I had been hoping for some reddit alternative to emerge just in case, but whenever that happened it would be due to hate groups leading the movement making the sites that opened up become unappealing.
But, then something that finally angered more mainstream audiences is leading the charge, and finally led to the reddit alternative filled with less deranged people. It won’t overtake reddit, but it doesn’t need to.
It really feels like there are already enough people here for me to stick around. Hopefully that is true for most new users.
Nailed it! Noone cares about who writes what but everyone cares about what is written.
I too realized how easy it is to jump ship, I started here before the AMA and even if it’s been only a few days, I already feel at home, lots of interesting discussions and news going and that’s all I need.
I don’t agree on going back if reddit backpedals though, I mean, of course everyone has to decide for themselves and I respect that, but being on a platform led by the most arrogant, disrespectful, blatantly lying, stupid, dangerous even individuals (let’s not forget spez editing user’s comments) is not for me.
I want to be on a service managed by smart people that I can trust, reddit lost my trust completely and it won’t get it back.
I agree about going back myself. Unfortunately I suspect most others would take the path of least resistance, especially if it means Apollo and other apps might come back.
I haven’t personally used Apollo (I’ve just used Joey on my tablet), but it would be great to see the dev host a lemmy server and point the app to it.
It’s not even the first issue - remember when they hired and defended that British paedophile too - even when he was covering up news stories about his own family?
Great blog! I’m optimistic and really agree that it does not take that much to make this place run just fine. Even if just a fraction of people will migrate, it’s okay. All we need is just a handful of people and all will be fine.
Great post. It is indeed about the links and reactions to them, more than actual known people.
This is a really poignant article that hit the nail on the head for exactly how I feel.
