For me a social media in a linux distro called blendos and because reddit sucks and is soo toxic man

  • DeltaWhy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    8 hours ago

    During the Reddit API stuff, same as most of the folks here. I tried kbin first but lack of an API or mobile app at the time pushed me to Lemmy instead.

    I eventually caved and started using the official Reddit app, but I still check here as well - less content but I like the vibes here. Reddit hasn’t been the same since the protests - might just be bias but I feel like ‘brain drain’ was real and quality discussions over there are a little less frequent than before.

  • stelelor@lemmy.ca
    2·
    9 hours ago

    First heard about it on r/dndmemes during the API shit storm. I stick around because it’s so much nicer. Smaller, yes, but easier to curate I guess? I read about my specific interests and just vibe.

  • Backlog3231@reddthat.comEnglish
    1·
    8 hours ago

    I had been keeping an eye on Lemmy for years and years. I’m an open source, federated service enthusiast so Lemmy was always just something I was aware of.

  • Linktank@lemmy.today
    1·
    9 hours ago

    Banned from Reddit for suggesting that certain cult members should in fact drink the flavor aide.

    • JPSound@lemmy.world
      11·
      23 hours ago

      I did exactly the same. I found lemmy through a reddit post about alternatives to Reddit. And after 13 years as a daily reddit user, once RIF went down, I haven’t gone back.

      I do wish we’d get more traffic with the science communities but I’ve still noticed slow and steady growth since then.

  • burgersc12@mander.xyz
    31·
    2 days ago

    When Reddit shut down 3rd party apps. I only used Joey for a single reason, it autohides post after scrolling past them very well, it was the only way reddit is tolerable is by only seeing a post once. Now I use Connect which has a similar autohide feature and I am enjoying Lemmy a lot more than i ever did reddit.

    • KingJalopy @lemm.ee
      4·
      2 days ago

      Joey was the best. I came here before Joey died, but the day it died for good I only went to Reddit once. I talked mad shit to a particularly horrible mod and got my account permanently banned. Haven’t looked back since.

      I sure wish codesforliving would create a joey for lemmy. I’d pay for that again in a heartbeat. One of the best apps I ever had.

    • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      Same reason here, my 3rd party app was BaconReader and now using Connect. I didn’t know Connect had an auto hide feature, I’ll have to check that out.

      • burgersc12@mander.xyz
        2·
        2 days ago

        I have “scrolling past marks as read” enabled, and then in my Lemmy account setting I have “show read posts” disabled, so it hides basically anything I’ve already seen. Comes in handy :)

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    101·
    1 day ago

    I came over in the API exodus. Lemmy lacks niche content, so I went back to Reddit. I stick around here because I’m so used to Sync.

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    2 days ago

    Reddit APIcalypse. Downloaded Jerboa and came to World after I saw a post in the middle of it.

  • quinacridone@lemmy.ml
    14·
    2 days ago

    Created my account 3 years ago so I could still access one of the piracy subs in case they were banned from reddit, they used to have an alt community on lemmy.ml…

    I came over properly during the reddit blackout, set up the communities I most wanted to see over here (that didn’t exist already), and have stayed ever since

    I like the fact that the posts have (generally) sensible comments, without 1000 replies of inane drivel to sift through, overall it feels like a nice quiet corner of the internet where I can recognise usernames and have a brief chat, then be on my way

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    29·
    2 days ago

    reddit locking their api was the last straw for me. so i wanted to stand up a reddit clone to fill that hole for me and others.

    surfin the githubs for federating platforms… lemmy was fugly, i started with kbin.

    i ended up with an mbin instance so i could connect to mastodon as well as all the lemmy content/users.

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
    18·
    2 days ago

    I read about and liked the concept of the Fediverse, opened a few accounts across various platforms, quickly got bored with the small userbase. Then reddit did their thing with the API, I wanted to stop using it entirely, and enough people also migrated to Lemmy at the same time that this is now a level of users and activity to hold my interest.

  • RandomVideos@programming.dev
    7·
    1 day ago

    Minutes before the reddit API pricing changes being announced, i started testing 3 party reddit apps because the official one was terrible

    While testing, i found a post about the reddit changes but ignored it

    I ended up using boost for reddit.

    During the community strikes, i rarely opened reddit to check one of the subreddits about the protests

    I found out about lemmy from the announcement of he creator of boost for reddit making boost for lemmy