I decided to take a peek at Reddit to see what kind of activity is happening, a good handful of the subreddits I am subscribed to are still super active with posts and commenters.

There's quite a few news articles on the front page regarding Spez and the blackouts, I am surprised those articles are even still up for people to see.

The comment section is filled with people saying how they should just kick the mods out of the dark Reddit's and take over, ofcourse these posts are heavily upvoted...

Perhaps there is some AI activity going on, I mean it's kind of easy to do in this day and age. You just prompt an army of AI bots to defend Reddit, and try to keep users engaged.

I am so happy I found Lemmy, and I am so happy that there is a comfortable level of activity. Sure it's only a small fraction of what Reddit is activity wise, but it's so much more hearty and welcoming.

Reddit has just turned into one big toxic mess. Lemmy reminds me of what Reddit used to be 10 years ago.

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[–] Mister_Haste@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My friend started using reddit about 3 years ago. He doesn't care about the blackout at all and told me I was being mad about a free service trying to make money. He'll just keep using it until he can't then lurk elsewhere. I told him to stop being an ass, but that's unlikely. His stupid attitude is shared by a vast swath of reddit and will ultimately lead to the site's total decay.

[–] Amiron@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think his attitude isn't stupid. He enjoys what he does and moves on once he doesn't or has to.

[–] Otome-chan@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

mindless consumption until the literal collapse of something is stupid.

[–] Mister_Haste@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I disagree. His attitude is understandable. That does not make it correct or good in any way. His attitude is destructive and is one of the main reasons our world is in such a mess these days as it's shared by too many.

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I told him to stop being an ass

That's not how you convince someone. You should explain to him how this is going to heavily impact his reddit experience in the near future. When all the mods and power users are successfully alienated, reddit is going down the drain. It's them who carry the platform, not the lurkers.

[–] Mister_Haste@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

He's my best friend and calling him an ass is something I do every day. Anything less would have been met with suspicion!

I've explained the negative outcomes to him and he doesn't care. He'll float over to this community and bring his apathy with him. He's just old and jaded like me, just more so.

[–] PitzNR@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look mate, I get you, but I also get your friend, I used reddit pretty much the same as your friend, just lurked, didn't used any third party apps, but I saw things go to shit and decided I want none of that, and let's be real, the site offed itself a while ago, the people that moved to lemmy and kbin realized that, and where techie enough to adapt to the new environment. Some people on reddit will realize that sometime, some won't, and that's perfectly fine, they will either adapt to the fediverse, move back to where they were before or stay on the decaying site, but whatever they, and your friend do, there's no reason for hostility, especially between you and your friend, the deed had been done, and now we get to rebuild our communities in such a great way that we couldn't ever imagined over reddit.

[–] Mister_Haste@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, this 3rd party app business is really the straw that broke the camel's back with me. Reddit is not what it was and I'm not super fond of what it is at the moment. It was time to move on. Honestly, this experience has been the closest to what Reddit one was for me. I like it!

Oh, and he's my best friend. I call him an ass and worse daily. He'd expect no less. Still love the dumb bastard like a brother!