I think the majority of Lemmy users are Reddit refugees, not because they got banned, but because of the Reddit API changes that forced 99% of the third party apps to shut down.

Since the API exodus, yes.

I made a very conscious choice to leave reddit at that time, due to that particular bullshit, and I don't regret it.

Doesn't mean I don't miss reddit though, because I do. Reddit has a lot more traffic which obviously means a lot more content in the sort of niche communities I really love.

But I made the right choice. I don't want to be part of that any longer. And the more of us make this choice, the better things will be for us all.

I quit the big R when they killed third party apps.

Would have paid them a monthly fee to use my app,but the way they killed them really soured me on Reddit. Burned my account, and moved on

They killed 3rd party apps, I didn't wanna use their app, so I switched to something else and that something else happened to be Lemmy. Turns out, Lemmy is even better than Reddit in many ways.

When Reddit killed Apollo, I no longer had the means to use Reddit— I’d rather not have Reddit than use the Reddit app.

Unlike so many people here, I have nothing against centralized social media, and I actively miss it— I miss having a large user base to talk with, I GREATLY miss all the specialize niche communities I followed. But it’s not good if I can’t access them.

Yes, the centralized nature of Reddit means that one person can fuck up the entire community… but decentralization means I have no one to talk to about the things I want to.

Anyway. I’m here hoping that enough people will eventually join that I can have MY Reddit back. I’m frustrated that the place is so tankie infested though, and fear that’s greatly holding it back.

I still consume on Reddit, but won’t post or contribute there anymore.

i spent 15+ years on reddit but when they started to sell out to wall street it was pretty obvious where it was going... but im addicted to doomscrolling so i built an instance to replace my own reddit addiction. the fediverse has filled the gap nicely.

just before it took a hard right turn and replaced half the users with bots

I left during the api bullshit, fuck spez

I'm unfortunately still on Reddit due to modding 2 subs.

Another one here for the API exodus 👍

At least you got a message. I got shadowbanned without any message, and tons of appeals were just wasted times. :(

Same here. Permanently banned from all of Reddit, and I was never told why. I suspect it was my criticism of the Orange One. I appeal every day, just to give them a little more paperwork.

I voluntarily quit Reddit when the API fuckery happened. Deleted all of my posts, comments, etc. after 16 years, and millions of useless points. I don't and never will give a fuck. Also a refugee from Digg before that, Fark, /. etc. I'm pretty happy with the fediverse so far, and will likely stand up my own server(s) in the next year or so.

MAGA freaks should love me. I didn't get banned from reddit, I self-deported.

I actually had a Fediverse account several years before the Great Reddit Migration, but it didn't keep my interest at the time. Tried again and stuck with it after the API change killed third-party reddit apps and they started inserting reddit-approved mods into all major subs.

They killed 3rd party apps. I left when my app stopped working and lemmy conveniently worked with some of the same clients that reddit was breaking.

Yes, a lot of us left during the API exodus. Reddit was already going downhill anyway with all the bot spam and shills, that's probably even worse there nowadays.

Once in a while I do bring up old.reddit to read through some communities that haven't caught on here (yet), or maybe something that comes up in a google search, but that hasn't been enough to make me want to log back in there let alone post/comment on anything.

Fuck reddit !

How's it going 👋

Yes I decided to ditch big tech where I can and reddit sadly is part of it. I deleted my account to make it easier to commit. But I still miss many communities; and community Insider jokes.

I think the better question is to ask who isn't a Reddit refugee. As in, who here never had a Reddit account and just showed up on Lemmy one day?

I am a Reddit exile. I don’t know exactly what I did to get banned, and really give a shit why.

Ive been trying to leave privatized platforms and after degoogling and leaving meta, reddit was next. It happened to coincide with the acceleration of mod fascism but it was mostly about moving to a libre internet experience

I'm here because Reddit started buying CBP adds. Fuck collaborators

Same here. My reddit account kept getting banned without any warning and i didn't even do anything lol. Honestly reddit has been really weird now. If you had an account which is more than 4-5 years old, then they won't do anything. But they basically just ban all new accounts if you post or comment anything. I am still new here so i am having a hard time understanding this platform. If anyone can help mei navigate it better, i would be grateful.

I am right on my path of weaning from the Tangerine Turd's America. Degoogling. Buying locally, Payment options, car choice, Amazon, etc.

Yes I think many of us are. During the last elections there was a whole slew of accounts that were banned over not supporting the ‘right side’. I think Reddit is just moderated by bots now. Hence the shitty replies from it.

I left Reddit in 2023 when they decided to mess with third party apps. I went to kbin initially and then moved over to here.

Yes and no, I was on Mastodon long ago, peaked into Lenmy, watched other Fediverse prokects with interest.

I'd not used Reddit for many years, before I actually made a Lemmy account, then when I saw Boost was available for Lemmy, I started using that.

I am odd though, old and have a differnt view of the internet based around it being a space for enthusiasts and tinkerers and corporate can and will only ever eventually enshitifiy whatever their fingers touch, so I dont use things like FB, Reddit, Apple products, Microsoft products, WhatsApp, Insta, Light room etc

The vast majority of folk here are ex Reddit users. I predate the great Reddit exodus, but even so, I came to lemmy after leaving Reddit, because I wanted something to scratch that itch.

Ohhh!

And I am also a Lemmy refugee! 🤪

I mentioned the concentration camps China uses for Uyghurs, and I mentioned them with a rather mild wording. *blam*! Comment deleted! By one of the main people maintaining Lemmy. Hooray. I really didn't want to play on their sandbox after that.

Somebody happened to mention Piefed in some /c/ just a couple of days later and now I'm here :)
Feels much more like home to me! 🙂

... Every single person on Lemmy is a Reddit refugee. You're not going to find a single person here who has not used Reddit before.