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I've been on reddit for a long, long time and i've seen all the changes that have happened in the past decade. I spent a lot of time on Reddit, and have seen the slow infestation of bots, karma whores, and guerilla marketing disguised as posts.

I'm genuinely excited for the fediverse - it seems like an actual improvement over reddit, and not just a clone. There's a learning curve, but there was one when joining reddit too.

I participated in the migration to Voat, and saw how/why it failed. I'm more optimistic about the fediverse for various reasons, and I'm dedicating my time to helping this thrive.

I was a lurker on Voat, but I'm trying to be active here. I don't like modding, but I've even created my own community here, which is saying a lot given how lazy I am. Hope to interact with y'all more!

And if you're still reading this, i hope you don't mind a shoutout to my new community, maliciouscompliance - recreated this as it was one of my favorite places to lurk on reddit!

/c/maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

https://lemmy.world/c/maliciouscompliance

!maliciouscompliance@lemmy.world

EDIT: since a few people asked - I posted in this comment below why I think lemmy has a much better chance than voat did

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[–] gourd@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I saw someone edit a post title and it blew my mind. I'm liking it here so far too. There's a few kinks to work out, but I don't think the learning curve is too bad. The Jerboa app is fine too.

[–] dystop@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ooh there's an app? down another rabbit hole I go...

[–] gourd@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeeahh Jerboa for android and I think the IOS app is called Mlem

[–] dystop@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

downloaded Jerboa, thanks!

[–] Kayzels@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, you can edit post titles? That's so cool!

[–] gourd@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

mhmm I've seen a few posts where people asked questions, and they changed the title to include [solved] when they got answers.

[–] cascadingsymmetry@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)