‘Unlike some of the 3P [third-party] apps, we are not profitable,’ Steve Huffman says in defending the move to charge for high-volume API access.

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    1 year ago

    I have thoroughly enjoyed Lemmy and Beehaw over this weekend. I’m not expecting anything out of reddit.

    Reddit was my home for 12 years and I really feel like it boiled down to three really uses of my time:

    • cultivated communities
    • niche knowledge
    • scrolling through all

    I have had a taste of being part of a community this weekend that reminds me of what reddit was like a decade ago. This really removed the sting of disconnecting all my apollo widgets and shortcuts. Lemmy, kbin, etc may lead to a new future for those of us looking for somewhere new.

    Niche knowledge? I think that’s one thing that just will be on reddit for the foreseeable future but as communities move and shift away, it’ll disperse across the internet. I do see myself still searching through reddit results via google when searching for a personalized review or specific information. But it will become a get-in, get-out process.

    Scrolling? Reddit leadership is so dumb. they’ve catered to this feature and this user base for all the marbles of their IPO. Scrolling is the least unique feature to reddit compared to other social media. And reddit’s scrolling was highly dependent on your feed and could sometimes not be that great. Scrolling can be replaced by anything from tiktok to instagram to other forums and new sites

    Even this weekend on Beehaw, I’ve seen reviews of fountain pens, a storm over Scotland, trailers for new games on the horizon and little bits of people’s lives shared and connected. If I can continue to have an experience like this? I won’t even miss reddit.

    It’s going to be an interesting new future

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      Reddit’s spiral down was the boiling frog analogy for me.

      I’d forgotten what it was like for people have conversations with each other. The change was gradual.

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        1 year ago

        100% agree with you there. It’s been a nice change on here this weekend :)

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        Welcome to the Fediverse! I’ve found that people tend to have a little more realness when they’re part of something they co-create vs merely participating in a company’s space. Even if the server this “sub” is on dies, Lemmy and the Fediverse will continue.

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      1 year ago

      It will hurt, leaving so many meaningless internet points behind, but like you said, I’m hopeful this can be my new home.