That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.

That’s a recent quote from Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler. Here’s more of it: This week, Reddit has been telling protesting moderators that if they keep their communities private, the company will take action against them. Any actions could happen as soon as this afternoon.

  • @captainlezbianEnglish
    38•1 year ago

    Yeah Digg didn’t die in a day. It takes time. I joined lemmy today, but I looked into it a few weeks ago first. It wasn’t worth the effort then, it is now. Having an Apollo-like app is a big help too.

    Every previous major exodus had the problem that it was the people everyone was better off without leaving. Maybe you hated Reddit in 2015 and were pissed at their decisions, but the alternative was a place dedicated to mocking fat people and saying slurs.

    Comparatively lemmy just kinda has a similar vibe to Reddit. Like I need to look for equivalents to some spaces I miss, but it’s not the people we said good riddance to

    • vaquedosoEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      I’m in the same boat, I just joined today and I’m surprised but Lemmy already scratches the same itch that reddit did

    • @CitizenKongEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      Not only is the vibe similar, is markedly better, like Reddit from around ten years ago. Just a vibrant community of actual people, not a Mob of bots and astroturfers with a few people in between.

    • KinglyWeevilEnglish
      3•1 year ago

      I’m in the same boat. I don’t particularly mind using reddit during my work day because I can still do that in a web browser via old.reddit and RES. I honestly have no clue what new reddit even really looks like because my user experience hasn’t changed in YEARS.

      But I’m bitter as fuck about my personal time wasting ritual outside of work being seized from me. I’ve used their app a handful of times for different things and it’s fucking abysmal. I’m just not interested at all in using it. I feel like a smoker being forced to quit. The period between now and whenever a “sync for lemmy” app is released is going to be long and painful.

      But I’m here, and will do what I can to help this platform become something better. It’s been incredible to watch it grow over a period of weeks. It felt so empty 4-6 weeks ago. Now it kinda has a “dorm move in day vibe.” Boxes strewn about, doors propped open, everyone sorta mingling and chatting, asking/answering questions, giving tips, and a general air of excitement. Pretty cool.