I’m just curious why some people come here; in my case, it’s because it’s not the same as on centralized platforms. I love these kinds of forums.
For the michmichs
API apocalypse, stuck around and rediscovered my enjoyment for linux and got into selfhosting. Also become even more anti-corporate lol. I get less content, but I probably was on reddit too much before anyway lol so it’s self moderating in a way.
I grew up on forums and 4chan
Less corporate, less centralized, open source tech. I don’t quite fit in here, but I guess I’m weird enough to stick around anyway 🙂
the API exodus finally drove enough traffic here to keep it lively
Got pissed at corporate social media for the way they’ve accelerated the damage being done to our already degraded public discourse but I still needed somewhere to doomscroll and find… gifs… of… nothing in particular…
Got shadow banned from Reddit for Luigi support last December
The API thing. I was using RIF for a very long time at that point and had no intention of using the official Reddit app.
Saaame
Cuz got perma banned from r*edit. I argued with one of the many power tripping mods. Anyway my mental health is a lot better after the switch
got tired of my comments being removed for saying stuff like dead Nazis please me
although apparently some mods around here don’t like that either
It’s the same fucking crowd.
Reddit killed third party apps with absurd API fees.
Also known as the apicalypse
Don’t forget lying and defaming one of the most prominent third party devs.
What annoyed me even more is how they handled that whole situation. They basically went: who cares, the protest is going to die down in a few days anyways so why should we do anything besides insulting everybody
The apicalypse.
To yell at delusional leftists who are misrepresenting progressive ideals and actions and roleplaying online instead of going out and making friends and reforming community, the thing we desperately need to combat actual fascism. I hate the circle-jerking and avoidant-personalities being allowed to thrive without pushback. This is bigger than all of us and yet the people with any shred of intelligence are doing everything but what we need to do.
That’s why you got on Lemmy? How did you even hear about this den of delusional leftists.
There there, it will be okay.
The API shenanigans
API boatlift gang 🇨🇺🤞
Yeah, same, when the apicalypse hit I was gone.
Why “apicalypse” and not “appocalypse”?
Two reasons:
- Because Reddit killed the API , which in turn killed the apps.
- It sounds funnier
Aaah I see. Yeah, yours is better.
Reddit is a Wall Street corporation that sells users to corporate advertisers
Lemmy is free and open source.
Least fucked option.
Reddit: fucked. Twitter: fucked… Meta: fucked since forever. Bluesky: signs of future fuckededness. Mastodon: not what I was after.
Lemmy: hey, these people seem to be my kind of insane.
