Interested in getting a feel for what people may be likely to do IF reddit reverses their decision regarding API access, or reduces access fees to a reasonable level and 3rd party apps remain sustainable.

While I know the chances of this are extreeeemely slim, until 1st July there is an ever so slight chance this could still happen.

From my perspective, the community harm is done, and those who have left prior to July 1 have left due to principles, not because their app stopped working. As such, I’d be inclined to think most of those migrators would stay here in the fediverse.

But would we see a mass exodus back to reddit if the changes were undone? It’s easy to say no, but if it went back to operations as relatively normal, it may be easy to justify going back for some users.

I’d like to think I wouldn’t go back. I’ve deleted content and account from reddit. I’ll be happy here so long as there is enough userbase for some discussion.

  • rememberence@kbin.social
    25·
    2 years ago

    I don’t want to go back. I miss my subreddit - hell let’s be honest, I miss /Reddit/ - but… Seeing how spez has acted and treated… /everyone/…

    Like… We used the site, we provided the content, and the conversations, and the knowledge, the info, the jokes, the memes… That was all us. And it’s like… I dunno he wants to eat his cake and have it to. He wants us there both for the content we provide as well as to monetize us and in a way I get it but it’s like… … When reddit was just the background… “the background” you didn’t really think about it so much, you know? But it’s like when Elon took over Twitter suddenly it’s not just “Twitter” in the background it’s now “Elon musks Twitter” and it’s front and center and sleezy and scuzzy and you just want to not be a part of it anymore.

    That feels like reddit now. Like how spez has been acting just makes it all feel dirty and horrible.

    And I /miss/ reddit, I miss my subreddits. I miss googling any random idea and aphending reddit to the end of it and not even thinking about if it would show up on there because you just knew it would. Like it wasn’t even a question… And I /miss/ that. So much. … But it’s like… /tainted/ now. I hate seeing reddit results from Google searches now.

    And learning about how federation works reminds me of reading shadow run back in the day and how the matrix worked there with little nodes of info all talking to each other. In a way, then, the fediverse, to /me/, feels like the future…

    So I’m willing to stay here and wait for it to grow and comment a little more than I ever did on reddit. Because I don’t want to go back. And I don’t think we should.

    • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi
      16·
      2 years ago

      Bring your subs here. I’m sure you’ll find new subscribers in lemmy/kbin. We’re still growing so it might not be immediate, but I’m confident that as the fediverse matures and it gets simpler for people more will come. :)

      I’m staying. The community has been nothing short of amazing. I don’t get stressed when commenting or discussing things with people unlike reddit where a lot of interactions (not all, of course) are directly or indirectly motivated by karma.

      Hell,I’d never have commented this if I were on reddit for fear of someone coming along and debating what I’ve said. Lol.

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
        13·
        2 years ago

        That’s something I noticed on Reddit too. Half of everyone’s existence there seems to be just for going fishing for possible arguments to get into.

        • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi
          5·
          2 years ago

          Yeah. Most of my comments ended with arguing with someone so I started commenting less and less. Ended up a lurker. It’s very different here.

        • CIWS-30@kbin.social
          1·
          2 years ago

          Agree. I’m not even sure if they’re sincere half the time. Sometimes it honestly seems like they’re just trying to start a fight and don’t believe what they’re actually “saying”. On Kbin and Lemmy, it’s a different experience. People engage positively or neutrally, and actually have civil discussions. It’s unusual to say the least, but still very welcome.