I agree with this statement. I was a heavy user of “Redditisfun” app for ten years. The amount of reading and learning was a lot. But ever since they killed 3rd party apps I haven’t use Reddit, the original app is unbearable. And I feel like I’m getting dumber as I don’t exercise that access to information enough now. I’ve just made a Lemmy account and trying to find my supply here, so far so good :)
Reddit is and has been going downhill fast. There were benefits to it being embraced by the masses but also huge downsides. The admins made decisions that negatively affected the experience of using Reddit (like refusing to let subs disable voting even when it made alot of sense) because they wanted to maximize engagement by any means necessary. But taking reddit public was the final nail in the coffin. Now they hand out temporary and permanent bans not because their rules were actually violated but to protect their stock price and corporate reputation.
I agree with your assessment of Reddit. I’ve been on Lemmy since the Reddit API debacle, and part of why I’ve stuck around is that I find that it scratches the same itch that Reddit used to. Glad to have you here.
Also a 3rd party app refugee, here (Relay for Reddit). Glad to have you with us! Enjoy your time here, make sure you avoid the Tankie instances if you can help it (i.e. Hexbear, LemmyGrad, Lemmy.ml) and I think you’ll come to like the slower pace of things here.
I agree with this statement. I was a heavy user of “Redditisfun” app for ten years. The amount of reading and learning was a lot. But ever since they killed 3rd party apps I haven’t use Reddit, the original app is unbearable. And I feel like I’m getting dumber as I don’t exercise that access to information enough now. I’ve just made a Lemmy account and trying to find my supply here, so far so good :)
Reddit is and has been going downhill fast. There were benefits to it being embraced by the masses but also huge downsides. The admins made decisions that negatively affected the experience of using Reddit (like refusing to let subs disable voting even when it made alot of sense) because they wanted to maximize engagement by any means necessary. But taking reddit public was the final nail in the coffin. Now they hand out temporary and permanent bans not because their rules were actually violated but to protect their stock price and corporate reputation.
I agree with your assessment of Reddit. I’ve been on Lemmy since the Reddit API debacle, and part of why I’ve stuck around is that I find that it scratches the same itch that Reddit used to. Glad to have you here.
Also a 3rd party app refugee, here (Relay for Reddit). Glad to have you with us! Enjoy your time here, make sure you avoid the Tankie instances if you can help it (i.e. Hexbear, LemmyGrad, Lemmy.ml) and I think you’ll come to like the slower pace of things here.
I am also an RIF refugee. Lemmy isn’t the same high, but it’s a pretty good methadone.