Remember, the first real big explosion in users came from when reddit restricted its API. So, by definition, a bunch of angsty users resistant to change and intolerant of opposing viewpoints.
During that original exodus, people remarked how friendly and tolerant and how people were willing to have constructive debate here. In reality, they were all united under their intolerance and hate for reddit.
Well, I am not fully in agreement there as I myself came here due to those restrictions but that is mostly because I primarily interact with reddit through boost and having it just suddenly get cut off was pretty shity. Not wanting to move platforms doesn’t really come with the same assessment of the person as you are saying. This is on top of API restrictions being something annoying to me as a scientists so I’m happy to not bother much with reddit anymore.
I think the issue is far more related to the other channels which pull in members. Lemmy users are probably more likely to be those who are either hobby enthusists in self hosting, people who are strong pro piracy supporters, people from political extremists groups (in particular leftists groups due to the history of the platform), or those from marginal communities. You also have the big group of people who were barred from other platforms, like the API restriction or the far worse group of people banned from reddit which people will post about proudly regardless of if that ban was reasonable or not.
I like Lemmy a lot, but it’s like any indi space, both filled with great unique things and things that make me want to travel the Australian outback without gas or water.
Your point is that people who left a platform because it made decisions they disagreed with don’t like it anymore? Shocking
Reddit is still the best place to go for a lot of niche communities you can’t really find anywhere else. That doesn’t change the fact that it has a lot of issues that stem from both the community culture there and the C-suite execs calling the shots, making it worse at every turn in pursuit of profit.
You’ll find I have similar opinions of most large social media companies. I just don’t talk about them as much because they were never appealing to me in the first place. Reddit had its problems dating wayy back but I enjoyed it for what it offered. You gotta draw the line somewhere, and I drew mine at the API shenanigans
Remember, the first real big explosion in users came from when reddit restricted its API. So, by definition, a bunch of angsty users resistant to change and intolerant of opposing viewpoints.
During that original exodus, people remarked how friendly and tolerant and how people were willing to have constructive debate here. In reality, they were all united under their intolerance and hate for reddit.
Well, I am not fully in agreement there as I myself came here due to those restrictions but that is mostly because I primarily interact with reddit through boost and having it just suddenly get cut off was pretty shity. Not wanting to move platforms doesn’t really come with the same assessment of the person as you are saying. This is on top of API restrictions being something annoying to me as a scientists so I’m happy to not bother much with reddit anymore.
I think the issue is far more related to the other channels which pull in members. Lemmy users are probably more likely to be those who are either hobby enthusists in self hosting, people who are strong pro piracy supporters, people from political extremists groups (in particular leftists groups due to the history of the platform), or those from marginal communities. You also have the big group of people who were barred from other platforms, like the API restriction or the far worse group of people banned from reddit which people will post about proudly regardless of if that ban was reasonable or not.
I like Lemmy a lot, but it’s like any indi space, both filled with great unique things and things that make me want to travel the Australian outback without gas or water.
Reddit should be hated and not tolerated tho??
Thanks for proving my point.
Your point is that people who left a platform because it made decisions they disagreed with don’t like it anymore? Shocking
Reddit is still the best place to go for a lot of niche communities you can’t really find anywhere else. That doesn’t change the fact that it has a lot of issues that stem from both the community culture there and the C-suite execs calling the shots, making it worse at every turn in pursuit of profit.
You’ll find I have similar opinions of most large social media companies. I just don’t talk about them as much because they were never appealing to me in the first place. Reddit had its problems dating wayy back but I enjoyed it for what it offered. You gotta draw the line somewhere, and I drew mine at the API shenanigans