NYT did a piece on them about a year ago (Wirecutter has given me some good info: I don’t yet have an induction burner) Induction Cooktops Keep Kitchens Cooler https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/18/smarter-living/wirecutter/induction-cooktops.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Since I haven’t tracked these data over time, I have no idea how the blackout is impacting specific subs.
I deleted my 14+ year account (after deleting my content) right after the AMA: never going back. Have used RIF for as long as it has been around and it’s going dark June 30. Bridge burned. No regrets.
Day 4 Reddit-free for me (I deleted all my accounts - one of which was 14+ years old - after the AMA … jfc what a catastrophe!) Exploring the Fediverse when the servers will allow me, made chicken cacciatore for dinner (it was awesome) and now just wandering around lemmy.ml because I can. Life is good…
Using Jerboa to get into lemmy.ml (when I can … server has been sketchy since the blackout started: to be fair, it feels a bit better in the past hour or so?) and really like what I see. Been on Reddit for 14+ years and the Fediverse experience so far is very like early Reddit: learning curve but exciting to discover new people. Also joined kbin and midwest.social (trying to get an instance into the Fediverse with any kind of access today) but kbin has also been down a lot (good vibes there, too, btw). Got approved on my request for an invite to join tildes but haven’t yet (will later tonight) but expect good things there as well.
Content is absent/wanting everywhere (about as expected given the size comparison of Reddit to the Fediverse) but I’m committed to a spezless existence going forward so will do my part in populating where I’m able. I left the Facebook empire, the Twitter empire, and now the Reddit empire behind me, all mainly because their capitalistic tunnel vision destroyed my user experience (was a RIF user and loved it: they’re shutting down the end of June). I really hope the Fediverse, at least for now, will provide a haven.
S/he looks just like my mastador! Gorgeous!!!
CEOs, especially of unprofitable enterprises, who generate this kind of PR firestorm rarely survive. Unless they’re, you know, billionaires like Elon…
He’s lazy. Or unmotivated. Or disinterested. Thousands of current users (including this Reddit refugee) are doing just fine here (there was a learning curve with Reddit, too, when it was young and lacked sophisticated API support).
I’m about 24 hours into Lemmy and beyond bamboozled so thank you intensely for your ELI5 response: really helped. My key concern is who pays to keep all the lights on?
Username checks out (sorry, couldn’t resist)
Really hoping to see u/wil here shortly … 🖖🏼
Joined yesterday after shutting down my 14+ year old Reddit account (mourning has commenced). So far, so good. Will spend time looking around for the next few days but do consider this home now. Jerboa is an easy transition from RIF (unlike others, no complaints on functionality - it does everything I need ATM and I do remember the early days of Reddit: this is so smooth by comparison). Just need more users and more content but that will surely come quickly given u/spez’s decision-making.
Reddit, particularly the AMA and the blackout, have been broadly covered repeatedly over the past week by global media including targeted business media (BBC, The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Japan Times, Reuters, Toronto Star, CBC, Business Insider India, NASDAQ.com, just to name a few). This coverage in traditional media cannot help (1) valuation estimates of Reddit or (2) acceleration of an IPO if either is the goal of u/spez’s current posture toward Apollo, etc. Reddit’s management practices appear a catastrophic mess to the investor community which is the worst possible outcome for u/spez’s longevity as CEO.