I left reddit on june 12th last year in protest of spez’s decision to change the reddit api from being free as in free beer to an unbelievably expensive cost. That same day, I joined lemmy on a now abandoned account.

At first, I had a hard time adapting to lemmy’s significantly smaller community, but I got used to it and learned to embrace it. However, recently I started missing reddit a lot more, and after some consideration, made an account on the (demonic) website.

But I don’t think it felt the same way as before, sure, there was more posts, but they lacked a heart and soul, they were all so generic, as if it lost it’s spark.

Has anyone else that’s been on there noticed anything similar??

  • Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1·
    1 year ago

    I see more racism, sexism and other bigotry than before. Although there certainly was a lot of that back then as well. Also bots.

  • Match!!@pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I still use Reddit for queer nsfw content (for now) and r/all is getting worse by the day, and it was already pretty bad for years

  • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Reddit has been generic for several years now. It’s, mostly, addictive trash content. I miss individual subs but the algorithm for popular / front page posts is doing the same thing every other social platform is doing. If that’s your jam, go for it. I value my time enough that I don’t need to be entertained by an algorithm. I hate it. A lot.

    Edit:
    I mean, I just went to reddit.com and the top post is a 21 year old married woman asking how to tell their 18 year old cousin they stink because they only shower every 3-4 days. THIS is engaging content? WTF is wrong with you people? This is why I’m thrilled to have left that dumbass platform.

  • Father_Redbeard@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    For me, it was not being able to use a 3rd party app. Accessing reddit through their garbage app is a painful experience. And unless I find the answer to a question via web search that’s a reddit thread, I avoid it entirely.

    • isosphere@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      25 days ago

      App/platform separation is crucial. Finding the same thing for Lemmy. The official Reddit app is hot garbage.