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I found it in the reddit kerfuffle and stayed because it reminded me of a combination of Usenet text forums and early Reddit. The pace here is manageable and it's mostly nice.
So I am here for whatever I was on Usenet then Reddit for, just to have a space to read people's opinions and maintain a niche community.
Reddit's app is a pile of shit and I did not want to be forced to use it. I have donated to Boost a couple of times.
Reddit killed third party apps and their mobile site barely functions, so I wasnβt able to use reddit on mobile without installing spyware/adware.
Lemmy was the best alternative.
For an actual community. I was tired of Discord and Reddit.
I left Twitter and Reddit and I found Lemmy and Mastadon. Lemmy is going much better than Mastadon.
Grew up on enthusiast BBS, Lemmy is like a bunch of them are linked up.
Dislike for profit internet as it must inevitably lead to enshitification, just never had a term for that in the past :)
I don't have an issue with "toxicity" as i just ignore it, like a dog shit on the side walk. I prefer the "BBS/Usenet format" to Twitter like Mastodon though I am over on Masto and had been there for many years. I don't participate much though.
I can't be on Reddit, but I like the branching comment format and thematic post grouping ideas I learned there.
Where Boost goes, I go.
The lack of accountability of mods on reddit. Reddit doesn't want to lose their free labor.
Because Kbin isnβt around anymore
oh wow I quite liked kbin. what happened?
The person writing it had some personal and medical problems. I wish I could help him out because he brought me to the fediverse.
I heard he was having some issues with his health insurance. He said something about taking matters into his own hands, whatever that means.
I don't think all social media should be based in one country because that creates a risk of political censorship.
Initially because reddit permabanned me. Then I got comfy here
I like the ability to actually see everything from an API standpoint. Reddit is also overwhelmingly negative, and im looking for a place to discuss with people willing to actually do something other than complain.
just lemmy or the federation? im on mbin and I left with the big reddit migration and was pleasantly surprised to find something a bit closer to the old internet I knew. Im one of the few who don't see the need for it to get popular but its fine to me if it does.
Mbin is better for some reason
I tried both when I was deciding and liked kbin at the time (I don't know what happened to earnest and really wish I did). this was due to the web interface though and I only use a laptop so I don't think the interface matters with smartphone users as much as they I believe have a variety of apps that can change it around.
For BSD and Unix community
Reddit mobile app support was the last straw.
I'm new here, but the straw that broke the camel's back was reddit getting rid of r/random. Also more reposts than new content. Also feels like there are more bots than people. Plenty of other anti-user stuff over the years.
API issue made me leave, AI scraping posts and forcing ads made me stay away.
AI is definitely already here. AI will be scraping anything public facing it can reach
waiting for a bus
Got banned on Lemmygrad for being hitler. Most of my family considers me Stalin.
Lemmygrad is Lemmy
Yet I'm no longer allowed to post on lemmygrad for saying that the US democrat party has been taken over by olifeminists and transsexualists, while the republican party is now occupied by olimachoists and zionists. They are no longer left and right, just right and right.
I'm still allowed to post here though.
Reddit banned me for saying I should be allowed to punch Nazis, appeal silently declined within the hour. Didn't consider it worth pursuing further, had reddit-shaped hole.
I have created different emails and using different ip address form different networks. The moment I use the account on my current ip, I get banned
Got banned from Reddit. Enjoying Lenny so far but thereβs some subreddits that donβt have enough traffic so I still go back to peruse. Anyone got advice to get around the reddit ban?
It's the spot!
In the past, I always felt good about never being on Twitter, considering how much people complained about it on Mastodon.
And then I realized I instead visited Reddit daily. To maintain my perceived superiority, I had to quit that and ended up here.