There were the time-sucks like r/amitheasshole that I loved, but what I really miss is the practical every-day subs where people shared valuable information. I am really into vegetable gardening, mechanical keyboards, and a few other hobbies and it was great to go to those subs and ask questions or get information. Vegetable gardening was particularly helpful in the last month so I am really missing it! Also, I was really active in a sub for people with type 1 diabetes and that was a huge resource in my life. Really missing that one.

That’s what Huffman was saying BEFORE the blackout. Now that 8476/8838 subreddits are currently dark, I wonder what he would say now? I don’t really see how Reddit recovers from this. It’s sad because I loved it and there’s nothing else like it (yet), but there would need to be some major changes taking place before a lot of people consider venturing back.

That’s my hope. The biggest hurdle is getting a fully functioning mobile app. Mastodon has done great but that’s partly because there’s great mobile apps. If the same happened with Lemmy, it would really help.

I think this is what Lemmy and other Fediverse sites need - a really good mobile app. once that happens, I think Lemmy, kbin, etc will start really attracting users.

I think it’s the fallout of allowing private companies to monetize the internet. Way back in the early days of the internet, it was a pretty de-centralized experience. Then we started centralizing things, companies realized there was revenue to be made, and those companies (because they were corporations) valued the money over the people. Capitalism, basically. Only way to fight this is to take the internet back to what it was in about 2006.

If people don’t use Reddit or Twitter or Facebook, those companies have very little value. The value in any social media is generated by the people who use those things. If there’s no people, there’s no value.

Haven’t been on Reddit since Selig released his infamous post about what happened between him and Reddit. I am really hoping that Lemmy or another de-centralized model takes off. Not gonna lie, I miss Reddit and Apollo like crazy. I spent a lot of time there and miss what it was. But don’t think it will ever be the same again.

This is what I want to see personally.

I have Mona, IceCubes, and Ivory installed on my iPhone. I primarily use Mona because it has the features I find useful (and I love creating themes). Ivory is nice for passive scrolling but is still missing a ton of features that I find necessary for using Reddit. IceCubes has a surprisingly nice UI, a couple of things even Mona doesn’t have, and is open source.

IMO, these three apps are the best for Mastodon on ios. I also want to support the developers.

It’s more akin to the early 2000s to me. Not in the sense of how the tech works but more in the feeling of nothing being “owned” by any one person or entity and things just being…free.

That’s a very good point. I remember that transition. Same is happening with Twitter -> Mastodon. Slowly more people are coming over and spending less time on Twitter as the content gets less and less (and grows on Mastodon). It takes time but it does happen.