Reddit Migration

Not to be that guy but is there a third party app yet lol

#RedditMigration

Tbh, this has been on my mind for the past two days, so I hope you guys don't mind if I unload it here. I tend to obsess and I figure if no one cares, then at least I can get it out of my head instead of thinking about it all the time. Also sorry for the length, I promise I have a doctor's note.

I don't overly mind all the duplicate reddit subs and I'm extremely interested to see what this place (and the fediverse in general) become. As a very recent, not-particularly-savvy ex-redditor, I didn't even know federation was possible. The rest of this may or may not come off as cynical (I can't tell), but I really do have high hopes for what this place could be.

It could go meh, and crash and burn in a fireball of shallow snark and cynicism like everything else in this day and age. But it could go so right if we play our cards right and learn to adapt to this instead of demanding the same things not a lot of us even liked, just because that's what's familiar.

It doesn't seem to be the majority opinion as yet, but I've been bothered that some are so geared towards making this a second reddit that, before our temporary cloudflare isolation, I already saw questions about which sub dedicated to Whatever out of all platforms everywhere is going to be the real main sub.

Instances have a different strength here than what reddit was used for, but I've been worrying this won't be recognized by those of us too used to reddit or too young to even remember forums.

The instinct, coming from a one-stop shop, is to recreate that. This isn't possible in the fediverse and is the exact opposite of its intent. There doesn't have to be just one "correct" community across every existing instance. Even usernames aren't sacrosanct here. We can spread out as far as we want and never reach the horizon.

The focus lends itself very well to the closer, kinder bubble communities found in the 90s and 00s. I miss able to recognize people by avatar, something that is already happening here that makes it feel home-y.

I miss being able to take part in anything resembling a kind and manageable community instead of my only socialization having to come from Asswipe # 8675309 in the only non-dead subreddit about Thing, that happens to be a 14 million strong screaming match.

I miss being able to speak respectfully without being dogpiled in a mad grab for internet head pats. We can do all that here if we want, but we have to set the precedent early.

I'd rather be subbed to 5 identical mags across 5 different instances, each with their own individual style of community, than be stuck with The Instance That Has The Hades Sub On It because that one got created first/on the largest instance.

And then, lost in the crowd, the fighting starts again because on the internet, hurling insults and winning arguments is the only way the faceless horde might give you a thumbs up before also beating you.

The way reddit functioned and interacted with itself was our norm, but when cloudflare is turned off and federation is in full swing again, please don't make this another reddit. I want the old internet back, and we have a chance.

Call me a bird, because I’m now migrating. Poor jokes aside, I’m hoping to ask a quick question. And I hope this is the place to do it. But since it’s a learning experience and I’m asking for help I won’t be offended if you tell me.

Anyways, I’ve been dabbling with kbin and Mastodon a bit. I thought I might like Mastodon since there is an iOS app. But I don’t quite like how it’s laid out. It seems like I need to follow people or things for them to show up for me. With Kbin it feels more like Reddit in the sense that there is an ‘all’ page comprised of many subsections to explore.

Am I correct in this assessment?

#RedditMigration

I think the biggest thing we need to figure out is how to make it sound easier than people say it is. People get too hung up on the technicalities of how the fediverse works, and they never try it out and see that it isn't as confusing as it sounds. If we could write up a simple blurb to help promote kbin to subreddit moderators and people around reddit, I think that could really help

Artwork by David Revoy @davidrevoy

Reddit went through some issues for many on Monday, with the outage happening the same day as thousands of subreddits going dark to protest the site’s new API pricing terms.

According to Reddit, the blackout was responsible for the problems. “A significant number of subreddits shifting to private caused some expected stability issues, and we’ve been working on resolving the anticipated issue,” spokesperson Tim Rathschmidt tells The Verge. The company said the outage was fully resolved at 1:28PM ET.

Good bye, the good place. It was a fun decade.r/videos/comments/1469c1m/todays_meeting_in_the_reddit_hq_bunker/

I'm feeling a real positive energy and community spirit as a result of the sudden fragmentation of reddit's foundational use base.

And I love how chaotic it is! How there is so much to learn. How each new platform is separate yet somehow meshed in a way that will only become clear with time. I love the performance issues, even -- just because it feels new, like something exciting is happening.

It reminds me of what the net used to be like before everything became just variations of a single beige blob. Reddit's frontpage was essentially churn. There was value in its smaller subs, but after over a decade of use, everything became all too familiar. And looking back, I preferred reddit way more before they changed the up/downvote counter. But that's all in the rear view mirror now.

We're all participating in a huge shift, and it won't be the familiar, convenient, linear path we've all become accustomed to. And I love everybody's optimism and willingness to pitch in to build a better web for future generations.

The fediverse has always grown in waves and we're at the start of one. It's worth looking at what tactics worked well in the past, to use them again or adapt them and build on them. It's also valuable to look at what went wrong or didn't work out as well in the past, to see if there are ways to do better.

