Asklemmy

I loved reddit for a few years at the beginning, but after that I became disillusioned and found myself waiting for a better alternative to come around for a long ass time. I even made an account on voat and the users were just terrible people.

But yeah, I spent a fuckton of time on reddit and I'm hoping to do the same on lemmy, with the difference being that I hope that lemmy will enrich my life and give me the opportunity to enrich the lives of others, whereas reddit was often a toxic cesspool that made us angry and miserable.

i'm sad that reddit is dogshit, but excited to watch lemmy grow and to have the opportunity to be a part of its growth

Not really, I just miss some of the subs that I used to frequent. Most of them already exist somewhere in the Fediverse and just need to gain some traction. The other thing I miss is my app, RedReader, but the author has plans to extend it to support Lemmy or similar in the future so I'm good.

My Reddit account was turning 16 in August (that's older than some Redditors I'm sure!). It was a wild ride, back in the days where Reddit worshiped Ron Paul, and the entire front page was "Upvote if !", to today's mess. Kinda bittersweet yes but a change and some competition is long overdue!

Honestly it feels refreshing

A bit heartbroken, but I always wanted decentralized forum like the old days. Having it federated makes it better and I hope Lemmy can succeed as an alternative. Using something that is too centralized make it hard if something like this happens.

Though I hope I can still search for x topic + lemmy (instead of x topic + reddit) for when I want to find some opinions on x topic.

I'm not breaking up yet but I'm definitely gonna cheat a little while Reddit goes through their drama!

Yes. It's broody true. I spend 13 years with reddit and it's gone. The last time it was my favourite local football team bankrupt after I been a fan for 25 years. These hobbies since my young days are gone, one by one. I have find something that really worth my time.

no I fucking hate Reddit

I'm excited, I've been fediverse curious for a while. This gives the power back to the people

I'm permanently suspended anyway, there's no way back. They somehow find me if I create a new account lol

Yeah, it's a lot of value destroyed and many communities and individuals will never make the switch. It's a sad thing, even if there is new opportunity as we see with Lemmy.

Not going to lie. This all feels like Google+ to me. The communities and networks are all over the place

It’s definitely a strange feeling, I’m not sure that heartbreak is the right term for me. It’s more uncomfortable - I don’t mind the change but the ease of access to all the content I wanted in one place was just so fucking convenient! I know this community will grow with time, and I don’t hate that I’m more comfortable interacting here, but I look forward to the day where I can go back to my room scrolling lurk like the good ole days lol.

On one side yes, on the other side I see it as an opportunity to spend more time being active and or outside doing things that are truly good for myself.

I do feel some kind of sadness, but I feel... free. Reddit started becoming addictive to me some time ago and I have noticed that Lemmy seems to have less trolls, perverts, power tripping mods and just simply batshit crazy people. I do feel an urge to check out how Reddit is doing, but I'll soon go to a place without a proper internet connection so I think I'll finally be able to cure my Reddit addiction. My experience with Lemmy has been very positive so far.

Yes I am a little sad. I just deleted my account(s) this morning. 7 years on Reddit, and it was my go-to platform. But it is clear that Reddit does not care about its users, so I won't be using Reddit anymore

I did at first, but the more acclimated I get to Lemmy/Fediverse that feeling has mostly gone away. I'm mostly going to miss the Apollo app, because it was just that good and is where I spent the most time browsing Reddit. I sincerely hope Christian Selig makes a Lemmy app and I will gladly pay for it if he does, but I understand if he wants a break or wants to focus on other projects.

I miss what I lack, but reddit was also going stagnant. Time to build something greater. Decentralized, but moderated, social media is an interesting idea.

Lemmys devs' political... "Leanings" sure concern me though