Before the whole API fiasco, reddit was down a whole bunch, and old reddit plus 3rd party apps were taking significantly longer to recover than the new interface. I'd already been noticing the quality of posts going downhill and the number of plagiarizing bots and shirt sellers going up.

One time it was down, I searched up Reddit alternatives and found Lemmy. I had previously heard tidbits of the Fediverse (like Mastodon and Friendica) which sounded like something up my alley, but the Twitter/Facebook style didn't fit my vibe. So when I discovered this Reddit alternative that seemed appealing. I looked around for a good server to join and I made an account, coincidentally on my 6-year Reddit cake day. I was in a transition period away from Reddit between March to July 2023 since there wasn't too much content on Lemmy really until June, but I tried to contribute a handful of local posts and news to my communities. In June I posted a handful of comments trying to help people migrate to Lemmy. It was a little difficult to leave, but I edited my top 20 comments plus a handful of other niche answers saying I left for lemmy, put a goodbye self-post and swore to myself I would not post or comment on Reddit again.

So far I've stuck to this pledge. Still I sometimes wonder if I should post an FAQ to help more people, but I'll leave that to other people and Redditors can find us at their leisure.