If they don't change course they will. But even if they do change course on API fees, if they still plan on an ipo, then its only a matter of time until they find another way to enshitify their site.
I'll be honest - I don't think I'll stop using reddit completely. There are just too many subs there that aren't here that I'm interested in. I might just use reddit whenever I'm on pc (which would be far far less since I'm usually on mobile). I'm still staying here, though, and try to be as active as I can.
And let's be honest: reddit has some of the best NSFW content on the internet. Extremely specific interests all curated into their own respective subs. In many cases, this content goes back years
Yes, the best of it is community driven, but even that is being taken over by Only Fans shills and bots. Once the community gets here, it will be jazz hands.
not that big a shock if you consider the amount of work it is to moderate that kind of thing reddit has shittons of money to make sure illegal things are not on the site unlike instances here that run on donations
I tend to agree. While I haven't gone looking for NSFW friendly instances, all of the instances that I looked at before selecting one don't allow NSFW content pretty much for that exact reason. They don't want to deal with hosting and moderating it.
Reddit will very likely kill nsfw in the near future, i just hope the ones that aren't onlyfans bots come here. If not my personal server will have to do the trick... I think there is a sufficient amount of NSFW content in there...
Same. The upcoming API change was really just the final straw that I felt personally that the reddit that I've used well over a decade was no longer where I wanted to be. I didn't want to become targeted and used for someones profit (with the upcoming reddit IPO). Really I've felt that way since the redesign and the official app came out. Just finally was bothered enough to make the switch.
They won't. They've already done this math and hsve the power to reverse most of the damage we can do. Anything that isn't "users stop using the site altogether", they can repair with either sdmin powers or paying people, and it demonstates to investors that they care about money over people, which encourages profit.
I feel like the vast majority of casual users won't really bother switching. I only bothered cos Reddit was the only thing even remotely close to social media that I used
The casuals aren't the core reddit, and the core are the very important mods and the people that are very active, they bring most value and most content, without them reddit is basically brainded, they might pull traffic for some time, but many subs will shut down forever and no causal user is suitable to moderate.
I meant more that we're kidding ourselves that the site won't survive without us. I'm hoping it doesn't, but if you go there now, everything still looks alive and active.
Its not like we are the only people leaving, the communities im active in have gotten less traffic in recent days than they have usually, idk if thats just a little statistical noise, or if its a first step.
Reddit relies heavily on community mods, and they rely on their api access.
Per social media, it was my only personal one. I started my own community and ran it for years on their site. The reason I left is because it's becoming blatantly obvious that money is driving decisions. While that's a valid way to decide things, it's not how I decide, nor want my interactions with others decided.
That's what I was wondering, if it would feel less like a "great migration" and more like a "great filtration." Which ideally would mean varied yet like-minded users, if that somehow makes sense.
That is a great way to look at it. I left FB at least 10 years ago. I ended up arguing with a family member and realized how pointlessly stupid the entire platform was for me. I didn't use social media other than reddit for nearly a decade.
It's just time to move on to the next thing. It's weird because that jump has to happen with other people but not too many.
I think that's the date the planned API changes and prices on Reddit become enforced. Third party apps will die and Lemmy is expecting another influx of users from Reddit because of this.
In addition to 3rd party apps dying, so will the helpful bots that help moderate, help you easily save a video or identify a song, or even Reddit Enhancement Suite.
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