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Reddit already looks different for me (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by phase_change@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@beehaw.org
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It’s not even June 12 for me, yet I suspect many subreddits went dark based on UTC.

I moved to Reddit during the Digg migration. Thus, I got the default subscriptions from back in the day. Over the years, I’ve unsubscribed to things I felt were crap, and I’ve added a number of subreddits.

Already, many have gone dark. My old.Reddit.com homepage already looks much different than normal, and I know that a few subreddits that do show have announced they’ll go dark. I assume they are US based and timing that locally.

I’ve spent more time in the Lemmy fediverse than on Reddit since joining, but I’ve spent time on both.

I’ll admit to cynical skepticism of the impact of the darkening. I still don’t think it will make a difference in Reddit policy, but I now believe it will have a larger impact on Reddit traffic than I imagined.

I still expect it to have no change in Reddit attitude or really in Reddit users.

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[–] tattooed_dude@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I certainly don't think Reddit is going away forever, but I do think it will push a lot of the OG users out for sure. I just deleted my 10 yr. old account tonight and am just finding out about Lemmy.

[–] nhgeek@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm hopeful Lemmy turns into something near what I used to love about Reddit. It needs critical mass for that to happen. FWIW, I kept my Reddit account but I deleted all of my posts and comments.

[–] phase_change@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, my hope is the small learning curve to join the fediverse means we don’t end up with the bulk of the active posters on reddit.

My fear is that Lemmy is about to see some attacks the fediverse isn’t ready to defend against.

[–] treagod@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

👍🏻 found out two days ago and it’s only getting livelier here.

The concept of a decentralized link aggregator fits much more than the centralized Reddit system which brought everything to a fall

[–] lunarshot@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

hey dude, I did this in Friday night and spent all weekend getting in deep with Lemmy. If you are coming over from Apollo, try the beta iOS app, Mlem.

I really like the communities I found in beehaw but have been steadily exploring.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same. However something about Beehaw and their adnin/moderators unnecessarily overt political views really puts me off and I do not know what nor can I point my finger on it why.

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