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[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 290 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I just don’t use Reddit at all anymore.

[–] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 78 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Same. I don't miss it. I'm really enjoying Lemmy and the fediverse!

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

I never knew how much I needed Star Trek memes in my life until Stamets and The Picard Maneuver graced us with their presence. Walk with the prophets, my child.

[–] Shayeta@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Still, when I'm looking for a solution for a specific problem, reddit is basically the only reliable source at the moment.

Wish there was a quick way to search for posts across all instances using search engines.

[–] scifu@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago

Reddit has years of community data. Lemmy will get there one day as long as we keep at it.

[–] projectsquared@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

I miss some content but lemmy has been getting better and better, and after Boost for lemmy I won't ever come back to reddit.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

I did at first, but I don't miss it at all anymore. Too many assholes at this point. It stopped being useful a long time ago. Finding old Reddit threads can be helpful sometimes, but current Reddit is a shitshow.

[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 14 points 2 years ago

I miss the niche content. Lemmy isn't big enough yet to have sorted into big "stupid" subs vs smaller niche subs that tend to attract smarter and more well-informed users. The result is that the signal-to-noise ratio on Lemmy still kind of sucks and any comment thread is likely to consist of three quarters banal gibberish and condescending idiocy and maybe one quarter actually intelligent, thoughtful and informed opinion.

I rarely make a comment on Lemmy without pissing off people on all sides of any given issue, which tells me that Lemmy's users aren't really good at nuance or complexity.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

When looking something up, especially technical product information the best answer is still often a reddit link. That will change in the future but it will take time.

Old.reddit is the only way yo access this information without account but i paradoxically cant wait for them to shut it down cause the quicker reddit completely dies the faster other places will become knowledge hubs.

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[–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 28 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Wait until you need to read an answer to a technical question which was only answered on Reddit. Can't wait when such pages will be replaced with Lemmy.

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[–] XEAL@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago

There are some communities that just don't exist on Lemmy.

[–] hh93@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sadly some of the more specific subs didn't migrate to Lemmy :/

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[–] harry315@feddit.de 130 points 2 years ago (1 children)

there's a typo in your meme, op. The URL is supposed to look something like that

 https://lemmy.ml/...
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[–] squiblet@kbin.social 68 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same. Their reasoning and the warning in general make no sense. Why would it be safer to view “unreviewed content” (wetf that means) in their app vs a browser?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 78 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because the app is so packed with ads, you won't be viewing any content anyways.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I despise whoever made new Reddit. You can only view comment chains two levels deep in new Reddit, then replies at one level, which means you need to constantly keep loading a new page and ads to see each reply in a thread.

Who the hell thought of that? It’s a horrible UX.

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. But I can tell you who thought of it, easily. The people optimizing the ad revenue. UX isn’t their focus, but boosting profits is.

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[–] xenu@kbin.social 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Changes to reddit are what brought me here. Once old.reddit.com disappears I will be completely done with it.

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[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol you went back for the porn

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago

If Lemmy was better for Porn Reddit would’ve been abandoned by now.

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[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (16 children)

The sad thing is that this is the reason they're planning to shut down oldreddit

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[–] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The day they kill old reddit will be the end of reddit for me.

[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The day they kill old reddit will be the end of reddit itself. A lot of moderators depend on the older interface (along with RES) to manage their communities. Imagine trying to mod with reddit's current interface.

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[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wtf does "unreviewed" even mean? Are they waiting for some board to approve communities now?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's basically corporate speak for "fuck you use our app"

[–] LostDeer 13 points 2 years ago

I usually see that on subreddits with LGBT focused content.

[–] criitz@reddthat.com 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tell that to all the amateur porn creators! Lemmy is severely lacking content in that category unfortunately

[–] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

https://lemmynsfw.com is growing pretty quick, though the number of reposts is pretty high.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

A big part of getting you to use their app is to data mine EVERYTHING about you. Unlike a web browser with an ad-blocker, an app can collect your location, location history, your call logs, your contact list and serve up unlockable ads.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Don't visit their stupid website

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 15 points 2 years ago

We don't go to Ravenholm.

[–] dislocate_expansion@reddthat.com 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

what's the difference between old.reddit and reddit? and why does reddit support old.reddit?

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why they support it still is truly a mistery with all the API stuff and so on... It's a miracle it's still available.

[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

Rumor has it some of the higher ups don't like the new UI either.

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 2 years ago

one is the old, better, unrestricted ui (old) normal reddit is the new ui, with intrusive ads, mobile app popups, age restrictions etc

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

Old Reddit has good formatting.

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[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 10 points 2 years ago
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