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  • Maeve@kbin.earth
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    13 hours ago

    I came voluntarily after the third party app debacle. I never even used a third party app, it had just gotten so ridiculous that when moderators were putting together a blackout in protest, I made the decision that’s when I was leaving and never returning, so that’s what I did.

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      11 hours ago

      I used Redd is Fun for years, even paid for the ad free version. Moved to Boost as the API debacle as the wave slowly started killing aps. Tried the official app for 2.5 seconds & hated it.

      Moved to Lemmy & been loving it since.

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        6 hours ago

        I still use reddit on desktop, but it’s all Lemmy on mobile thanks to Boost.

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      13 hours ago

      Same, I didn’t have a 3rd party app either. When it was super apparent that it was mostly bots, I used the exit of so many people to add to it. It was the best move I could have made.

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        13 hours ago

        Well, disruption can create growth or stagnation. I guess it’s up to us to decide which path we’ll walk. I’m glad to share this one with good people such as yourself, for as long as it lasts. We may not always agree, we may accidentally trigger each other, but as long as it’s accidental (and I guess that’s where we walk by faith, not being in each others ’ heads to know for sure), and we choose to examine and heal the wound that was poked, then we’re each others ’ students, teachers, and wounded healers. It takes comraderie to learn and grow together, and I’m so *glad we are doing just that!

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      11 hours ago

      Adding to say I have the same experience. Not banned, never used a TPA, but downloaded RIF Is Fun when people were writing up a storm just to see what was even going on. When the blackouts happened, I saw the more and more unhinged shit the Reddit administration was doing to stifle the protests and decided to make my blackout permanent from then onward. My exposure to the Fediverse has entirely changed how I interact with megacorps and software now. If it’s not FOSS or DRM free stuff on my device, I don’t want anything to do with it. Obviously getting to 100% on that is a very tall order, but I’ve been making a lot of headway since 2023.

      Even in spite of the vast disparity in quantity of content, I would vastly prefer Lemmy to current Reddit without contest. Even aside from the massive brain drain the blackout had, and all the ad related enshittification, imagine being punished for even upvoting awesome things like Luigi Mangione? Now instead of the countless years I spent leaving my art and constant comments to boost some boneheaded corporation, I can post them here and be involved with a movement controlled by individuals. A movement made for and funded by each other, instead of lining greedy pockets.