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I'm mostly participating here but I am quite enjoying the absolute train wreck that's unfolding today over there.
Spez decided he's doing an AMA tomorrow. Oh boy I don't know if I have enough popcorn... how did his PR team let him do this???
Because he has admin rights and can literally control the narrative?
Spez decided he’s doing an AMA tomorrow.
Tomorrow? Who wants to bet that the questions and the answers are already written as we speak?
I'm pretty new here myself. I've already started to migrate myself off of Reddit completely and start engaging here more. So far I have to say that I'm loving this community as well. Definitely seems to be more inviting here. At least I can post right away without having to have a certain amount of karma or whatever. This is kinda refreshing!
I deleted my Reddit app and replaced it with Jerboa just recently and I think it's for the best.
Is Jerboa the app for this platform? (I'm new here and still figuring everything out).
Yeah, Jerboa is an android app for Lemmy instances.
Since you're new, also check out kbin which is similar to Lemmy but with some other features. You can still access the same content (I'm responding to you from kbin), and has some access to the microblogging sites as well. You might like it, you might not. But there are so many options in the fediverse you may as well explore for a while.
I definitely haven't been as interested in reading comments on Reddit - I still go for the pet pictures and the funny gifs while I can, but between all the drama and bots, I agree that it's nice to have another platform I'm more interested in.
Reddit was the last corporate social media site I was active on. I'm not going to delete my account right away, but now that there are actually people here, I don't really need it anymore.
Now to figure out how to successfully host people here.
I've pretty much only been there to spread the word about Lemmy.
Only problem with these alternatives
Reddit had actual knowlege like r/askhistorians and niche communities on every topic imaginable who's going to participate in a server for the Movie Threads and how much of these servers are going to have discord servers?(new to Kbin)
I just registered here after reading the RIF announcement. I won't be using the official app, so I guess that's the end of an era for me!
Made an account on here years ago when I first heard of lemmy, finally started using it after I heard they were killing API access. Haven’t been on Reddit since. :)
There was a news story that just broke, and I'll admit I briefly hopped over to an r/ sub to eat popcorn and watch the reactions unfold. Guilty pleasures are hard to break sometimes. Lol.
That aside, yeah, I agree. Have been spending way less time over there where it's like trying to have a discussion in a crowded cafeteria / auction house. Everything here is just more chill.
I'll miss Reddit, but I'm sure I'll get used to it now that fediverse exists