• jballs@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    I remember 2 years ago trying out Lemmy and getting a few laughs about beans and trying not to poop. I thought “this is ok, but I don’t think this will ever replace Reddit in my day to day.”

    But I stuck with it and have come to love and appreciate Lemmy. The number of users has continued to grow and I feel like there’s enough content here now that I never feel bored. Plus I feel like even small posts and comments get attention and we’re not just screaming into the void.

    So happy cake day to all who did the same thing!

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Same, cant believe it was 2 years ago. I was really bummed when it happened.i had been on reddit for almost 15 years at that point.

      • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I deleted my account before RIF died, as the writing was on the wall. I check Reddit accountless if there is a big news story, but tend to avoid it otherwise.

        Honestly I miss (the old) reddit sometimes, but Lemmy has been really enjoyable. My reddit account was getting old anyways, I’d already seen all the content that was reposted every year or so and was just getting annoyed. I absolutely do not miss the aggression of every reddit thread, I feel like we are generally all on the same team here.

        I guess that is kind of the downside of Lemmy too - if you’re not a very specific type of person, it probably won’t appeal to you. And I guess that can sort of result in an echo chamber, although it seems instead of arguing about the left and the right, we argue about the far left and the farther left.

      • BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Fucking same.

        I deleted my main account once they first came out with the reddit recap, and deleted my replacement when they fucked RIF, never to return.

        I still lurk without an account sometimes, but that’s all they’ll ever get out of me.

    • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Kind of same, I remember making a login like dropping my bags in an empty apartment like “well this is home now” and my neighbors are trekkies and Linux, as a fan of windows and star wars. Wondering if I could hack it here. Just said fuck it we ball and started posting to try and decorate the place, hoping to be part of the Lemmy that made a difference and gets us noticed among the turmoil.

      Seems like we didnt quite make it compared to BlueSky as a reddit/Twitter supplanted, but thats ok, I think in retrospect I’ve made a fair number of people happy to see my posts, and hope I have at least helped a couple of (mostly) meme communities get either noticed or traction. (Sorry jojokes, I just ran out guys, I didnt want to dig into low effort to keep posting, people deserve some standard of quality)

      RiF still lives on my phone, hoping one day I can use it again.

  • TomMasz@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    I joined when Apollo went silent. Coincidentally, I’m wearing my Clipollo t-shirt as I type this.

    • TheOgreChef@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Ditto. I was an Alien Blue fan that jumped to Apollo then to Voyager once the APIs went down. I apparently have a type when it comes to Reddit and Lemmy apps.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Same here. I had Alien Blue gold for the longest time too. Then Apollo saved the day and got so good. Reddit without it was useless ad garbage with a heavy slow UI. The fact it was so enshitified was the final nail in the coffin for me.

    • bran_buckler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Me as well! Unfortunately, I joined an instance that went dark (kbin), so I’ve got 2 lemmy cake days, I guess.

      • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I went from Reddit to Kbin to StarTrek.Website and when every action was taking >1 minute and needing to be repeated, switched again to Discuss.Online, which I am very happy with and remain to this day.

        Except I also switched to PieFed.social and use that 95% of the time now.:-)

        It’s been a bit of a wild ride! 🤣💪😺

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Didn’t we have like months of warning before the API shutdown? I recall I was already upset about a ton of other shit over there (had been for years) and as soon as I started hearing rumors or stories about the API fuckery, I headed to Lemmy way before the apps stopped working.

  • Makeshift@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Wasn’t RIF fir me, it was Apollo. But same general reason!

    Some niche communities I miss (I know, I know. Make them! I’m a follower not a leader, and my schedule is bad enough already. I have substitutes). But overall Lemmy good.

    I’m here for news and shitposts and random TILs.

    Fuck Spez!

    • projectsquared@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Scrolled until I saw an Apollo post. I miss the old days on Reddit. As much as I want it to be the same here, it simply isn’t.

    • Mellibird@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Yes Apollo!! I used it on my iPad, but boost was and now still is my go to. As soon as Boost was done, I jumped to Lemmy. I wasn’t sure if I would stick around in the beginning, but I’m so glad that I have. I have thoroughly been enjoying my time here

  • buttnugget@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I stopped using RIF when the dumbass who developed it started whining about open source and monetary remuneration. The app became popular in large part because it was open source.

    It’s just like the nutsack who founded GitHub. A literal GPLv2 program and the guy got super rich and famous, then extolled the virtues of using lax permissive licenses. Absolute tool.

  • mintiefresh@piefed.caEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Cheers y’all.

    Hopped over to Lemmy around that time and learned about the Fediverse. And now I’m checking out PieFed.

    What a ride it’s been.

  • b_n@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Piling on another comment to say that lurking here feels much nicer than on reddit. The comments are actually worth reading a lot of the time. RiF going down was a dark day, but Jerboa and Lemmy make everything light.

    • loppwn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Comet for Reddit worked for much longer than most others. Had it on my mothers ipad and browsed reddit when i visited her.

    • Macallan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      3 months ago

      It was great until the Dev abandoned it. It hasn’t been updated in 15 months. 😡 😭

        • jballs@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          01·
          3 months ago

          Really? Do posts show as read for you? Maybe Lemmy.world is still running an old version of Lemmy. Once sh.itjust.works patched to a new version 8 or 9 months ago, Sync became completely unusable for me.

          • CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            3 months ago

            Oh fuck. That is really going to suck once I can’t use it:/

            Edit: yes, posts are marked as read

            • jballs@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
              01·
              3 months ago

              Huh weird. I’ve got an account on .world and if I use that with Sync, posts don’t show get marked as read for me. Wonder what I’m doing wrong.