I’m just curious why some people come here; in my case, it’s because it’s not the same as on centralized platforms. I love these kinds of forums.
Got shadow banned from Reddit for Luigi support last December
the API exodus finally drove enough traffic here to keep it lively
To yell at delusional leftists who are misrepresenting progressive ideals and actions and roleplaying online instead of going out and making friends and reforming community, the thing we desperately need to combat actual fascism. I hate the circle-jerking and avoidant-personalities being allowed to thrive without pushback. This is bigger than all of us and yet the people with any shred of intelligence are doing everything but what we need to do.
got tired of my comments being removed for saying stuff like dead Nazis please me
although apparently some mods around here don’t like that either
The API thing. I was using RIF for a very long time at that point and had no intention of using the official Reddit app.
Too much AI slop on Reddit. Most of adds on Reddit are AI SCAMs about cryptocurrencies.
Reddit killed rif(so Reddit stopped being fun) So I installed connect instead of the actual Reddit app. Still use Reddit in browser for a few more niche subs, but that’s almost always been lurking for me anyways
Fyi, You can patch rif with revanced and it still works
Because once the news broke of the Ellisons buying US TikTok (and their transparent reasons for doing so), it became clear to me that for the free and open internet, “winter is coming”.
Oct 7th and the global outpouring of support for Palestinians (and trashing of the reputation of Israel) was a huge wake-up call to the ruling classes. I think until then, they were largely content with controlling the narratives via traditional media spaces. The aftermath of Oct 7 taught them that social media and the internet cannot be ignored and in fact must controlled. It’s not like anyone under 65 is watching Fox News or CNN, and not many reading the NYT. All of the actions we have seen in the last 2 years - making sure Facebook / Google / Twitter / Reddit and now TikTok have tightly controlled messaging, requiring IDs and verification, etc - are pointing towards a future where free expression online is severely limited. I don’t want to be a part of that.
And I do believe that it’s important to get out there and discuss things that are important to me with others (Palestinian and indigenous liberation, communism, online privacy). I’m not happy to just retreat into my own bubble. That is ultimately the reason I joined (I was of course already included to using the fediverse as I’ve long appreciated FOSS and decentralized systems and non-commercialized things in general).
I joined around the time Reddit changed their API pricing and killed Apollo (RIP). I hate how Reddit pushes content in their app or new website. I got tired of browsing old.reddit on my phone. I still do occasionally (I.e everyday) but I also stayed here because the memes are actually funny.
Api thing was the final straw. But also privately owned for private mega media is bad, so fuck them.
The apicalypse.
Reddit is a Wall Street corporation that sells users to corporate advertisers
Lemmy is free and open source.
Least fucked option.
Reddit: fucked. Twitter: fucked… Meta: fucked since forever. Bluesky: signs of future fuckededness. Mastodon: not what I was after.
Lemmy: hey, these people seem to be my kind of insane.
Because fuck corporate social networks.
Reddit killed third party apps with absurd API fees.
Also known as the apicalypse
Don’t forget lying and defaming one of the most prominent third party devs.
What annoyed me even more is how they handled that whole situation. They basically went: who cares, the protest is going to die down in a few days anyways so why should we do anything besides insulting everybody
