• sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      30 days ago

      Same. I had gotten the paid version because the dev deserved something for such a great app. RIF died and I did a hard cutover to Lemmy. Deleted my Reddit account and probably caused some confusion for the cordcutters subreddit. I had a post which was part of the sidebar for about a decade.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I remember 2 years ago trying out Lemmy and getting a few laughs about beans and trying not to poop. I thought “this is ok, but I don’t think this will ever replace Reddit in my day to day.”

    But I stuck with it and have come to love and appreciate Lemmy. The number of users has continued to grow and I feel like there’s enough content here now that I never feel bored. Plus I feel like even small posts and comments get attention and we’re not just screaming into the void.

    So happy cake day to all who did the same thing!

    • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      17 days ago

      This is what early reddit was like honestly. I don’t think lemmy will hit reddit’s peak popularity but I don’t think anyone wants any lemmy instance near that popular

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Same, cant believe it was 2 years ago. I was really bummed when it happened.i had been on reddit for almost 15 years at that point.

      • BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Fucking same.

        I deleted my main account once they first came out with the reddit recap, and deleted my replacement when they fucked RIF, never to return.

        I still lurk without an account sometimes, but that’s all they’ll ever get out of me.

      • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I deleted my account before RIF died, as the writing was on the wall. I check Reddit accountless if there is a big news story, but tend to avoid it otherwise.

        Honestly I miss (the old) reddit sometimes, but Lemmy has been really enjoyable. My reddit account was getting old anyways, I’d already seen all the content that was reposted every year or so and was just getting annoyed. I absolutely do not miss the aggression of every reddit thread, I feel like we are generally all on the same team here.

        I guess that is kind of the downside of Lemmy too - if you’re not a very specific type of person, it probably won’t appeal to you. And I guess that can sort of result in an echo chamber, although it seems instead of arguing about the left and the right, we argue about the far left and the farther left.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      trying not to poop

      Why…were you trying not to poop? Or was this a meme I missed? I remember the beans.

      Yeah, Lemmy had absolutely been great over the last year. 6-hour Top sorting is absolutely key here.

      Is it a one-for-one replacement? No. There are a lot of communities that haven’t been able to come over effectively. But the main core communities have and it’s been fantastic.

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Kind of same, I remember making a login like dropping my bags in an empty apartment like “well this is home now” and my neighbors are trekkies and Linux, as a fan of windows and star wars. Wondering if I could hack it here. Just said fuck it we ball and started posting to try and decorate the place, hoping to be part of the Lemmy that made a difference and gets us noticed among the turmoil.

      Seems like we didnt quite make it compared to BlueSky as a reddit/Twitter supplanted, but thats ok, I think in retrospect I’ve made a fair number of people happy to see my posts, and hope I have at least helped a couple of (mostly) meme communities get either noticed or traction. (Sorry jojokes, I just ran out guys, I didnt want to dig into low effort to keep posting, people deserve some standard of quality)

      RiF still lives on my phone, hoping one day I can use it again.

  • haych@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I patched my Sync and RIF so they still work fine. But I’m here anyway!

  • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    It’s been pretty good too. Thanks everyone for making this collection of sites fun and interesting! Fedi is awesome 😎

  • TomMasz@piefed.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I joined when Apollo went silent. Coincidentally, I’m wearing my Clipollo t-shirt as I type this.

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Didn’t we have like months of warning before the API shutdown? I recall I was already upset about a ton of other shit over there (had been for years) and as soon as I started hearing rumors or stories about the API fuckery, I headed to Lemmy way before the apps stopped working.

        • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I already wanted to do it anyway for a bunch of other reasons, so really they were doing me a favor by really providing additional motivation.

    • TheOgreChef@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Ditto. I was an Alien Blue fan that jumped to Apollo then to Voyager once the APIs went down. I apparently have a type when it comes to Reddit and Lemmy apps.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        30 days ago

        Same here. I had Alien Blue gold for the longest time too. Then Apollo saved the day and got so good. Reddit without it was useless ad garbage with a heavy slow UI. The fact it was so enshitified was the final nail in the coffin for me.

    • bran_buckler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Me as well! Unfortunately, I joined an instance that went dark (kbin), so I’ve got 2 lemmy cake days, I guess.

      • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I went from Reddit to Kbin to StarTrek.Website and when every action was taking >1 minute and needing to be repeated, switched again to Discuss.Online, which I am very happy with and remain to this day.

        Except I also switched to PieFed.social and use that 95% of the time now.:-)

        It’s been a bit of a wild ride! 🤣💪😺

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Someone else suggested saying when all the 3rd party API supported apps stopped working - but there’s only so much room on a meme text box, ya know?

  • Supervisor194@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I never used RIF but I came over at the same time due to the fuckery over mods. I quit all my mod positions that day too, no more working for Reddit for free.

  • hydrashok@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Two year anniversary just a few days ago. Also left when RiF stopped working. Really nice to see Lemmy activity continually going up with each passing day, but the quality hasn’t gone down. Very much enjoying it!

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I replaced RIF with Stealth. It’s actually a really excellent read-only client that you can subscribe to subs and view content without contributing anything to Reddit.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Reddit still publishes RSS feeds, so you can use an RSS reader to see the latest stuff. You can’t interact with it, but who wants to trade shit posts with bots anyway?

      This is how I keep up with my Sportsball teams since that community hasn’t really taken off here yet.

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Lack of sports content is a bit of a rough spot for Lemmy. This is one of the few places where Linux memes get substantially more engagement than a super bowl thread.

        Side note, the superb owl community here is pretty great.