Not until they undo their API pricing and allow third party apps again.
Is it better to use Reddit again?
Submitted 4 months ago by Redeemer@lemmy.nz to [deleted]
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slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 months ago
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This is the main reason I quit. The majority of my reddit traffic for about 10 years was through a 3rd party app. Reddit taking that away was basically a big “fuck you” to all the devs that worked tirelessly to give reddit that mobile traffic. These apps were free and relied on donations or premium purchases.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That decreased my usage by 90%, but ultimately that’s not the reason i stopped using it. It’s just a shitshow with a lot of really angry people. You can rarely have a proper conversation in your communities
Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Well, if you want a lot of content, may be. If you like smaller communities, values freedom, privacy and nice people, stay here
zecg@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Tankies to the left of me, chatbots to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
It will never be better, it will only ever get worse. This is the true true
sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 months ago
FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No.
illi@lemm.ee 4 months ago
That’s for you to answer. There are many niche suns that don’t have their equivalent here, but I don’t even miss them that much. Reddit had so much content you could scroll for ages, even though half of it you saw already. I feel served here just fine. Feels more like reddit when I joined (though it was a bit more lively even back then)
yesman@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Reddit is not the same. I’ve been lurking and the site just seems weird. Like the demographics of the users has changed, or maybe the promotion algorithm is different. It’s just weird now, lots of celebrity worship (there are no fewer than three active subs dedicated to the girl from Stranger Things). A lot of the old popular subs have new mods and new culture to go along. It still seems dominated by the political left, but still more conservative than Lemmy: you’ll see plenty of chud content if you keep scrolling.
It’s still a great resource for niche interests, and the userbase is huge, but not welcoming to a person like me otherwise.
SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Not better, but I still look in on my fav subs every month or so. I still think it’s worth building a good alternative here so this is my primary
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 months ago
I don’t think it really recovered after the mod revolt. A lot of the major subs have changed and the site seems more geared to delivering content than having discussions.
If you like some subs that you want to participate in, I’d participate in those. However, for a general Reddit experience, it just isn’t the same.
Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I still look at it to gawk at the insanity on r/conspiracy or what the fear mongering knuckleheads on r/conservative are talking about. You can’t get the on Lemmy.
I never post or upvote on Reddit though. Simply lurk. I enjoy posting here because just seems way more chill.
Mothra@mander.xyz 4 months ago
It’s different, but usually not better. I still check it out for some subs which here have no active users or that don’t even exist at all. But the quality of the answers and the community is much better here. I don’t know if that means the quality of answers on Reddit got worse or if the difference became apparent to me after using Lemmy.
Deestan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It never will. They are past their “growth financed” stage and are going to be passed around to owners expecting to squeeze a bit more out of it. This process is not reversible because nobody wants to buy it and just lose money.