I’m not trying to convince anyone to go back i promise, quite the contrary actually cause I think spez plans to just decrease the cost of the API and act like it was a bargain deal sacrifice while not solving any of the issues at all
But, when I think about it even if spez did actually listen and reverse all changes I don’t think i want to go back to Reddit cause from what Ive seen Lemmy is just friendlier and less :Be Corporate Friendly: I would honestly love it if Lemmy did a project like r/place one of these days so we could see what the internet is actually like instead of what happened in 2022 (I really did enjoy what a bunch of communities did but when the mods started abusing their powers to make it corporate r/place lost so much meaning) but i am curious since i’m not going back is there anything Reddit can do to make you go back to Reddit?
Fire the current CEO and get a new one.
I mostly left when they killed the compact UI. Only using it on my laptop from time to time.
Yes I’ve really been missing compact and these new changes look like they’ll kill off the apps I was trying.
For me, I haven’t left yet but I will significantly reduce my time on reddit once my app of choice shuts down (Boost). If reddit updates their app to the standard of the 3rd party apps they are killing, I’ll be happy to continue my use. Side note, I’ve found lemmy (jerboa app use) because of this and will hang around here regardless of what happens with reddit
Fellow boost user here, I think it was even in /r/BoostForReddit/ where I found out about Lemmy and so far I don’t think I’ll ever go back to reddit. Bit sad about loosing Boost tho.
Nice try, /u/spez…!
But seriously, I guess none of any further actions to try to fix the whole thing would change that bad gut feeling of being held as a fool that I now have. Mostly due to how they treated Christian Selig.
There is one thing they could do: Just federate with lemmy. :D:D:D
Honestly, I feel like my time with Reddit is done now. You know how when someone breaks up with you and you’re in shock that it’s over but then you start reflecting and realising everything that was wrong with the relationship? That. I feel like Lemmy, and the fediverse, is a really interesting alternative way of doing things, I’m not the most tech savvy (or the least) and at nearly 50 it’s a bit harder for me to pick up new concepts than it was 20 years ago, but I’ll get the hang of it, and I actually think that this will end up being a positive change for me. There is so much wrong with the corporatisation of the internet, and this does feel like a viable and genuine alternative to that.
Very well put. The whole API thing started a process for me that will not be reversed. Reddit is stained now.