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Reddit Migration

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Interested in getting a feel for what people may be likely to do IF reddit reverses their decision regarding API access, or reduces access fees to a reasonable level and 3rd party apps remain sustainable.

While I know the chances of this are extreeeemely slim, until 1st July there is an ever so slight chance this could still happen.

From my perspective, the community harm is done, and those who have left prior to July 1 have left due to principles, not because their app stopped working. As such, I'd be inclined to think most of those migrators would stay here in the fediverse.

But would we see a mass exodus back to reddit if the changes were undone? It's easy to say no, but if it went back to operations as relatively normal, it may be easy to justify going back for some users.

I'd like to think I wouldn't go back. I've deleted content and account from reddit. I'll be happy here so long as there is enough userbase for some discussion.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit is dead to me and my account is long gone. Everything I lost from reddit over the years is here. No need to go back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Once bitten*, twice shy.

*Ok, many times bitten, but that doesn't roll off the tonge as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't delete my reddit account so I still have the possibility to easily return but I don't think I will unless the community here in the Threadiverse dies down or something which I don't think will happen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice try spez, I'm not telling you what my plans are

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The same thing I did when Wotc tried to invalidate the ogl, walk away from any future support of their products and find better options, which is why I'm here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In my case? Nothing. They thoroughly burned that bridge. They would have to rebuild it, and merely returning to the status quo after showing their hand isn't enough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I honestly would go back to reddit for the nitch communities that will have a hard time re building e.g titanfall, beans in things, ect. But this will definitely be my new home and I would try and push for those communities to migrate here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Personally, I'm loving Lemmy for what it is and I'm here for the long haul whether or not I continue to scroll Reddit on occasion.

If they roll back, it will be temporary until they fix their app. But this is happening. Either way. If they roll back and start this mess all over again then Lemmy will get a fresh influx of users in a few months which would be fantastic as it will give the communities time to settle in and apps to develop before then. (Sync has already announced it will be developing for Lemmy going forward). If they don't roll back, then Lemmy will get a second boost in a few weeks and the developer of Sync can continue uninterrupted.

Either way its a win for Lemmy, but I imagine at this point Reddit's best move is to stick to their guns and become what they want to become. Good for them. I don't really care .

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

I've been ~~back~~ banned from r/soccer, there's nothing left for me there lmao

How I wish c/soccer picked up some steam, but alas doesn't look like enough people jumped in

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I'd go politely ask the Sync dev to populate the app's content feed with both Lemmy and Reddit API-driven content.

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