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The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the "John Oliver rule."

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[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not true. It may be true in r/technology, but reddit hasn't won. It's just that those still on Reddit didn't make it.

We showed that we care, and we showed that we can dump them. Reddit is currently dying. It may be a slow process, but I don't think the enshittification of reddit will stop.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, and while Lemmy was rough around the edges when people started looking for alternatives, now there's a glut of great clients and active communities. Reddit only needs one more screw up before the remaining users find a compelling alternative.

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

And the screwup will come. Either in another big blow or gradually.

[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was to be expected, but I found Lemmy because of everything that happened, uninstalled Reddit, and now use Mastodon and Lemmy as my social media platforms of choice, so it’s a personal win.

Hopefully, as Lemmy continues to thrive, instances hold up to the pressure of growth and we see an influx of content that made Reddit so valuable to users and Reddit corporate alike.

[–] KeraKali@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also found Lemmy because of Reddit's fiasco, and I think its much better. Being able to have so many instances to get stuff from and forge communities offers a lot more freedom.

[–] aquarisces@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

+1, I wouldn’t have even considered moving off of Reddit until all the drama that had happened but once it did - and I found out about Lemmy - I’ve been happily more active on here in my communities of interest. Only reason I go back to Reddit these days is to encourage others to give Lemmy a go.

[–] mycoxadril@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am struggling with finding a space for the majority of my communities of interest over here. I curated such a niche homepage over my decade on Reddit that it does not compare being here. But the apps I have found that simulate my experience on my now defunct third party Reddit apps have kept me here, in the hopes that enough folks will migrate over so that communities will grow in the same way they did on Reddit.

I know Rome wasn’t built in a day, and I’m stubborn enough in my refusal to use the official Reddit app, and annoyed enough with old Reddit on mobile, that I will sit here and wait for the same experience I used to get over there.

[–] pablonaj@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Same here, and I also hope communities will grow as more and more people move to the Fediverse. Basically it's the niche parts of reddit that I'm missing but I've managed to stay away from it for the most part. I think we need to make sure to generate some content in the communities we are interested, being lurkers won't help Lemmy grow.

[–] Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bullshit. Nobody, or at least very few people, expected Reddit to revert the changes. A protest can be successful even if it doesn't lead to immediate change. I was here on Lemmy long before the API nonsense happened over at Reddit, and the difference over here is night and day. Lemmy has been around for awhile, but until these last few months it couldn't hold a candle to Reddit in terms of content or activity. Maybe it still can't, but now it has enough users to be viable. Reddit might go on like nothing happened, but in the background a competitor has been born.

[–] Threadsdeadbaby@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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Edit *no bots

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

no boys

What are you, some kinda ultra feminist?

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Hupf@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

No boys, only femboys