Here's the current table of contents:

• I'm flashing!!!!!
• But first, some background

1. Don't tell people "it's easy"
2. Improve the "getting-started experience"
3. Keep scalability and sustainability in mind
4. Prioritize accessibility
5. Get ready for trolls, hate speech, harassment, spam, porn, and disinformation
6. Invest in moderation tools
7. Values matter

• This is a great opportunity – and it won't be the last great opportunity

https://privacy.thenexus.today/kbin-lemmy-fediverse-learnings-from-mastodon/

So, assuming I'm reading this data on this page correctly:

Fedia.io has gone from zero to just under 11,000 users:
https://fedia.io/stats

And Kbin.social is now at around 120,000 users:
https://kbin.social/stats

If so, then this is the more quick source of latest numbers than the updates to #FediDB, etc.

UPDATE: I don't THINK i was reading those fully correct. I think those numbers include remote follows of each server from the fediverse, not being only local users.

This is a great number too, but not the number of local new users if that is right. (Someone please confirm)...

Local users may still be best tracked on #FediDB.

Link: https://lemmy.world/comment/43639

It has receipts and everything. The lemmy devs are arguing in the comments.

Please go comment there, so others might possibly find communities to grow :)

Asking especially those living outside USA.

As a reddit migrator myself, I ended up here because it seems like the best open source version of reddit. But I have a few bugs and problems that I can't find a solution:
First, I have a semi translation of the web interface where like, half the words are in a bad obviously bot-translated Spanish and half in English... I Just cant find a way to change the language settings.
Second, I can't find a way to access a feed with only my subscriptions, The only feed I get is the one with all magazines included.

Is anyone having the same issues, is there a solution?
Cheers

Does anyone else have multiple accounts while looking for new reddit alts? So far I've got accounts on Lemmy, kbin, and Squabbles and I've been lurking on Raddle, Sqwok, and Tildes from the outside.

Also, man, that sentence is just the most 2023 statement ever. "Raddle" ... "Sqwok" ... "Lemmy" ... None of these sound like real things. What even is this timeline we're in...

Having trouble getting onto Lemmy.

I’m really liking Kbin sofar. I hope this will grow to become a true Reddit alternative. However, I’m also trying to give Lemmy a go. I’ve registered on two Lemmy servers (lemmy.ml and tchncs.de) but neither will let me log in. The “Log in” button on the login page just spins forever, and the Network tab in the browser console shows that it doesn’t actually do anything. The “Forgot password” link is similarly dead. Has anyone seen this? Is there anything I can do or do I need to wait for the devs to fix this? Excuse my ignorance, I’m completely new to the Fediverse but I’m very excited about the project.

#RedditMigration

This is just sort of a stream of thought from somebody who has been glued to my screen tracking the drama from the past week or so., and also watched the digg exodus happen (although I never used digg, just watched it from reddit's perspective)

Been spending a lot of time browsing /r/redditalternatives and the different drama threads from the past week and seen a lot of back and forth about "Where are we moving to?". And I think a lot of the mentality is that things are going to unfold for reddit like they did for digg. But I think this is wrong for a number of reasons.

First off, the scale is much different. At it's peak, digg had 30 million monthly active users. Reddit has over 50 million daily active users. Social media happens at a different scale than it did back then. Twitter wasn't something world leaders used as a communication tool. Facebook was still in it's nascent, hip stage. Instagram, well that was still being developed.

So, that sort of exodus is never going to happen. Reddit and these other social media platforms are here to stay. I mean, Elon absolutely destroyed twitter's reputation in the publics eye and the site still tanked the hit.

I don't think that should even be the goal either. I'm not here out here hoping for reddit to shutdown. I haven't really cared about reddit as an entity since the early days. Over a decade of eternal september events (Anybody remember how big the Obama AMA was?), mishandling by the company, and just changing my internet browsing habits has left me uninterested in reddit as whole. Reddit to me is just a host to the other smaller communities inside.

And that is where I think the fedivserse, specifically this kbin/lemmy "threadiverse" portion of it, has something useful to offer. Instead of some big platform being the host of these communities, it is the smaller communities coming together to build the larger platform in the aggregate. It is actually a new(ish) way to do social media all together.

That's not to say there aren't issues. The influx of users has really shown the different ui/ux and technological challenges of the system, but these are the early days. The people here now are early adopters (obviously not the earliest adopters, hats off to y'all). This is our chance to work out the kinks, and build a new community.

I don't want to say stop caring about reddit. Juicy drama is juicy drama. I just don't think that should be the centerpoint of conversation. I think the conversation should center the fediverse as this cool thing we are building and taking part in, rather than trying to be Reddit 2.

👉 https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/comment/jnk4oz4/?context=3👉 https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/145bram/addressing_the_community_ab...

Love it here on this flagship server for #Kbin, but question: maybe we should find two other well-run, well-hosted servers to recommend to #Reddit users tomorrow and the next few days to avoid a crush of traffic on this one?

Maybe:
https://fedia.io/

and:
https://kilioa.org/

What do folks think?