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Reddit Migration @kbin.social

zcd @kbin.social

2y ago

Fuck Reddit u̶p̶v̶o̶t̶e̶ boost party!

The apps have all gone offline, welcome aboard to all the other refugees, fuck /u/spez!

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Fuck u/spez

FUCK REDDIT. FUCK SPEZ.

We boost here
- Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the difference between boosting and hitting the upvote/downvote looking buttons?
  
  Boost is a kbin upvote, while upvote is a Lemmy upvote. So if you want promote some good content on kbin, you have to use boost
  
  Boost is like retweeting something, you can have followers in the fediverse. Boosting makes something more visible to everyone, so you upvote/downvote things you personally like/dislike and boost things you think your followers/everyone would like
  Think of this place as a cross between email, Twitter and reddit. All communities can interact with each other and are independent
  
  The upvote doesn't represent an upvote on Kbin, so if you get a normal flow of upvotes/downvotes and no boosts, you'll have a negative reputation.
  reputation doesn't actually do anything, of course, but it is there.
- Interestingly enough, boost for reddit app is still working..... For now
  
  The Infinity app is still working as well. My Slide app is not.

Anyone have the numbers of today's new users for any of the kbin or Lemmy instances?
- 2.1k new kbin.social accounts made in the past 72 hours.
  1.4k new lemmy.world accounts made in the past 72 hours.
  
  Amazing! Long live the fediverse. Fuck Reddit!
- This site gives an idea of how Lemmy & kbin are growing.
- I like this one: https://the-federation.info/platform/73
  Good graphs to look at are: Active this month, Total Posts, and Total Comments. You can also look at these graphs on a per server basis. I'm on lemmy.ca so I've been following that server closely. Very happy with my local admins so far.

When RIF died today a part of me died. But with death comes rebirth, and here we are. Forcibly pushed out of our comfort zones and into the brave new world of the fediverse. I have a feeling I will look upon this day with the same joy and reverence as the day my friend download rif on my phone for me all those years ago. It felt weird at first then became something I used almost every day. I have a feeling the same will happen here. We're all about to create something beautiful. Oh yeah and fuck spez
- This was Mastodon for me (from Twitter). Now I'm all over the Fediverse. Wasn't even a Reddit user but am enjoying kbin/lemmy

Quite enjoying the Kbin experience after 11 years of reddit. I thought it would be harder to switch.
- I'm happier here. I feel like I'm surrounded by intelligent people again. The reddit userbase had become hot garbage during the past 5 or so years.
  
  Same for me. I feel like the reason kbin in particular feels so much like coming back to a long lost home is because it appeals to the old guard of reddit, people with 10+ year accounts who really just wanted an aggregated collection of forums for niche interests. Reddit kept getting shittier as that format got diluted and they tried to push it towards being mainstream social media.

Fuck /u/spez, and more importantly, welcome to everyone coming in today. It’s been amazing watching the growth of kbin, and I’m super thankful for the developers who have kept me connected to my communities - first Christian, now Ernest. I’ve never been in on the ground floor of anything and this has been absolutely wild.
Kinda mad I didn’t grab a short handle while I could, but I wasn’t thinking and just used the same as I had on Reddit. sigh
- Could always make your own instance or choose a smaller one and sign up with a short handle there 😉
  
  True! 😁

Deleted my Reddit account today. 12 years I was a user. No more.
- Deleted my account of 11 years just now as well after verifying PowerDeleteSuite didn’t miss anything the past few days. I thought this would be my hardest non-federated social media account to delete, since it was the last one standing and the one I used most. After what I’ve seen this month, it’s an easy delete. My time there is done.
  
  Is PowerDeleteSuite working since the API change? I would like to edit all of my comments but didn't get round to it before the change.
- deleted my account with reason: fuck u/spez

Goodnight, sweet prince.

