• stormio@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been interested in the Fediverse for a long time but didn’t have any reason to jump into it because the applications I was aware of did not appeal to me. If I don’t use Twitter and Instagram, why would I be interested in Mastodon and Pixelfed? This all changed when Reddit announced their API change. Reddit is the only social media site I use, so Lemmy seems like the perfect reason to jump in.

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      1 year ago

      Agreeing with this one.

      Except I made a Mastodon account to pad its numbers to make Elon feel bad and used the Mastodon account to follow Lemmy (and just used the site sans account). Once the API changes were announced, all in to make reddit feel bad with larger numbers over here.

      Phone is grapheneos, use Linux, all FOSS; why did I take so long to do this? Either this or quit all social media.

  • rei@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Because Reddit plans to kill 3rd party clients. No sync no Reddit

    • d3Xt3r@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      If ljdawson could port Sync to Lemmy, that’d be awesome. Lemme is nice, but the app is kinda meh right now.

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        Or at least, it would be cool if they could open-source it if he doesn’t plan on continuing development. That way, it could be used as a basis for a new Lemmy app.

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    1 year ago

    I wasn’t too keen on Twitter and mostly spent time on reddit. When Mastodon came out I was intrigued, but the interface just wasn’t something I was into. Lemmy seems way more up my alley.

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        So I’m completely new to the “fediverse” so does this mean now I’ve got a Lemmy account I can use that same account for Mastodon? I never really gave it a try as I wasn’t a Twitter user

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          @BrokenToshy Yes and no. Your comment shows up to me like a toot and I’m replying to it with a toot, so in that sense, yes. I could even boost your comment to my followers like a toot. But the Lemmy software was designed around communities and groups, and it currently lacks the capacity to do certain one-on-one interaction the way a Mastodon user can. Since you can only use your account from your home instance, that does limit you a bit in how you can interact.

  • Sowatee@lemmy.ml
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    Reddit’s been spiraling downhill for years. Been searching for an alternative that’s not the cesspits of Twitter and 4chan. API is getting killed, government and corporations pushing agendas, armchair experts, subreddit bannings, poor UI/UX, echochambers, hardly any OC, and many many other issues that I’m sure others have already mentioned. I’m dumping the site as soon as old.reddit goes down.

    There’s nothing but outrage culture on social media. Just looking for a spot to chill really…

  • FaceDeer@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been chasing the old Usenet feel for decades. Reddit came close, but I can see the writing on the wall now. Lemmy’s got the possibility to get closer.

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    Because Reddit has fully turned to the dark side lol. It’s been trending downhill for a while now but with the recent API shenanigans it became very clear it wasn’t going to improve. So here I am lol. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve had to find an alt (RIP Digg).

  • X77@lemmy.ml
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    Mostly because of Lemmy spam on reddit intensified 😅 technically it is good alternative, but it lacks content.