After I saw the AMA with spez, I didn't have any hope for reddit being useable anymore. So I googled for something else to do my doom scrolling. I ran across a 4 year old YouTube video explaining the fediverse. Then I googled fediverse reddit alternative, and here I am. I wish I would have found out about all of this a long time ago.
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2023
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I went to see Motörhead at Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg around 1986 and there he was, center stage.
Oh. I learned about lemmy a while back after searching something like "fediverse like reddit". I didn't join until this year. I didn't know about the API wars until afterward.
I assume any mention of Lemmy was marked as spam or was I just not browsing the right communities?
The RedditAlternatives sub is about 10 years old. Fediverse sub 5 years. The Lemmy sub is newish, only 1 year.
Saw kbin mentioned in a verge article comment section during the reddit coverage.
That's cool. Do you like kbin.
Yes, since joining last Monday at the start of the reddit blackout, I haven't opened reddit.
Found out about Lemmy a while ago the through an app that existed for it (Lemmur) due to weird search of Fdroid, when the shit hit the fan I just followed the crowd.
Reddit, like most comments here
On Mastodon!
Can't remember. Probably 2 weeks ago on a random reddit thread.
Reddit has been banning/deleting comments and subreddits dedicated to Lemmy or Kbin—unless someone notices, then they un-delete or un-ban
Sounds like the Streisand Effect is working.
Interesting. Up until a few days ago, there was a subreddit devoted to Reddit alternatives. It's how I learned about kbin and other options.
Some of the posts were, let's say, suspiciously negative. Lemmy/kbin were supposedly impossible to sign up for unless you had at least 2 degrees in CS. (I managed, somehow) Oh, and lemmy is run by tankies. (Wouldn't care if it were). And it looks like hot garbage. (I like it well enough. It's easier on the eyes than new or old reddit imo)
It seemed like there were too many alternatives to make a rational choice, but ALSO "they all suck so don't bother." It sounded overwhelming, but I just said fuckit and picked one.
I wasn't expecting a fully formed set of communities and content or a perfectly polished interface. And I wasn't expecting the interface to be filled with tons of features or to have no learning curve. This is actually a lot nicer that what I expected, which was a very new/basic site that will need to do a lot of growing.
From FMHY community.
Old account here. I was directed to Hexbear after r/cth was banned from Reddit. Later on, I learned about other instances. Federation wasn't a thing back then; I made an account here to check federation out once it finally released.
chapotraphouse?
Yeah, those were the days. Hexbear carries some of the culture, but is generally a nicer place to be.