Honestly, I think the more reliable curated information will be what I miss the most. I almost always append a Google search with "Reddit" - because the information and format are so much more reliable than the bot populated garbage sites.
RE niche porn subs, same here brother 🙌 Seems pretty slim atm on Lemmy but I am sure it will grow. Have seen a couple. Trying to do my part as well and manage one if you are interested in 'the posterior':
I think ChatGPT is going to mean Reddit and similar sites will also become bot populated garbage. There was just now a major problem with this in /r/programming.
Already today I've made probably 15 Google searches with the "reddit" suffix only to be met with privated subreddits. It's a grim feeling, considering my undying support for sticking it to Reddit rn. It kind of feels like passing by the place old restaurant that was always nasty and unhygenic yet had delicious nostalgic food, and remembering that the place eventually closed down and you won't get that experience anymore.
Same. It was also very nice to know when stuff happened, like events or ask if anyone had heard anything about x. Some used it to ask question to know if they wanted to move here or not too which also gave me some insight in other parts of the city
I was just trying to think of what I’d miss the most when I saw this. Yep, hands down it’ll be my local sub. We’re one of the smaller cities in my country which meant the sub reflected the quirks and experience of day to day life quite accurately.
Why not just start it here in Lemmy? I did for my City and a few people have already started to trickle in without any sort of advertising. The memes have already started to flow!
Between that and "OMG is that gunfire?!" when it's OBVIOUSLY a firework. What with the bright explosion and the fact that people don't usually skip handgun firing and jump straight to grenade launching mortars.
This is probably one of the biggest losses. Reddit was my go-to for finding actual answers to questions I had. Without it, you end up with nothing but sponsored articles that don't really answer the question.
Before this entire fiasco, I didn’t even realise googling “____ Reddit” was such a global phenomenon. But I also didn’t realise just how much I relied on these surprisingly specific answers to just about everything until now that it’s gone. Damn… I’ll miss it.
I’m with you. It’s going to suck losing out on so much random information. Reddit was my go to for those obscure questions I had but we survived before Reddit and will find a way to survive without it.
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Towards the end of my reddit time these subs were all I had in my feed, some comics and then some car related subs. That was it. I had gotten so tired of the rest of reddit all I wanted was cute animal content.
There needs to be a comedy podcast aggregate community. Cumtown/The Adam Friedland Show, Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast, YMH, Bad Friends, Rogan, MMP, TFATK (homeless cats only), etc, etc…
I’m really worried for those who use third party apps and depend on r/stopdrinking. That community single-handedly helped me get sober.
I fear that someone who is on the brink of breaking sobriety and wants to reach out on r/stopdrinking, not being able to access it from the app they normally use would be just enough of a hurdle for them to give in and start drinking again.
Makes me really sad to think about since it can be a dark place and the people there are so genuinely caring.
This is the subreddit I'll miss most. I'm at about 120 days after 20 years of drinking because of the people in that sub inspiring me. I would start a similar community here but I don't really feel like I could handle running something like that.
Congrats on 120 days! It will be two years on July 8 for me.
I had the same thought about spinning one up here. I’m not sure I’d be capable of running a community like that especially with how much of a tight ship they’ve got running.
I wonder if it would be worth posting and asking about it there or DM’ing a mod perhaps. Maybe I’ll give that a go.
We are starting that sub here on lemmy.world. I started one on lemmy.ml before I found the one here. Hopefully the creator will approve some mods, but we can definitely support each other in a federated environment.
I say start the community, and make a post welcoming arriving redditors, letting them know you don't have moderators yet, to please offer if they can help, but that they have found their community gathering place and it's gonna be OK.
Maybe look for some aid setting up a place for them on Lemmy and I’ll post the link and how-to there, I figure that’d be a good way to have my reddit account to go out (shadow banned)!
there was a quote from a reddit exec recently about how awful it was that people were 'sharing things that they wouldn't even say in therapy' which were going un-monetized. sick, sick people
i subbed to lots of mental health subs which were invaluable in the last 10 years. 1.5yrs sober as well. hope lemmy is a good alt; hopefully there won't be any automod bullshit, like towards the end i couldn't even get a post through in /r/depression, i mean my god
To be honest, so many posts from r/AITA came off as fake after a while, I was already beginning to lose interest. People would do anything for upvotes. Maybe this time we can have less liars, but I'm not so naive as to actually hope for that.
It starts getting that way with any page that gets popular. Regular front-page subs become targets for clout chasers… even in the comments - with so many fake names. Reddit’s been dead - Spez only defiled a corpse.
I also agree the front page subs were mostly filled with shallow fiction, but there was definitely good stuff going for Reddit before Spez f’d it up. I’d say the magic was in the small and niche hobby/fandom subs, the communities in a lot of them were truly unique and vibrant.
I really don't care if stories designed for entertainment on the internet are real. Nobody goes to AITA to get educated about stuff. They go for fun stories. Therefore as long as you aren't spreading misinformation, I couldn't really care.
I’m hoping r/gunners can be reformed too. And r/soccer.
Good luck with reddevils. I’m not a United fan but I want to see all communities grow on Lemmy! Football subs are what I spend much of my time in on Reddit.
Something similar to this on Lemmy would be a killer service to undertake since finding our way around discovering new subs is a bit different with the email-esque setup!
*I’m not sure of the intended way to link communities from other instances but this should allow .world users to subscribe at the .ca one: lemmy.world/c/bestofthefediverse@lemmy.ca
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