Reddit Migration

This will get interesting.

I am new here (kbin, but I guess this might post to other websites as well??) and am trying to understand how this place is similar and different from reddit. Is there a good overview somewhere? I already accidentally spammed this question three times as a microblog, whatever that is, and am trying to figure out how to actually do things.

How do I subscribe/join/whatever a community? Can I private message people?
What terminology do I need to know?
What’s up with the following people thing?
How do the points work (agree/disagree, relevant/not relevant, something else…)?
What else do I not know that I don’t know?

Thank you!

I just tried to look something up and the top result was a reddit thread and here I am making a post on kbin.

But it got me thinking about how this blackout looks to a search engine. Effectively, I did not find what I was looking for and instead I was shunted off to another site eventually. This will continue to happen to more people more times and eventually, maybe results will start to change. Wouldn't they have to?

I truly think I'm underestimating the effect this blackout will have on reddit as a website. This thinking is based only on how many people search questions (like me) and know they'll find exactly what they need in a reddit thread.

But as of now, that is no longer the case.

I hope the reddit blackout lasts a long time, longer than anyone could imagine, because I think that will make it hurt the most. I'm honestly proud to see this level of organization and it is my hope that someone will eat the words "the blackout will pass", preferably with some sauce, but not enough.

I, like many others, add “Reddit” to almost all of my google searches to get those sort of forum results instead of articles, etc.
Obviously kbin, Lemmy, and the like are still in their infancy, but is there any viable way the Fediverse could become searchable in this manner? Or are we forever limited to exact string searches within our own instances?

As an effect of the recent Reddit blackout, the company is now surrounded by disappointed investors and community. I predict that Reddit may end up facing the same fate as Tumblr: being sold to another company. Only time will tell what the future holds for Reddit, but one thing is for sure - the protest will leave a lasting impact on the platform and its users.

Spez, and Reddit as a whole is basically counting on most subreddits opening back up tomorrow after the 48-hour period.

Really hope that mods can hold out for longer, make them really panic.

Second time doing this because I made a "post" the first time, I feel kinda lost to be honest.

Hi everyone, I got a lemmy account and a kbin account while deciding what i like best. Since I'm new to this i'm having trouble searching and "subscribing" lemmy communities while on kbin, and viceversa kbin magazines while on lemmy. Can someone please help me with this issue?

#RedditMigration

Apollo has become the center of a platform-wide fight between Reddit and its users.

https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy
_https://kbin.social/stats

Feels like being part of internet history. I wonder how many of us have accounts on both :D.

EDIT - turns out I was wrong - here's a better way of seeing the stats for the "Threadiverse":

https://fedidb.org/current-events/threadiverse - we're up to 169,312 users now!

I know you can delete your reddit account, but it mentions that it just deletes your association with them and not the actual content.

Are there any scripts or programs to do that for me?

Hourly Mastodon bot that uses Fedidb data to show the total local users on all known Lemmy and Kbin servers

As of 12:56pm GMT (7:56am central time), 7742/8299 subreddits are no longer public

The information I initially posted is misleading. Thus, I have edited the title and this content area to report accurate numbers.

As @roofuskit mentioned, the 8299 number is the amount of subreddits that committed to going dark, not the total number of subreddits, which is over 3,000,000.

And as @8thiest was keen to observe, 204 of the top 250 are dark, as you can see from this site: https://save3rdpartyapps.com/

I just checked out /r/All and found an almost complete lack of posts regarding the uprising towards Reddit changes.

Could that be because everyone who cared already left; did Mods delete the posts or maybe some third explanation?
Is there anyway to check current and historic live traffic to reddit.com to see if all the protests were in vain or if it actually had an impact?

Whats your opinion and take on this new adventure of ours?

#RedditMigration

What are some kbin or Lemmy alternatives to common Reddit subs?

I'll certainly miss r/unexpected, r/guitarlearning, r/damnthatsinteresting, r/historymemes and many more

Hopefully this can turn into a useful thread for everyone looking to replace Reddit with a close enough experience, and maybe even a better one once it gains traction

Here are some I have found:

• m/TodayILearned
• m/showerthoughts
• m/mechanicalkeyboards
• Memes@lemmy.ml
• Gaming@beehaw.org
• Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml
• Rust Programming@lemmy.ml
• Technology@beehaw.org

Obviously this migration is all about 3rd party apps. Do any even exist yet for kbin?

The branding for kbin is perfect for capturing the reddit migrators. The biggest friction point for the Fediverse is choosing an instance. If I want to join Lemmy, googling Lemmy takes me to a landing page with no join button, telling me to go to these other sites. Some of these sites even actively discourage signups, creating so many places for a new user to churn.

Also, see the cases where the admins of a few Lemmy instances act badly: now the brand of every other instance is tarnished.

If I want to join kbin, I go to kbin, and I signup. How easy is that? I personally think this is why kbin has been getting a lot of traffic compared to Lemmy instances, and this benefit is lost when other kbin instances begin popping up.

In my opinion, it makes way more sense to market the instances individually rather than as a whole. Federation can be discovered at the users own pace, instead of being the main draw which will always be the content hosted. This does add a bit of a prisoner's dilemma, but I do think it would end up benefitting the ecosystem as a whole.

In this video, i'll be discussing the api changes Reddit made that effectively has killed third party reddit apps. I'll also share a few reddit alternatives. Lemmy: lemmy.ml/ Kbin: https://kbin.pub/en Support me at: 💵 Liberapay: https://libe...

I have been joking to a couple of friends today who were also redditors that I've been feeling withdrawals from reddit throughout the day. Like I knew I was addicted, I just never thought I was going to have to face the consequences of withdrawals!

But there's also a major part of me that's feeling a sense of loss. I had two reddit accounts that were 11+ years old. I used an app called Redact last night to totally expunge my comment and submission history, and I just was hit by so many emotions watching my old content turn to ashes.

Reddit is where I always spent my depression spirals, but it was also where I found hobbyist communities and group help support. I found sexual partners through reddit, and used to even moderate in my early days. It's where I used to keep up with a TON of current events but also read from so many diverse perspectives with expertise on topics.

As much as I am tentatively excited for the culture and community we can build on kbin, I truly am feeling the inconsequential reality of all that karma and browsing. Reddit felt like it was going to be immortal, but even the mighty fall.

Anyone else bummed??

long time listener first time caller. been on reddit 15+, but the end is nigh. I have never used 3rd party apps.. always found the old, mostly-text layout completely sufficient for mobile browser use.

but... solidarity, ya know? i will need this plugin to prevent fallin off the wagon.