It’s almost as if reddit’s first party app couldn’t even compete with third party apps. I used Boost for Reddit and now I’m waiting for Boost for Lemmy

Still trying to wrap my head around the cross-community, cross-server talk, but then again I’m drunk so I should just try again in the morning

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      In a way social media is a drug and most of us were addicted. At least I was on Reddit, because I liked being there. So not using it, especislly when it was kind of a habit may not be easy for many on virtue fo that alone.

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          True enough. I’m just a young lad who grew up in the age of social media centralization, so this is my first real platform migration.

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    I dropped Reddit the day before the blackout. Dropped that garbage and moved on.

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    Having come from helping run some very large communities as well as a lot of niche communities.

    Kbin and Lemmy give me the same kind of feeling Reddit gave me almost 12+ years ago.

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      They already are, depending what you’re looking for. A lot of the answers that I’ve found to take questions in the last few years are on obscure developer support forums.

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    I’ve also completely cut the cord with Reddit! I’m really excited by the potential in the threadiverse! My hope is we can get enough critical mass to keep the super niche and esoteric communities active like Reddit had.

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    Been lamenting losing some niche subreddits that I frequented, but it almost makes me want to start those communities here on lemmy.

    Im sure there are a few people who have the same idea but dont know how to like myself.

    Ah well, maybe myself or someone else will get around to it soon enough.

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      I’ve also been mourning the loss of some of my smaller subreddits and thinking of re-creating them here. If you do end up doing so yourself, consider making one last post on those old subs to recommend others join as well!

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      I have problems with the import from Apollo feature where it freezes on the list after I pick a subreddit and then go back to the list. Anyone else have that problem?

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    I caved and visited on the 2nd just to see if there was any noticeable impact. But I’m all in on beans now