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Is there any evidence that Reddit has suffered at all from the exodus to Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

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Was there even a mass exodus? I largely avoid Reddit now, but I do kind of doubt that they've been hurt in any meaningful way by all the protests and people leaving...

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[-] SageWaterDragon@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

No, of course not. If you're using Lemmy as a "protest" instead of thinking that it's a better platform, it's totally ineffectual and you'll go back to using Reddit sooner or later. Personally, I think that the fediverse is a more compelling idea than the traditional internet, so I'm sticking with Lemmy for a bit in one form or another.

[-] forgeddit@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to protest by using alternatives, and then going back if there's real change. (naïve, maybe)

Initially really wanted Reddit to take a hit so that they would be forced to reconsile, but I became disillusioned quite quickly. Compared to the fediverse, it is rotten; Spez is only the mouthpiece for their internal chess game.

He probably spoke the truth, when he claimed to previously having been the only one defending the third party apps.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

100%. Fediverse is my jam.

[-] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed, though these aren't mutually exclusive. Lemmy as it stands is objectively a better platform in terms of mobile user experience now that third party apps were gutted for Reddit. So switching, at least for itself, is a protest using this platform while Reddit either dies a slow, painful death or takes strides to unshittify their stuff. Will probably end up using both if Reddit gets it together but that's unlikely.

[-] SageWaterDragon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Honestly, yeah, a big part of why I started using Lemmy is that the Sync developer moved to developing a Lemmy app. I'm still active on Reddit, I'm using both, but as soon as Sync for Lemmy comes out and I can uninstall that absolutely cursed official Reddit app I'll be here WAY more often.

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