I also meant Memmy, not Mlem.

If something like this can pop up in weeks and provide all of the functionality people need, what makes Reddit valuable in the first place?

Maybe all of those in favor of the protests kept their word and only those who are against it remain?

It’s both great and not so great at the same time. If the site were easier to navigate with less sluggishness I would have no problem.

I absolutely love the community so far and it has been a breath of fresh air to get away from the toxicity of Reddit.

However, the communities I’m interested in are just not active enough here yet.

nice job!

I know it’s not great, but is it really THAT bad? Is it honestly worse than navigating Lemmy?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m DONE with Reddit. But is all of this really just because they don’t like the official app or is there something more?

Just looking at Redditor’s reaction to this is telling me the battle is already lost. Most seem to be completely done and just want their cat videos back. It’s clear that the normies who invaded the site and proceeded to make it worse are completely content with what is happening so long as their addiction is fed. As far as I’m concerned, they can have the site.

HOWEVER. Maybe its a sign that all of the people who were in favor of the protest actually did leave and the only ones who are left are those who don’t give a shit about it or don’t support it.

People are ADDICTED to Reddit. So much so that they are using Reddit as their primary resource to talk about how much they hate it.

Once the craziness around the API stuff dies down and it’s time to stop using Reddit for good, I’m willing to bet nearly all of these people cave in some way.

I like it, but it CONSTANTLY crashes for me. Every single time

Thank you for linking this. Glad to see so many subs continuing indefinitely.

Did you see the comment about r/adviceanimals and r/Tumblr have been forced public by Reddit?

Edit: Anecdotal comment states r/Tumblr had all of its mods leave and was forced public.

I’m honestly done with Reddit and I really hope enough people find a new home outside of it when this is all said and done. Hanging out on here has made me realize how toxic and mentally draining Reddit actually is.

I think Reddit will continue to grow into a normie cesspool of children and mentality I’ll folks and will eventually go the way of FB and Twitter where the interesting and saine folks will dig out new communities in some other place to be determined

While I’m enjoying my time here and I’m honestly shocked with the amount of engagement so far, I just don’t see the “fedaverse” ever gaining any mainstream traction. It’s unintuitive and the barrier of entry is way too high. Even googling “Lemmy” doesn’t bring up useful results.

Something like squabbles has a better chance for mainstream appeal, but it would need a miracle as it’s only one duder

That being said, I’ll still be here!

I really hope this doesn’t lead to people forming their own echo chambers and instances become tribes who hate on each other

I think the major turning point was around 2016. That’s the first time I began to feel like my guard needed to be up with every single comment from there on.

This is interesting. I had no idea this was a thing!

I think you’re right. It seems like there’s a pattern for every new platform.

Early adopters make the the site fun, valuable, and worth while

People start to notice and the platform grows, becoming slightly worse, but still pretty cool.

Platform explodes in popularity and it goes to complete shit.

It’s happened with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Reddit. I’m sure that day will come for this place as well. I guess we’ll just need to enjoy it while it lasts.

Anyone else notice how friendly, calm, and civil the posts and discussions have been away from Reddit? This place reminds me a lot of the early days.

It’s really strange how civil and relaxed the discussions have been. Makes me wonder how much of Reddit is either children or bots stirring the pot constantly

Too bad r/DenverNuggets stayed public and created an r/nba refugee game thread

Yeah that logo is a little questionable