how are yall feeling about the website?

  • Aninjanameddaryll@sopuli.xyz
    8·
    1 year ago

    Ngl, us r/efugees are not happy with things over there.

    As much as I’m coming to enjoy this, it still isn’t what reddit was, nor is the app experience anything close to as feature rich. But, I’m finding other benefits here that are, and never were, possible at reddit, so it’s still a good thing :)

    Reddit is proof that no publicly traded company, nor any that intends to be, can be trusted with anything. Not use that was ever in doubt, but reddit has shown it in such a glaring, grotesque way that it’s the poster child for how shitty corporate thought is.

    I dunno. I was enjoying things. I had started moderating two subs I deeply cared about, with one having a strong sense of community building. There’s an emotional response to the loss of that. But I’ll be damned if I’m going to put in the work, put in the passion, when it’s shit on by the very company that profits from my free labor. fuck spez, fuck reddit

    • jimmyjoners@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      I mean it seems so obvious in retrospect I suppose. I hope we’re looking a the start of a real renascence for the internet, away from corporate overlords.

    • Discoslugs@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      God dam right friend.

      The best parts of reddit were the communities of people dedicated to the topics under each sub.

      Reddit CEOs didn’t create that. It was and has always been regular users and hardworking Mods that brought us what we loved about reddit. If reddit isn’t going to protect those people, fuck em.

      I’m signing off of reddit with the black out. There will probably be a long time before something replaces it. But I’m a long for the ride.

  • Mrposh@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    4·
    1 year ago

    So far it’s been good. There is a bit of a learning curve, setting up on mobile devices was a little challenging. Seems to be working well now. This thread has been really helpful for me.

    • Ataraxia@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      Honestly I don’t see it as going backwards but unfamiliar. I was reluctant to switch to this style because I didn’t understand it and ended up on mastodon a few years ago into some terrifyingly hostile racist/bogoted/sexist communities. Maybe I did something wrong and ended up in a bad part of town but I ended up deleting the app I was using. So far the experience on lemmy is so much more pleasant lol…

    • arc@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s like we’ve just escaped an abusive partner and now starting from zero!

      • teuast@lemmy.world
        26·
        1 year ago

        That “first night in the new apartment without most of the furniture, sleeping by yourself for the first time in a while” feeling.

        • Ataraxia@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          I actually love that feeling except that one time I spent my first night in this prison-like dorm room with dirty walls and no hot water in Japan, dirty sheets and a paper thin futon with nothing to eat and nobody to talk to/no way to call anyone. This feels a lot better than that.

  • LetMeDropThisMic@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    I just spent a little time today creating my Lemmy.world account and trying to find equivalents of my favorite subs from Reddit. I really question whether Reddit will survive the uprising that has spawned. I think the IPO is going to go very poorly, then Reddit will turn into some commercial mess. This is my first Lemmy post, BTW!

  • omarciddo@beehaw.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve lamented the loss of what I called “old internet energy” — the feeling of a largely-nerdy community forming around something new. I felt it on early Digg and on Reddit for a good while, until the last 7-10 years or so after mainstream users started pouring in. I feel that here again. ‘Tis nice.

  • calixte@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    A bit confusing, but I’m really excited about this. I hope the ‘choose server’ part when you sign up gets streamlined a bit. It’s very confusing for new people. My first post on Lemmy by the way!

    • Klinkertinlegs@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      That was easy for me. Apollo was Reddit for me. I deleted my account, removed that app, and now the barrier to entry of reaching Reddit would be going to the mobile site, so… I’d rather have all my teeth pulled with a rusty pair of pliers. Addition cured.