Hypothetically speaking, if Reddit back tracks on their API plan and meets all of the communities expeditions- would you go back to Reddit?

I myself am really on the fence about this.

I hate what Reddit has done, as I was removed as a moderator on my sub. But I much prefer the UI to Lemmy so far. I’m also having a hard time understanding how this all works. I was familiar with Reddit, and it is obviously a way more active community.

But I also used Apollo and hate how they’ve done him so dirty.

Will you guys return if Reddit rights it’s wrongs?

HighJudge,

No. This whole Fediverse feels like Reddit did in the beginning. Real conversations. Real sense of community. No pointless bloat or mindless repetition. I started actually participating because I'm not drowned out with a million ridiculous generic comments minutes after a post. Reddit will undoubtedly continue, but not with me as a part of it.

mrbubblesort,
mrbubblesort avatar

This right here. For the past few years everyone on reddit just talks past each other in a race for karma. Rarely does anything with value break through the sea of memes and shitposts. If nothing else I'm enjoying the smaller scale here. I'm seeing and reading actual news articles again instead of the content pandering to the lowest common denominator

currychaos,

You could really only go 2 or 3 comments deep in any Reddit thread before you start seeing the copy pasted comments everywhere. Repeating catchphrases did seem like a good way to earn karma, though so maybe that's why bots and users alike just regurgitated the same drivel.

Pisodeuorrior,

Fuck reddit, I had started finding it a waste of time.

I used to browse reddit comments to find well thought angles to what was happening in the world.

Now most threads, even those about serious fucking issues, are a long lists of jokes, memes and pointless fluff.

I might as well read Facebook comments at this point.

The tone here is already on a different level, I've left reddit and I don't miss it a little bit.

Catch42,
Catch42 avatar

No, this whole thing has made me understand that the incentives of the corporations and the interests of users are fundamentally conflicting. I feel like I knew that subconsciously before, I left facebook years ago but could never quite articulate why I hated them, but now my eyes have been opened and I just can't see going back.

CeruleanRuin,

If RIF survives or returns, then I will probably go back to reddit occasionally. But I haven't missed it since the blackout, so I will probably only use it for a reference and not a community to comment in.

Grant_M,
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Lemmy will continue to improve and Reddit will flush itself further down the toilet.

gaydarless,

Nah, I won't return in a meaningful way. Come June 30, I'm fully deleting my 10+ y.o. account. I may make another burner one to be able to follow a few niche communities (mostly snark subreddits) that I'm certain won't be moving over. But I don't plan to contribute or even lurk in a meaningful way anymore.

I'm excited about the promise the Fediverse holds. It's refreshing to me. I've been longing for a better social web experience, something like I remember having 10-15 years ago, and I'm feeling hopeful that the communities developing here can give me some of that magical feeling back.

downtide,

Only if Spez leaves and is replaced by a decent CEO who reverses EVERYTHING that Spez has effed up in the past few years. I'd return for some small niche communities I participate on that aren't present in the lemmy-verse (yet). But I'd stay here too. I am committed to Federated services now.

TiphaineRupa,

I'd prefer not to, but in the end it comes down to usability and content.

If there will be an ad free way to browse the contents and still a lot of communities build around that site, then I'll probably end up there more often then I'd like.
However I've already configured my searx instance to filter it out so that my search engine won't suggest me stuff from there. Accounts are gone as well...

Fangslash,

i'm interested in a easy to use forum-styled social media, not a site named reddit. Or lemmy for that matters.

Unless reddit changes how they manage the site I see no point going back

ventusx,

I think it's time for the next thing (Lemmy, Kbin, anything else) to take the spotlight.That being said, there's a lot of useful information back at Reddit. When RIF shuts down, i'll be using Lemmy via Jerboa as my daily driver until a better third party app with better ui (to my liking) and/or more features appears. Reddit fucked up bad for me, a platform led by a lying misleading and disrespectful jerk as Spez is not for me. I'll use Reddit with full adblock power to find old threads with solutions to specific problems, but i really hope someone creates a browser extension that redirects Reddit traffic to Teddit or something like that.

FUCK YOU U/SPEZ

Chronic_Intermission,

I don't plan on going back to Reddit in a major way. After giving Reddit up, I find myself thinking over my experience on that site for the last few years. Engaging commentary was harder and harder to find, particularly in any sub of sufficient size, and I spent a lot of my scrolling through Reddit angry. Leaving Reddit has been a wake up call for me. It's a rat race on Reddit, and I don't need that in my life anymore.

luminaree,
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Not in the same way as before, that's for sure. It would mean that they only did it after people protested and disrupted the site for an extended period of time. They obviously don't want Reddit to be what we want it to be anymore. I'm sure they would still try to subvert the users' will and impose theirs in different ways. Plus, this has made me expand and actually seek out exciting new communities and platforms for the first time in a long time. These communities are filled with people who have similar opinions on what happened and how to move forward and create spaces we want to participate in. Whatever happens with Reddit can't undo that.

rakara,

I'm on the fence because, like it or not, reddit is still a useful resource. At least, for now, it is.

I used Apollo. This situation opened my eyes. It's time to find a new place to call home, so to speak.

It will take a minute to learn Lemmy. I'm always into exploring a new site, tho!

poopsmith,
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Maybe. I'm on the fence too.

The learning curve for Lemmy is a little steep and there are several quirks (or bugs) that need to be addressed sooner than later. But I can't really trust Reddit to do the right thing anymore.

FreddyNO,
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No. Reddit has shown it's not what I signed up for. I learn my lession, goodbye reddit

weirdo_from_space,

Nope, being an open source and privacy zealot I wanted to switch to Lemmy well before anyone cared about it. But I deleted my account because it had like twenty active people on it at most. Now that it's gaining users I'm definitely staying. I wasn't very active on Reddit for quite a while anyway, discussion grew repetitive.

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