I made my account about two years ago, same with mastodon etc., because I switched to Linux back then and was looking for more Open Source and Privacy Friendly projects. But back then Lemmy had pretty much no users, so it was so boring that I quickly was on Reddit again. Now I saw how many people started to switch to Lemmy, and I remembered that I already have an account here, sooooo yea I try to be more active here than on Reddit now again.

The API changes were what pushed me over the edge. I had been sick of Reddit for years, but every other service I tried to move to was basically just getting its links and news from Reddit a few days later, so I just dealt with it so I could be informed.

I needed a critical mass of people to pick a service, and it looks like Lemmy is the place!

As many have said and will say, the recent Reddit changes (at least to an extent). In my case, the announcement really just accelerated my plans. I’ve been interested in the “Fediverse” for a while now, and I’ve been largely convinced it may be one solution to what I see as the malfunction of our modern internet. When I was younger, I was convinced the access to information and the ability to connect with others from across the globe would reap great rewards for all involved. In more recent years, I’ve come to wonder if social media was a mistake and whether the internet as it is will do more harm than good. But the “Fediverse” - decentralization - gives me some hope.

So, I’ve been keeping an eye on ActivityPub projects. I’ve been messing with PeerTube for a while, but not much else. I could never really get into Twitter, so I couldn’t really get into Mastodon (I tried a few times). “Reddit alternatives” were on my to-do list. I kept putting it off, but like I said, the recent announcements finally inspired me to start looking more closely. I was actually surprised to find an alternative as good as Lemmy, even if it isn’t perfect. Kind of kicking myself for failing to find the motivation sooner.

The API changes will threaten boost which is the platform I used to access the app and have done for years, this was the trigger. But my general desire to get off the platform was what pushed me to make the switch. Reddit has become increasingly difficult to enjoy for anything other than a meme site. Which I didn’t really mind but the people made it hard to want to post anything of substance. I also discovered Lemmy as an active ish community and I like the structure of the fediverse. Overall I saw Lemmy as a good alternative with a strong enough user base. I hope that we don’t get seen as outsiders when we inevitably crash servers with the numbers that will be arriving soon.

I came here 3 years ago when I started looking for reddit alternatives, for a while i lurked here then i eventually visisted it less and less until now

Tbh i feel a few weeks ago the site was basically dead with most posts on front page having less than 10 upvotes and low engagement on all the posts so the new people joining gave the site a revival in a way or something

The new Reddit design and API fees. It’s ironic because the entire reason I joined Reddit was because of the Digg redesign. Digg almost sold for $200 million before the redesign, but eventually sold for $500k a few years later. Reddit is just speed-running the same story, and hoping the sale happens before the fallout.

My very first comment on Lemmy :)

I am looking for a social network that has the interest of its community as a top priority.

Reddit (similarly to Stack Exchange, these days) prioritizes its business goals against the best interests of the users and the volunteers that provide, moderate, consume and discuss the content.

These companies are nothing without the community, while the community can live without these companies.

A business that operates the platform that supports a community is entitled to profiting from it, but it cannot happen at the expense of the commuinity itself.

The recent changes to Reddit’s API policies are worrying on their own, and have significant impact on users, moderators and the creators of the third-party services/apps that have made Reddit much more enjoyable. But I feel these changes have much more profound implications about the balance of power between the platform provider and the community, as if the former pretends to own and control the content and how the community is allowed to consume it, which is not even remotely acceptable.

I hope Lemmy is the place I am looking for.

The outlook of having to use the official Reddit mobile app. No thanks. Even if the Fediverse only has a tiny fraction of the user base of Reddit, I’ll still encounter more original content in an hour on here than I’d come across during a whole day on the ad-infested active battery-drainage that is Reddit’s sorry excuse for a mobile app.

I found out about Lemmy a few years ago when I started looking more at the Fediverse, but I never really felt a need to create an account here as I could just browse around. It wasn’t until recently due to Reddit’s announced changes that I wanted to start interacting here more.

Apart from the inevitable performance issues at times and some weird UI issues I’ve found (lack of error messages when things silently fail, unable to navigate away from a page when something hasn’t been saved, no dedicated community settings page) I’m enjoying my time here.

R/piracy after the vote for only sexy pirate pictures

To sail the high seas, following the path of all those who plunder the vast ocean.

I came here after GenZedong was quarantined for not blindly following western war propaganda.

Hoping other new users will learn to re-open their minds after being boxed into Reddit/western liberalism for so long. (Won’t hold my breath but I do hope)

I think I found out about it from stuff like open-source news in 2022, and made an account but never really used it. Now, with the Reddit API changes, I gave it another try and I love it!

I’d heard about Lemmy a good while back, but there wasn’t much interest in it until the Reddit API kerfuffle.

I really like the concept of federated social networks and breaking free of the big tech rage-baiting algorithms. Just give me a list of topics I can follow and let me sort and filter them how I want. Don’t suggest or recommend things to me, especially if they’re designed to make me angry just for sake of engagement.

Lemmy seems like it has a lot of potential in that regard, and I’m hopeful it’s able to build a respectful user base. I’m primarily here to feel out the landscape and be the change I hope to see in the world.

For those old enough, we’ve been through something similar before with Digg. Now its reddit’s time. I believe Lemmy might be the most logical next step