." Reddit blackout gave me both motive and opportunity to learn, and I've never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago That's exactly what happened to me too. It was in the background until something disrupted my status quo and then there was no looking back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yup, I saw the paltry userbase and didn't bother. Other alternatives like lobste.rs and Tildes were a bit too closed, so I just stuck with Reddit. When Reddit decided to be stupid, I tried out lemmy and haven't looked back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Meltbox@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yep. I also didn’t think this would work as well as it does. Remarkably good platform so far. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 21 points 3 years ago Thee developers really crunched over July. It went from a niche beta platform to fully featured third-party apps and a ton of platform optimizations in a month, which is really impressive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 21 points 3 years ago Thee developers really crunched over July. It went from a niche beta platform to fully featured third-party apps and a ton of platform optimizations in a month, which is really impressive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I'd heard of the fediverse too, and I liked the idea of decentralised social media. But it was way down on my list of "things I guess I should learn about but don't have time for." Reddit blackout gave me both motive and opportunity to learn, and I've never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago That's exactly what happened to me too. It was in the background until something disrupted my status quo and then there was no looking back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago That's exactly what happened to me too. It was in the background until something disrupted my status quo and then there was no looking back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yup, I saw the paltry userbase and didn't bother. Other alternatives like lobste.rs and Tildes were a bit too closed, so I just stuck with Reddit. When Reddit decided to be stupid, I tried out lemmy and haven't looked back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrCyan@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago Same here. So far I’m rather enjoying Lemmy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago That, and Reddit was getting pretty fucking annoying. The little annoyances had really begun to pile up for me personally and I know I’m not alone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dragontre@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago When RiF died I deleted my accounts and found my way here. I still open a couple of niche subreddits from time to time just to check on updates but otherwise my time on Reddit is done. 2010-2023 (damn I hate to admit that). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ganrokh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago The host of a tech podcast I listen to has had a Mastodon instance for years. I knew of the Fediverse because of that, but I always thought of it as decentralized Twitter and not necessarily a way to decentralize all types of social media platforms. permalink fedilink source parent