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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

My gosh that Reddit app icon is horrible. It looks like a terrible meme NFT or something. ...Which was probably the aesthetic they were going for, to be clear.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago

ik reddit has nfts,which makes sense.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 18 points 7 hours ago

reddit was not great after like 2015. It just completely shit the bed in 2023

[–] kwomp2@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 hours ago

Makes me 'member these informative graphics on 4chan ~2008 that categorized users into oldfags, newfags and cancer. Anyone else 'member?

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 29 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Represent. I do miss it sometimes, but it's probably better that I don't spend as much time online.

[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 12 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

Reddit made it unusable on mobile again.

I use Firefox + unlock, but naturally it's just slower and less convenient than rif.

I use reddit a lot less now. Practically don't use it on mobile as I noticed.

[–] mrvictory1@lemmy.world 0 points 43 minutes ago

Oldreddit + Oldlander extension is way more convenient on mobile browser.

[–] zakobjoa@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago

Apart from going there through a search engine I've never used Reddit again since they killed the API.

[–] Zementid@feddit.nl 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I use reddit for special interests. There are some subreddits which are unmatched sources in terms of expertise. Be it a game I am currently obsessed by or serious job related discussions about the newest embedded tech...

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

It's sooo hard to get away from games. You've either got Discord which is a shit show, or reddit which is an ad riddled shit show, but at least the comment and discussions are relatively structured.

[–] Bronzie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

I miss Apollo. It was just so good.

I still use it to follow the war in Ukraine, but that's it. It can burn once the Russians are defeated.

[–] GreenP@lemy.lol 6 points 8 hours ago

I found a loop hole in the reddit-verse and am able to use bacon reader like its early 2023. I mourn the day this glitch in the matrix is removed from my devices. Until then, carry on!

[–] sag@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago

Never used any of that clients always used offical New Reddit web client even on mobile. I moved to Lemmy because it's FOSS. That's all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Bosht@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] jastyty@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

I miss bacon reader too ... sobs

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 44 points 13 hours ago

For me it's not the app ecosystem. Reddit used to feel like it was a platform run by its community now its very company run and controlled.

[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Former Slide user here 🙋

[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 130 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

It really broke my heart. I loved Reddit, I was on it on RiF one my phone when I didn't use my computer. It was great for finding all sorts of new stuff and it was genuinely fun. I'd had a few accounts for like a decade or something, but when they killed the alternate programs I just left and never looked back.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 62 points 17 hours ago

I miss RIF, but it's for the better. Lemmy moves too slow for me to doomscroll it forever, so I've started putting my phone down more.

I've started reading books again, even in public, when I'm waiting for someone or something. My mind is slowing down and getting more peaceful.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 32 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, i didn't realize how much i relied in Reddit to keep me informed on sports. I barely know what's going in with my favorite teams, let alone the leagues anymore. But i couldn't use anything other than RiF to browse Reddit, so i was done as soon as they axed the third party apps.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

This is me on many topics. I am so uninformed over the last year.

I love Lemmy, but I’m in a smaller bubble than I was before too. There are a lot less political opinions on here. People are outright hostile to anything that doesn’t fit in a narrow window, and though I mostly agree with what passes through that window, my idea of the world is off because of it. (Example, my wife uses Facebook. We both voted for Harris, but she was certain Trump would win. She was seeing what everyone was saying and I wasn’t. Imagine my surprise when she lost the election so terribly. My little bubble had me convinced he didn’t stand a chance.)

I try occasionally to open Reddit. I know that Lemmy hates stock traders, but Reddit is where you get the best info on that. I’m a stay at home dad who contributes entirely by trading so I need to look at what people are researching from time to time.

I just can’t stand the Reddit app. I can’t stand clicking on ads without realizing it because of how they blend it in.

I can’t stand the kind of greed that led to the decision that killed third party apps.

I miss it, but not bad enough to have a subpar experience on there. That, and I believe in a federated social media future. Tech companies are garbage.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 8 points 9 hours ago

I am so uninformed over the last year

Being uninformed is ok as long as you pair it with knowing you’re uninformed.

Our Stupid Monkey Branes aren’t designed to be filled with doom all day long, they’re designed to know a handful of people in our tribe. It’s not healthy the way we chase after trying to know everything about everything in order to satisfy ourselves that we’re informed.

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[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What I used before leaving: copypasta

(A bot allowed to replace all comments with an edit to avoid being farmed by reddit or sold to AI)

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I edited all my comments, then deleted all of my comments, then deleted my account and two-factor. Then Reddit restored my account and all it's comments and I can't remove them again cause no two-factor 🙃

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 34 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I pay the yearly subscription for Sync Pro, and I consider it a donation more than anything. I've gotten so many years out of that app, and the developer choosing to repurpose it to Lemmy made my transition here almost seamless from reddit.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm the same, and had paid for it during the Reddit days of the app. I'm hesitant to pay a subscription this time around, though, since the creator has always left for months and come back with a flurry of updates - which is entirely up to them, but a turn-off for something I'll pay for periodically.

Sync is still my daily driver, and IMO few Lemmy clients come close.

[–] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Wait, Sync for Lemmy is a subscription and not a one time purchase? Boost's dev did a similar transition but only standard one time purchase there.

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

There's a one time purchase to remove ads and a subscription for features like machine translation or importing/exporting your communities. It's $17 yearly or $100 lifetime

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 54 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

hi every1 ive got new logo!!!!!!! *puts banana peel on head* my name is steve but u can call me t3h Sp3zZi of sn00!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i want u to come here, 2 meet random ppl like me ^_^… im 40½ years old (im not immature 4 my age tho!!) i like 2 rd elon musk x posts w/ a pic of my ex-wifie (im over it tho deal w/it) its our favorite thing!!! bcuz shes SOOOO random!!!! hes random 2 of course but i want 2 meet more random ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol…neways i hope 2 find alot of rubes here so give me lots of monies!!!!
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[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of Boxxy for some reason.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The original meme has the person's name as "katy", and Boxxy's real name is Catie, so whoever wrote the original might well have been parodying her.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 56 minutes ago

Maybe, but I'm pretty sure that copypasta was around long before boxxy.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 27 points 17 hours ago

This comment just gave me a little bit of PTSD

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 127 points 21 hours ago (18 children)
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[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 60 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

For a lot of the OGs on Reddit it got worse after the whole AMA Victoria thing. That was really when Reddit went downhill. Before that Reddit was amazing with AMAs that kept you refreshing constantly to be live in the chat, and posts that were funny and discussion that felt a bit more meaningful.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 17 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

We can look at a million things over the years and say this is when it went wrong. It's all hindsight 20/20. The reality is that we're here now, and, at least for me, I enjoy it here. 💜

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 19 points 17 hours ago

Yes! That was when it was so blatent to any die-hard users.

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[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 52 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Thankfully, Boost is just as nice for Lemmy as it was for Reddit.

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[–] R3D4CT3D@midwest.social 68 points 21 hours ago (7 children)
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