Asklemmy

no I fucking hate Reddit

I do. I’ve gotten so much value out of it. I ended up deleting my account and comments to give as much teeth to all of this as I can, and while I realize there’s not a lot of value for me personally in my history, it does make me sad for the knowledge lost. I think it’s necessary for Reddit to feel enough pain to change course (if they will at all) but it still makes me sad.

Honestly it feels refreshing

I do feel some kind of sadness, but I feel... free. Reddit started becoming addictive to me some time ago and I have noticed that Lemmy seems to have less trolls, perverts, power tripping mods and just simply batshit crazy people. I do feel an urge to check out how Reddit is doing, but I'll soon go to a place without a proper internet connection so I think I'll finally be able to cure my Reddit addiction. My experience with Lemmy has been very positive so far.

My Reddit account was turning 16 in August (that's older than some Redditors I'm sure!). It was a wild ride, back in the days where Reddit worshiped Ron Paul, and the entire front page was "Upvote if !", to today's mess. Kinda bittersweet yes but a change and some competition is long overdue!

I'm sad, as my account is many years old since digg days. But I hardly comment or post, and dgaf about karma, so I am considering deleting in total rather than just stop using. At the same time, I'm interested to know how it'll play out.

Like Netflix, despite the public outcry, we may well see that reddit is still alive and well after this. /shrug.

It’s definitely a strange feeling, I’m not sure that heartbreak is the right term for me. It’s more uncomfortable - I don’t mind the change but the ease of access to all the content I wanted in one place was just so fucking convenient! I know this community will grow with time, and I don’t hate that I’m more comfortable interacting here, but I look forward to the day where I can go back to my room scrolling lurk like the good ole days lol.

Same as you OP. Lots of years and lots of memories. But it's for the best and I'm looking for something fresh.

Not really, I just miss some of the subs that I used to frequent. Most of them already exist somewhere in the Fediverse and just need to gain some traction. The other thing I miss is my app, RedReader, but the author has plans to extend it to support Lemmy or similar in the future so I'm good.

I deleted all my content on reddit using power delete suite, and I didn't even opt to take a local backup. I feel like we're still reddit, just under a different name. Reddit is bigger than the site itself. Too bad the reddit admins didn't realize this.

A little sad, but I am not as attached to specific communities online. I’ve seen subreddits rise and fall too, so this just feels like another chance to find something new.

Ya. But I’m kind of relieved. Place has been pretty toxic and the content has been getting more and more lame. I’m excited to be somewhere new and start fresh. Maybe reverse some of the bad habits that are contagious with how I engage too.

Yeah Reddit has a lot of really valuable communities that are not ruined imo. For some of those niche communities the other option for discourse/information is Tiktok which I don't like because the discourse is super fragmented and hard to follow.

Yup, I loved reddit. But they changed and idk if there is any going back to normal.

No. I am very happy at discovering a new place. I also miss the social media, pre 2010s. like in 2005, it was amazing and people felt much closer. One had a feeling that everyone is genuinely here to help and enjoy while socializing, rather than karma farming.

I am talking before Facebook grew big. The time of Orkut, Gazzag, old reddit, Slashdot. or even yahoo messenger, mIRC, before all those websites became a thing. I was not afraid of posting something, and wasn't looking for votes, or afraid of down votes. Main aim of contributing to a post of joining in the discussion.

I miss what I lack, but reddit was also going stagnant. Time to build something greater. Decentralized, but moderated, social media is an interesting idea.

Lemmys devs' political... "Leanings" sure concern me though

Um. Yeah. Taking a break from it for a few days during the blackout. Checking out the fediverse and am loving lemmy, pixelfed, and mastodon. Just joined kbin today but am a bit confused about it because I haven't found a mobile app that supports it. There are a ton of subreddits that I am missing incredibly, but you know it'll be all right. I'm hoping lemmy grows a bit, but not too big. I just enjoy a string of random posts.