same -I even removed the bookmark from firefox. used to be the first one on the right, now it's my email or something.
Still trying to figure out if I want to lemmy or kbin.
Lemmy seems more popular, but the dynamic feed is disruptive sometimes like I'll be reading a headline or looking at a thumbnail blown up by Imagus extension and then it shifts suddenly.
Kbin is more stable from that perspective, but I somehow have -2 rep points (that I care about for some stupid reason) despite having (so far) more ups than downs on my few comments. OH and the very frequent 503 errors on random pages, but I suspect that's growing pains from an enormous influx
-still haven't quite removed rif from the phone though. might check on it 7/1 and see if it works or not
Right now, kbin is using boosts for the positive and downvotes for negative reputation points. I think there's a proposal to change to upvotes for the positive points.
About the -2 rep issue. I've found that what looks like the upvote button is actually the favourite button. The "Boost" button at the bottom seems to be the one that actually gives rep points. I think the buttons need to be swapped as it feels kinda misleading as to what they actually do at times
Yep, unfortunately not enough people from some of my niche subs have moved over (if any) so i'm finding myself checking every now and then. Its either check reddit or twitter for the news I'm seeking so feel a little stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Been using discord options for a few of the sports related ones, but not all the niches exist here yet. I would create those subs here but I don't have the foggiest clue of how to make changes here nor do I have the time to be an actual mod and do those communities justice.
I think it'll just take a little time. I just finally made the move. Poked around the last few weeks but didn't make an account till now. There will probably be a big influx on the first if I had to guess.
I already deleted and nuked all my posts and comments. But I still need to visit it whenever i'm looking up something specific. All I can do is have adblocking in place to not give reddit a single cent for ad placement.
Haven't visited it since June 11th and only plan on going back on June 30th to delete all my comments/posts/accounts. I already cut the cord and I'm moving on to multiple other sites. Do I miss reddit? Yes, but in my mind, the reddit I knew is already gone and it's not coming back. Even if they backed down on their stupid API policy at this point, they've done enough BS that there's not really any turning back on any of this.
I deleted both my active accounts when the API changes were first announced and have not logged in or made a new account since.
I do own one former reddit account with the same username as this one but it's been suspended for a couple months due to a "security issue". They wanted me to reset my password to a more secure one but I don't have an email linked to that account so I can't actually reset it. So I just deleted my entire comment/post history and will never be logging back into that account.
So for the past couple weeks 100% of my reddit viewing has been while logged out and via old.reddit.com with an adblocker active.
Mainly I was checking reddit just out of morbid curiousity to see how the blackout was progressing and see if spez/admins were gonna say any more laughably stupid shit.
I first started lurking on Lemmy around the same time that I deleted my 2 active reddit accounts and as it has become more active I decided to go ahead and make an account here and give it a proper try. So far I'm enjoying myself and I hope this place continues to grow more as more people abandon reddit.
I still check out a few specialised subs that haven't' made it over here or that I can't find a Facebook equivalent I like yet. One is for our local town and one is for cancer support. I don't feel great about it, but as I used to spend hours a day on Reddit it's a vast improvement. Don't let perfect stand in the way of good is how I look at it. I may just end up starting the cancer patient support ones on my own over here, but I'm hoping someone that knows what they are doing will beat me to it.
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