Just wondering what brought everyone here.

Background: I was banned from Reddit for questioning the system and feel that true leftist ideologies on Reddit are severely censored (despite being considered one of the few last leftist social media platforms). I think the left needs more tech literacy and I hope the Fediverse is the future.

So, I am wondering what made folks curious about alternative options?

  • RevolverSly@lemmy.world
    6·
    17 hours ago

    When they try to force me ads in official app killing third party apps.

    Fuck marketing! Everything it touches it turns shit

    • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      33·
      1 day ago

      Me too. API death of reddit.

      They thought disabling RIF would force me to use the Reddit Mobile App, but it just got me to break up with reddit finally after 10+ years.

      Who nose, maybe this was all part of their plan to get rid of Reddit’s original users and make room for a younger culture who doesn’t care about privacy or ads or whatever.

      • eightpix@lemmy.world
        5·
        24 hours ago

        It was Boost for Reddit for me. Note: I hate the ads in Boost for Lemmy, but I still havent jumped ship or started to pay for ad-free. When I go on contract at work (I hope) it’ll be more possible.

        e: wait, it’s $5, one time? Ok, I’m killing the ads now.

        I want to support the platforms that look at people for their interactions, not their marketability. APIs were going to be dead at Reddit and I wasn’t willing to stand over the body with a knife in hand.

    • epicthundercat@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      22 hours ago

      I am brand spankin’ new and didn’t realize mods migrated too! That’s great! Only thing I wish there was, was the database wealth of information that reddit has but that takes time and humans make that possible.

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
        1·
        17 hours ago

        Oh yeah, it’s impossible to mod effectively via reddit’s official mobile app. And admin was becoming increasingly inconsistent in its demands and communication.

  • early_riser@lemmy.world
    1·
    11 hours ago

    I suspect as with many here it was Reddit’s API nonsense back in 2023. I joined another instance back in mid '23 but it took me until this year before I started using it regularly.

  • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip
    4·
    16 hours ago

    Reddit is shit now. PCMR is just memes and weird Linux vs Windows rivalry, Piracy sub is just memes and moral grandstanding, most gaming subs are just bots posting “news” articles, AIO/AITAH are just karma farming for people selling accounts or fanfic quality fantasies, many Linux subs are either insufferably elitist, have a weird fetish for distro-hopping or are just circlejerks (looking at you r/linuxmint).

    The only thing it’s still good for is niche interests which I doubt will remain the case for long.

  • atopi@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    16 hours ago

    Boost for lemmy being announced soon after the Reddit API pricing on a subreddit created for the protests

  • mintiefresh@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    The death of 3rd party apps sent me here. It’s been great over in the fediverse but I do wish there was more content. I will sometimes go back to Reddit.

    Overall it’s been great though.

  • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
    11·
    22 hours ago

    Paywalling the API was the final straw for me. I saw they reduced the price to something “reasonable” for the top few 3rd party apps, but too little, too late. Leading up to that, I understood the ads, I was satisfied with using old.reddit, and I thought we were making progress with fighting management. Killing all the small time apps and turning Apollo et al into an income stream (or, really, stifling competition to their ad-infested 1st patty app) showed there was no way back to the reddit I knew

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
    2·
    15 hours ago

    I read about the Fediverse years ago and opened a couple accounts across a couple platforms. As I expected at the time, too low volume of people to really keep me engaged.

    I stayed on reddit until same as everyone else here; they killed 3rd party apps and mod tools. I was a mod on a small, friendly little niche hobby sub. It started getting overrun by bots and MAGA types who wanted to make every post about guns and women staying home to serve their husbands. Good members started leaving the sub and I turned from having fun to loathing it very quickly. I created some fresh Fediverse accounts and made the move for real.