A lot of subs seem to be staying dark (https://lemmy.nz/post/43541), but seems like r/nz will be back at 4pm.
I don’t think I’ll be going back, although not deleting my account just yet.
Anyone planning on heading back there full time? (no judgement!)
Not if my app stops working. It’s as simple as that. And I am not going to use their app.
Unlikely at this stage. I feel incredibly disappointed from how Reddit themselves have handled it by basically ignoring the blackout. I’m here and downloaded Jerboa. Time for a change after 12 years
I will still use Reddit when information I am looking for doesnt exist on Lemmy. I am setting up communities for things that dont yet seem to exist on Lemmy. This should satisfy my “things I like” meter if they grow.
No. I habitually opened RIF so I removed the icon and replaced it with Jerboa, and I’ve found, thanks to the smaller scale, that I move on to something else or read a book sooner.
Doesn’t take long to move on really.
I’m hoping the fediverse will take off once it’s easier to find communities to add to favourites. It’d be good to find things like ELI5 and AMA appear.
Someone has set up an ELI5 over on kbin but there’s no actual content yet in spite of having a few subscribers. I guess it’s a case of ‘be the change you want to see’ at least for now.
I’m not sure I agree. I’ve subscribed to a couple of communities and there is already some content. Of course not the same amount as Reddit but that’s alright. Lemmy doesn’t have to be the same size as reddit. I like the small scale of Lemmy. People are very friendly. And yes, be the change you want to see, so keep on posting :)
I’m happy with the rate of growth, it’s just a case of poking around and, as has been said, create the communities that don’t exist. I’m reading and upvoting content, hoping others are doing the same!
I just went to the sub I’m the sole mod for, opened it up after the 2 day blackout. Then flicked across to ‘all’ and saw the reddit CEO making ‘this will pass’ noises so went back to my sub and closed it up again. I might open it up tomorrow again and ask if any of the 1500ish members want to mod it to keep it going. [I don’t see why my boycott has to be anyone elses issue] or I might just let it die…see how I feel in the morning.
I think that’s a good attitude. If someone else is really keen to mod it and keep it going let them have at it but you can create a community over here for those looking to make the move
It was a tiny [1278 member] niche investment sub. It has 2 years of tech questions and answers.
This morning I posted this and walked away.
"I’m out, I’ve meet greasy little fucks like spez in real life and you couldn’t pay me to associate much less have me waste my time for free. Experimenting with https://lemmy.nz/
I’m not comfortable with the ‘take my ball and go home’ form of boycott . Seems selfish.
So I’ll put the sub on ‘restricted’ after this post which will mean no new posts but you can use the search function within the sub to probably get answers on issues as a lots been covered over the couple of years.
That’s my first layer of compromise.
The second is if someone want’s to mod and bring it back fully then send me a message and you can take a seat on this rancid exploitative corporate vehicle.
I’m out."
I think it will still be valuable for a while as search results, but when my app stops working I doubt I’ll continue the mindless content consumption. In the past I’ve tried to change to other reddit apps and they just aren’t as familiar so I always go back. I’m not going to install the official reddit app so that takes away the addiction, I’m hoping.
It’s becoming less and less likely, the more that Reddit keeps on messing up. Threatening moderators and undeleting posts??
Only to agitate for the indefinite blackout https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/148ks6u/indefinite_blackout_next_steps_polling_your/
No, I don’t see the point without Bacon Reader.
I doubt I’ll go back. The internet is vast, and with places like Reddit, Instagram, Twitter, etc, it’s easy to get stuck in that looping cycle of “well there’s nothing on Reddit, I’ll check Insta. There’s nothing on insta, i’ll check Twitter. There’s nothing on Twitter, I’ll check Reddit”
It’s a shame that StumbleUpon is no longer around, that was an amazing tool to open your eyes to new resources and sites.
Haven’t deleted my account, but so far I’ve been happy browsing the various communities, honestly with the size of reddit, it was so anonymous that it had far surpassed critical mass, so the fediverse doesn’t really have to be large to make it a viable alternative
So long as RIF dies my interest in Reddit will die with it.
I didn’t know there was an alternative to /r/NZ. Just stumbled on this. Will be interesting to see if it gains traction.
Nope. Have scrubbed all my accounts, deleted them, deleted Baconreader. Lemmy so far is cool!
I’m staying away for now, it was cool but I don’t need it in my life. The memes on lemmy honestly seem better so far anyway.
