• ZeroCool@slrpnk.netEnglish
      5·
      28 days ago

      Meh, I’m not so sure. We need to get used to the fact that reddit’s fuckery is unlikely to ever re-produce the massive influx of new users that the API nonsense did in 2023. That was a one-off thing that drove out all the OG users. The people left on reddit are the types that refer to it as an “app” and probably don’t even know old.reddit exists. Those kinds of people will grumble but they aren’t going anywhere. And frankly, that’s fine by me.

      • Nougat@fedia.io
        4·
        28 days ago

        A small number of reddit users leaving translates to a large number of new users here, comparatively speaking.

      • SmokeytheBeard1@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

        Not even with the other news of them warning people for upvoting content?

        It’s what got me over here finally.

      • FrostBlazer@lemm.ee
        1·
        28 days ago

        I started the switch over after how grossed out I was with Reddit advertising betting on the elections, and the overwhelming number of bots and bad actors trying to influence people constantly in most of the subreddits. Since then, I’ve been promoting Lemmy, BlueSky, and the Fediverse as a whole on Reddit.

        I believe we are on the cusp of another great migration. The more enshitified things continue to get on Reddit, the more real people will leave for spaces like here. At some point it could just be mostly bots talking to other bots on Reddit.

      • obvs@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

        Yeah, we all know nothing in 2025 will ever be as consequential as what happened in 2023.

      • kay_peep@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

        Both me and my partner joined today. Problem is a lot of people don’t know about Lemmy, I’d never heard of it before today but someone commented about it on reddit in response to reddit’s latest nonsense.

        I’ll likely stick around reddit for a bit and do my part to comment about making the switch. I can’t blame people for not joining something they know nothing about.

    • valkyrie@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      28 days ago

      I’m glad I found this, Canadian owned!

      reddit is this: and I don’t think enough Canadians know.

      this is 2014. 50million raised. led by Sam Altman

      https://blog.samaltman.com/trump 2016.

      “Trump is right about some big things.” “Trump is right about the problem” “I take some risk by writing this” “this is not an ordinary election”

      in a way reddit helped facilitate and validate Donald Trump as a mainstream candidate helping him gain popularity and credibility with /r/the_donald

      Marc Andressan - “Marc Andreessen says half of his time goes to helping Trump at Mar-a-Lago” 2024

      Snoop Dogg - “I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.” 2024

      Donald Trump Was Peter Thiel’s Most Successful Investment. “Thiel is one of the conservative mega donors that has the ability to shore up candidates that might need additional support. His spending is targeted, and his ability to spend millions can be impactful,” Reddit was targeted, to be impactful.

      Ron Conway - says “Crypto Economy” Is the Next Multitrillion Dollar Opportunity - 2021

      yesterday, - “President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile”

      Jared Leto - “We want to see your America in all its imperfect glory.”

      now reddit is valued at $6 billion, off the data & memes of unsuspecting Canadians supporting their own threat to their sovereignty.

    • Ravenfreak@discuss.onlineEnglish
      1·
      28 days ago

      I just joined Lemmy after lurking on the Fediverse subreddit for the past few weeks. I’m always open to joining new platforms, and I’m a quick learner. I don’t think my wife is willing to leave Reddit for Lemmy though… But I do suspect we’ll see some more people joining after this and possibly after they start locking content behind a paywall too.

    • KAbeene@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      28 days ago

      Took me a min to figure out this place but yeah been a long time redditor. I got an email warning me I upvoted something they didn’t like so I joined up here.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      28 days ago

      he does look like an alien? what does have to be scared about, he can just ressurect from a pod.

  • SoloCritical@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    28 days ago

    Yep I bailed. Might post one last thing that will definitely get me banned but I saw the “rule” and immediately came to open a new account here… fuck Reddit.

    • LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      28 days ago

      They really expanded their banning too. My ten year old account got banned for telling a guy that was defending the third Nazi salute to “go to hell”. Was banned and then had the appeal just confirm the ban.

      New account basically uses your Internet footprint to ban any accounts you make. I could get around it but it just is not fucking worth it at that point.

      If they want to keep Nazis on their platform and ban the people that tell them to go to hell Reddit will be like 4chan quickly.

      Hell, I feel every website is becoming 4chan these days. Twitter and Facebook are cesspools. Fuck reddit.

      • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
        1·
        28 days ago

        The internet is being disabled as an information source or communication medium.

        The west fears an ‘arab spring’ reaction.

  • Fair Fairy@thelemmy.club
    2·
    28 days ago

    I used to have a profile image of Luigi the saint. Some reddit rat reported me and mods forcibly took profile picture down. Sheesh

  • arotrios@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    28 days ago

    It’s time to spam Reddit with AI generated stories about Luigi’s adventures.

    And if you’re looking for an open source one that you can run locally so you don’t have to worry about ChatGPT turning your info over to the thought police, check out Jan.