I don’t mean to be pessimistic, bit since most subreddits are only going dark for a couple days, the site will basically be back to normal soon. I wonder how many users here are only here because of temporary outrage and not because they actually prefer Lemmy. I’m curious about people’s outlook on this situation.
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Edit: Wow this blew up!
Edit 2: Thanks for the gold kind stranger!
Edit 3: RIP my inbox! I can’t believe this made /r/all!
Edit 4: We did it Reddit! Lemmy!
For me I plan on replacing it entirely and staying. Do I think this place is going to ultimately usurp reddit no. Do I think that lemmy will be able to provide for me everything I used to get on reddit maybe but certainly not immediately. But it’s nice to be in a smaller setting it’s nice to have less drama and I honestly just prefer fed style now that I understand it. Getting rid of suits in charge and ads in our faces is more than enough to keep me here even if there’s not as much content.
The Twitter > Mastodon tech migration felt similar, if not smaller, and I’m much happier on Mastodon now. Less toxic, more positive. I don’t miss Twitter at all. Hopefully this migration is similar.
Same for me. I do still have the RIF app installed but as soon as I can’t use it… Well it’s gone for me. I like Lemmy more this far. For me the small space communities was what I was there for though. Some of the more niche stuff might not come over but I have discords for most of those anyway.