what would Reddit need to do to get you to go back

I'm not trying to convince anyone to go back i promise, quite the contrary actually cause I think spez plans to just decrease the cost of the API and act like it was a bargain deal sacrifice while not solving any of the issues at all

But, when I think about it even if spez did actually listen and reverse all changes I don't think i want to go back to Reddit cause from what Ive seen Lemmy is just friendlier and less :Be Corporate Friendly: I would honestly love it if Lemmy did a project like r/place one of these days so we could see what the internet is actually like instead of what happened in 2022 (I really did enjoy what a bunch of communities did but when the mods started abusing their powers to make it corporate r/place lost so much meaning) but i am curious since i'm not going back is there anything Reddit can do to make you go back to Reddit?

boomer,

Stop the ridiculous moderation

silentTeee,
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As someone who really only went on Reddit for memes and techie discussions, I think I can say this: for my use-case, there was nothing special about Reddit itself. In fact, one thing I have realized is just how little the nature of the host matters beyond ease of use. Sure, certain formats lend themselves better to certain use-cases, but ultimately humans are social creatures, and even in the most inconvenient of circumstances, we find a way to make it work.

And once you realize that, it becomes less about the medium, and more about the people who lead the discourse. From what I can gather, Reddit lost that discourse a long time ago. And as such, their downfall was only a matter of time.

cstine,

Funny, I was just having that discussion with someone.

I think the problem is all these platforms think the platform is the value and not the content made by the users.

And of course, since they have the best platform, it’d be inconceivable that anyone would ever leave because they’re the best.

Twitter, Reddit, Youtube, and Twitch are all doing exactly the ‘value is the platform’ while taking a massive shit on the creators and users that made the platform have any value in the first place, then acting confused why people are angry about how they’re behaving.

No actual human gives a crap about the platform: nobody goes to these sites to go to the site, they go there for the content from someone they like.

wesker,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I'll be real: I don't want to go back. I want a return to actual communities and comradery, and an exodus from "social" influencers, on ad-riddled and bloated soap boxes.

rgb_leds_are_love,

Bingo. That’s me too.

I never realized just how tired I was of social media until Reddit blew themselves up. I had already quit Zucc’s armoury of social media tools a few years ago. I’ll be glad if I don’t ever have to go back.

spinoza_the_jedi,

Nothing.

Reddit and u/spez haven't even offered an apology and/or reversed their position. But let's be real, here - apologies don't necessarily make things right, and they don't necessarily erase what's been done. At best, we can forgive. But people don't forget. Whatever trust there may have been, it's gone now. I've grown tired of the half-assed apologies made by organizations and famous individuals that are supposed to make everything ok and compel us to forget what was done. I don't think I'd care if Reddit and/or u/spec tried to make amends. They would not be genuine - your true colors are visible for all to see. Welcome to the real world where hollow apologetic half-measures don't fool anyone.

If I spat on your lunch because I was having a bad day, I don't think there would be much I could say to defend my actions. Actions speak louder than words, and sometimes when you screw up there's no going back. You're just done.

kratoz29,

I think I'm gonna stay here a bit longer tbh...

I just need to find a good Android app.

TechnologyClassroom,

Jerboa on F-Droid is nice.

pilirin,

nothing short of the resurrection of Aaron Swartz at this point. huffman's screwed the pooch while jumping the shark at the same time, and the rest of the board are complicit. either get rid of them all and replace them with geeks who act like are there so that the servers don't break down, or we'll stay in other places like this where that specific situation is the reality.

it's about the user experience. can't have the corporate cheeze-heads fucking that over for the sake of a quick buck,

philluminati,

One thing that irritates me about Reddit is how it's converged with the rest of twitter, instagram and tiktok to be just endless scrolling through memes, gifs and videos. Reddit is so far from it's roots and killing third party apps really does remove that old avenue. I do feel like commenting is going to reduce as people just mindlessly scroll through content without really engaging it anymore.

Otome-chan,
Otome-chan avatar

I'm just trying to find content that I like with active communities. if reddit has it, I'll use reddit. if not, then not.

LiemPong_Pagong,
LiemPong_Pagong avatar

I'm Sorry Reddit, my old friend. There's no turning back now. Farewell.

Chritter,

Spez resigning and free API access to all third party apps as it was before.

Honestly though? Lemmy is reminding me of old reddit and I'm enjoying it so who knows if I'd even go back if this site keeps growing at the rate that it is.

aaronbieber,
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Reddit was dead from the day Conde Nast bought it. Every day since then was a roll of the dice as to whether they'd attempt to seize more profits and ruin it, or not. This happens to essentially every public or aspiring public company eventually. The need for perpetual growth warps decisions and guts the original mission in the end.

We call it "autosarcophagy" or "self-cannibalism."

As I understand it, Reddit also took on a lot of external capital investment, which only makes the pressure to perform financially even greater. I can't fault them for making the decisions they have to make to keep their jobs, keep their executive salaries, and so on.

Long live the sustainable, community-driven, community-funded future! Nobody can screw this up for us if we are the ones footing the bill.

DarthRedLeader,

Reddit would basically have to undo a decade of transformation and prove that they've learned to listen to their community. Only after earning my trust with a proven track record of community-driven decisions would I come back.

kevin,

prove that they've learned to listen to their community. Only after earning my trust with a proven track record of community-driven decisions would I come back

At this point, even building up a track record like this, I don't know how I'd believe it. Particularly not with the same people in charge.

DarthRedLeader,

That's fair and I feel the same way. I think it would have to be a loooong track record over multiple years to convince me.

That said, I'd like to give anyone the benefit of the doubt, even u/spez if he were to come out with a sincere enough apology (not that I'm holding my breath or anything).

BlinkerFluid,

I never considered going back. Lemmy is forward. More power to the users and the community and less from greedy shareholders. This is the way.

100_kg_90_de_belin,

If Reddit announced sustainable pricing for the APIs, backpedaled on the NSFW limitations and gave a timeline to make the official app accessible for the visually impaired and apologized to all the people who have been defamed I could consider going back.

Dutczar,
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Frankly, right now I'm mostly doing this to spite Reddit. I'll probably use both interchangably later, for the smaller subs that won't suffer much.

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