See you on the other side
This absolutely feels like republicans setting themselves up for the “red wave” in 2020 that never materialized.
Yeah I feel like anybody who was gonna come to lemmy already did
I just got notification from bacon reader that I can’t use it anymore after almost 10 years. It was how I used reddit. I reckon a lot of folks will be getting that same announcement tomorrow, loads of iphone users especially. So I just deleted my account today. Reckon other people will do the same
While I want to agree with this, there have been a number of people saying they will stop using Reddit when the changes come into force on July 1.
Yeah people say stuff like that all the time. If they were really going to leave they’d have done it already
There will probably be another wave. Simply for the fact that moderation bots are going to stop functioning tomorrow and Spam is just going to go through the roof. It all depends on how fast Reddit can get a handle on that situation.
And just like then, I will expect the worst and still be pleasantly surprised if the best somehow materializes
We’ll be celebrating a lot of cake days on next year’s June and July
Nothing drastic will happen or change, because it’s not users who will be leaving the site, but moderators, and still only a tiny fraction of moderators. Majority of subs will be exactly as they were a month ago. They would be leaving for lack of better moderation tools and API which lemmy also doesn’t have, so it’s not a real alternative to migrate to.
The only thing that would make users start moving would be complete lack of moderation of top100 subreddits, which we know won’t happen because if one mod leaves, there always will be someone who will be happy and enthusiastic to be granted the dfake internet respect for being a mod of a major subreddit.
Most 3rd party Reddit apps will be gone, and Reddit have shown willingness to move to a far more closed model than it used to be. Mods were and are not the only ones to leave.
Yeah people like you and me care about that, but let’s face it, if the average user cared about how shitty social media sites treat them then FB and Twitter would be deserts
Only a few technical people care about it and it’s an ideological thing. Just wait and watch. Nothing will change, maybe things will break for a day or two, but by Thursday no one will remember it.
I wasn’t a technical personal. I used bacon reader. Now I can’t so it’s so long reddit hello Lemmy. Easy transition
Do you remember Orkut? Digg? Slashdot?
Revisit Reddit one, two, three years from now. I think you might be surprised.
My take is slightly different. Apart from content you would find of Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Tiktok, what makes reddit powerful is human experts, especially in STEM and tech. I see many of these people leaving and reddit becoming a meme + yt comments platform.
I’ve seen people that use third party apps and had no idea about them going away. Let’s see if it effects Reddit in any meaningful way.
I sort of hope it does. But also don’t think it will in any meaningful way
The early adopters matter far more than the raw numbers suggest. There is no long tail for content creation and curation. Ongoing exsanguination will intensify. Prognosis is poor for this patient.
Brace yourselves ladies gentelman and everyone in between. It will be hard.
Joined earlier today
Welcome to the fediverse. You might find things to be pretty ok here
I like this meme
I don’t think we really know at this point what will happen or how fast reddit will fall. What we do know is third party app users will no longer be able to use the site. And that it will be harder for users with disabilities to effectively use reddit.
Good for us. I wish this happens to snapchat, facebook, Instagram, whatsapp and even google (little hard for google) Btw I’m already on pixelfed instead of Instagram.
I ditched google a while ago for duck duck go. It works fine. I really want a federated YouTube replacement that’s gonna be rad. Imagine if you will no advertising
Apollo has been deleted, Reddit app remains deleted. Memmy has taken Apollo’s spot. Feels good.
I’m off Reddit fully but I don’t think it’ll be an implosion. With a few other apps striking deals, some will switch to those while others will stick with the main. I think mostly OGs and people more comfortable with tech are the ones who made the switch.
I agree. Lemmy takes a bit to get used to. I think if content starts to get worse on Reddit, more people will get bored and switch. Hopefully by then those early kinks in lemmy will have been cleared out.
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I am 99% lurker and I joined a few weeks ago. I’ve been patiently waiting to see what happens with the amount and type of content after an assumed bump in activity when 3rd party apps go dark.
I was an Alien Blue user for years before Reddit purchased it, then I was using Sync (and will be again soon with Sync for Lemmy). Reddit is essentially dead to me without 3rd party apps.
the real test is will Lemmy attain sustainable growth after this fiasco? or it is just temporary?
Lmao
