Reddit killing off third party apps. I'll blow a leper before I use the official one. Lemmy was a good enough replacement at the time, and nowadays I only visit reddit when I need super specific information that might've been asked in the past 10 years.
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2023
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The reason for the Reddit protests could have been justified, but the CEO's response couldn't.
He messed up, doubled down, and then continued to mess up. I don't know why the rest of the team let him keep talking
That is capitalism man π€·π½ββοΈ. The CEO is emperor.
A link on Reddit.
It was immediately after spez's fatuous AMA. I wasn't specifically planning to leave Reddit, but I had never really been satisfied there, so I was open to the idea. And I ran across a link to join-lemmy.org, so I followed it, just to see what it was about. I had no idea then that following that link would end up being the last thing I did on Reddit, but that's the way it worked out.
I used to use RiF (Reddit is Fun). Then it died. I searched for an alternative to Reddit.
Ex-Apollo user. I've witnessed how centralized systems are inherently fragile. One asshole in the c-suite (e.g. spez) can fuck the whole thing up.
That is Capitalism. CEOs are emperors.
Permanent Reddit ban
Why?
I was brutally honest on a political thread and got a suspension. Made another account and got the lifetime ban for subverting a suspension
You are right wing, aren't you?
Lol. No. I was calling out Trumpers on their racism and hate in non politically correct terms
Oh, my bad.
Because spez killed Apollo.
Who is Spez?
Reddit threatening to ban /r/piracy made me setup a failover in raddle. Raddle restricting sign-ups for months made me switch the failover to lemmy.ml. Reddit protests made me setup lemmy.dbzer0.com and make it the primary location for /c/piracy
Came from reddit like many others. I had been unhappy with the artificial and corporate-sterile feel of reddit for a while. And second to that, the way subreddits were set up made it rife with powermod agendas and no good alternatives to escape them.
I much prefer the "interconnected islands" of lemmy that reduces the ability of anyone to advertise, astroturf, or have ownership of the whole system. It feels looser and puts more control back in the hands of users, which is refreshing.
The API pricing change and the closing of r/ProgrammerHumor.
It is still active
The original plan was to close indefinitely. It became active again after Reddit's threats to change the moderators of big protesting subreddits.
They threatened with changing moderators?! Source please!
spez
Fuck spez
They killed BaconReader
i used tje official Reddit app then switched to fatbird (fatbird still works) also i tried using spyke because the name was similar to Skype but i could sign up
Reddit killing 3rd party apps
Ads, ads, and more ads. Especially once my feed got flooded with that βHe Gets Usβ bullshit every other post. I finally found out about Apollo only about a month before the APIcalypse happened, and the thought of going back was draining. I participated in r/place as a last hoorah before deleting Reddit, and thatβs where I saw the Lemmy adβ¦ Havenβt looked back since
The Free Software
Did you have to pay for Reddit?
when people say free software, they usually mean free as in free speech, rather than free as in free beer, as the saying goes. it's not about money, it's about if you have a piece of software, having the freedom to use, modify and share it how you'd like.
βFree Speechβ as to what racist say they are using when people call them out for being racist?
Reddit forcing me to use their shitty app
Which app do you use for Lemmy?
Iβm personally using Voyager and so happy with it so far
I like Voyager, I just wished that I could see my avatar or other peopleβs avatar