5mo ago

Ex Redditors of Lemmy what made you come on over? What happened at Reddit that you made the switch?

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The API changes. I use Sync, and not being able to use Sync made Reddit more or less unusable for me on my phone. I also fundamentally disagreed with the direction Reddit was going. So, Lemmy it was, and it's great. And now there's Sync for Lemmy, which is even better!
- All of this me too.
  Also, all of reddit felt like lemmy.ml, but here I can block .ml easy peasy
  
  Blocking .ml is super nice. The only thing that is a bit annoying is that they have a lot of active members that don't mind supporting fascist twats. Yet they participate in the fediverse and are otherwise informative. I don't get notifications when they answer one of my questions. Oh well.
  
  I'm digging the block.
  Things have been more civil since I blocked the instance.
  
  Isn’t it great when it’s up to you and not to some global platform-controlling entity?
  
  Just want to note that a user-blocked instance still influences your feed via voting. The only way to truly and entirely block another instance is to get your admin to defederate the instance.
  But on the fediverse you can choose your admin or become your own admin, so that's still a lot better than reddit.
  
  Stellar
- Same here. I exclusively browsed Reddit via app on my phone and tablet. After watching my wife struggle with the official Reddit app, I decided I would never use it. So when that became the only option, I decided it was time to move on to Lemmy.
  Besides, I'm very anti-advertisement and Reddit has turned very corporate lately, looking for every way to make a buck at our expense. So I'm done supporting that site. Information and community discussion should be freely accessible, not buried behind paywalls, awards, and advertisements.
- This. Screw Spez.
- Yep, BaconReader died and I came here.
  
  what app do you use now?
  
  Jerboa
- I was on Infinity.
  When it was forked as Eternity, that was my go-to on Lemmy (unfortunately hasn't seen an update in a while).
  Sync is awesome too!
- Was using Boost for Reddit. API bits made them charge for Reddit. They offered lemmy. I'd been meaning to get started with Mastodon, having another fediverse portal offered made it easy.
- No more Slide for Reddit

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