Ask Lemmy

I left reddit during the api drama last year (more than a year?). I did it on principle. The content on lemmy is not comparable to the niche communities on reddit. Yeah, Steve Huffman is a little pissbaby or whatever the current meme is. But lemmy doesn't have the art communities or the weird goofy shit that reddit did, and as a chronically online loser, my life is a little emptier without it. And I know how stupid and unimportant that is, which is why I'm here and not there.

Plus the porn on lemmy is just like... so disappointing and sparse.

Unrelated- I'm ready to switch to Linux, but do I really have to learn what a distro is and how to build my own PC? Can't I just buy a Linux PC ready to go? Please?

I barely use Reddit now. I’ve unfollowed any sub that has an equivalent here.

The main one holding me back is that native speakers of my language are there.

I'm currently trying out Lemmy because reddit is killing the Old Reddit interface and I refuse to use their shitty app or new interface website. Plus after using it I think it's kind of fun to have reddit but smaller and more curated. It's like Reddit used to be back in like 2012.

I like Lemmy more, especially since it’s not corporate owned. The Reddit admins turned the site to shit purposely to push their greedy agenda, they instilled moderators that acted in bad faith for many subs, they allowed misinformation bots and other bad faith actors to run rampant, and they hosted ads to bet on US elections for months up until the day of the election itself. Truly and utterly disgusting behavior from Reddit.

Ellen Pao deserved better, Spez taking over is what enshitified the site.

I'm not permanently banned, I was temporarily banned for a bullshit reason and when I got my account back I went scorched earth then closed my account. Fuck reddit

Not banned but I like here more. I left during the Exodus/ blackouts/shutdowns. In another life I was a mod for a moderately successful sub and after going into the rabbit hole and seeing the app timer increase to hours a day, I felt they could at least gift mods premium and they could skip ads. After some drama and a high caliber mod left the sub, I followed shortly after as the community has grown and changed.

Israeli IOF Hasbara in worldnews got me banned from everything. I have 5 fully shadow banned account. basically and effectively perm bans. Your page says "no user exists" and your posts and comments cannot be seen by any user nor any viewer in the world.

I'm perma banned for spreading Luigi related posts.

Every time I add a comment or post on reddit, I get banned all the time, I don't even know why, I tried to appeal the ban, but no one gives a shit. Anyway, I like Lemmy better, it's faster, lighter, and doesn't have any dumb karma thing. So I deleted my last Reddit account, told the Reddit administration to go screw themselves, and I have no regrets.

I was the primary mod/founder for a fairly large subreddit. During the blackout protests Reddit threatened to remove my mod rights if I didn’t reopen the subreddit. I told them to get fucked, and my account was banned. They also removed the other mods and installed new mods. I haven’t touched the platform since and will never use Reddit again.

🖕spez

I had numerous accounts, some throwbacks going back 11+years, almost all were purged in feb12-13, due to them trying to eliminate and astroturfing any anti-right wing talking points. now they are assuming almost anyone is a bot. and the last one i thought was safe, was just shadowbanned recently

Haven't been on there in like 10 years, glad all of you finally saw the light. Sad it requires being forced off though.

I jumped off voluntarily a little over a year ago when spez didn't like third party apps anymore and reddit went public.

Edit: damn it's almost been 2 years on lemmy. What a fucking ride

Edit: did you really just copy the same post as? There's no karma like on reddit you know that right?

https://lemm.ee/post/60400188

I like the fediverse more. I left during the api thing and think that the fediverse is the next step in social networking.

Left during the API thing, and everything I see confirms that I made the right choice.

Especially the fact that there are no investors to appease, no profit motive, and no advertising. It's like a slice of the old web.

I'm on mbin mostly. The japan-focused subreddits for legal, finance, etc. have so far refused to move. Once they move, I will be done with reddit entirely

My main and my alt still exist on reddit and have enough karma that I was offered stock options on both accounts.

Not going back because of the API fuckery. Coming up on 2 years on lemmy. Haven't looked back.

Left due to the crowd amassed for my country's sub. I became friend with a few regulars there when the sub is small, but these day they're significantly more and more people with a lack of common sense and logical thinking gathered there it's hard to find new friend, to the point the friends i met just decided to lurk or quit. No more fun.

Then API fiasco happened and since i hate the official app so much as it's significantly slower with horrible UI, it's a final push for me to make the jump.

I wouldn't say i like lemmy more, but it's the one i tolerate now. If the main dev became unbearable then i jump again.

I quit reddit and have no intention to go back. Its become total crap and full of boosted ads.

I have my Reddit account but I have sworn off posting there... I use Lemmy full time and visit Reddit out of curiousity sometimes, but most often logged out.

Lemmy is just so much better quality.

Reddit has been getting worse and eventually they just stopped showing people my comments so I deleted my account. Pretty much the next day the warnings for upvotes started coming in.

I left Reddit on principle.
I still have functioning accounts over there.

The only time i go there is if I'm linked there when searching for info.

I got perma banned for saying that Elon Musk should get "burned" in Canada for fraudulent sales numbers posted by Tesla in order to qualify for Federal subsidies.

They took me literally, and claimed I was promoting violence. My appeal got shut down in less than an hour. They "burned" my 8 year old account, for saying that Elon should get "burned" in Canada. The irony is real.

Unlike the rest here I got perma banned and then found Lemmy! 🥲

My opinions on a certain orange thing were a bit top radical for ol reddit.. but then again gore and murder Videos are okay.

I'm just stubborn, left during the blackout and didn't want to go back.

I just like Lemmy more.