Fuck u/spez

A fair number of people seem to be spilling out into Lemmy, kbin, squabbles and other places. Be keen to see how the growth accelerates over the next few weeks as people weigh up their options.
- I think once some nice 3rd party apps get rolling we’ll see a lot more adoption as well
  
  Yeah, memmy has helped me transition from apollo.
- Problem with squabbles is that it has sole ownership. Can literally turn into reddit or Digg again.
  Good to know there are a bunch of alternatives though.
  
  Yeah a few friends have spread out, reach looking into new replacements. Kbin got my attention since it's open source and PHP based, so it's something I can jump right into and fix up issues. Lots of people working on fixing up several parts of the site to make it even better
- Also tildes.net. However, they're trying to grow slowly, and they're focused on text-only discussions.
- This feels like a good landing site.
  It''s taking me a while to learn navigation and buttons etc - no disrespect to developers, that's just me.
  
  It's a whole new system so it's going to take a while to get used to it. There's several things behind the scenes getting improved, lots of new UI improvements pending

I want to compare this to how I felt about Digg, but it’s different. Digg was a platform that was okay, but then the redesigns happened and I didn’t care about wanting to leave.there wasn’t anything there that I really cared about. I remember finding Reddit in undergrad, creating the University’s subreddit, and watching it grow. I was active on subs I cared about, topics where my passions lie. Now it’s all gone, and time to start again.
- I absolutely mourn the loss of a useful tool and my awesome communities. but I'm pretty excited to be watching something new grow out of it.
- All we can do is learn from our mistakes. No more centralized social media; Fediverse or nothing.
- I think reddit is making the same mistake that digg did. Making sweeping changes while disregarding their bases wishes.
  I feel they are cocky.

im boosting this as well..
do i need to scroll to the end of the page just to reply a post?
- For now, yes. Fuck u/spez
- Yes, the intent is to encourage reading comments before commenting.
  
  Sorry didn't read that. ;P

Fuck Spez.

Funnily enough, boost for reddit is the last one holding out and closes after today. I was really confused by your title hahah

I could use a boost! I'm already in the weeds!!
- It’s dangerous to go alone, take this

Alas, poor Reddit, I knew them well

In a weird way, I’m almost glad u/Spez decided to make the horrible api changes. I never would have discovered the fediverse otherwise. Personally, I also feel a lot better after quitting Reddit. Even so, fuck u/Spez for being a greedy Piece of shit.

FUCK SPEZ!!!!!!!

Fuck Spez

fuck u/spez, the power tripping pig boy

I joined the club as well, deleted my Reddit account!
Fediverse is the future!

Somehow Joey for Reddit seems to still be working???
- Is it supposed to shut down as well? The devs might just be waiting till the last moment to revoke the API key if it is.
  
  Not sure! There hasn't been any communication between the dev and userbase for quite some time

I don't think I've said it a single time yet. Fuck Spez!

fuck reddit's board, fuck /u/spez and his lackeys.

Rip Apollo
Updoots to the left
Le bacon narwhals at midnight

Fuck Spez

Hell yeah

Am I missing something? My not-yet-updated Infinity for Android app still loads Reddit.
- Possibly still works for some

Sup fellow Lemmings. Hope you enjoy your stay.

I miss Boost for Reddit. However I believe a Boost For Lemmy is in the works..?

fuck u/spez!

w00t

10 years of rif down the drain. Keen to learn about the fediverse. It's very overwhelming.

Been a RiF user for 12 years. Never thought I'd see the day I'd purge my reddit account and not look back. But here we are! Glad to be here with you all, here's to our new communities.

Fuck spez, amen. I'm actually really impressed by how good Lemmy is working given that it is still a newer platform. Big fan of FOSS, so that's a huge plus for me as well!
I will be donating to third-party apps and instances to help support this lovely thing we have going on here.
Stay beautiful, y'all!

@zcd Boosting everyone in this thread - I'm doing my part!
- Barely know what a boost is but everyone is getting one aww yiss

Let's fuckin gooooo

FUCK /U/SPEZ

Anyone coming from Apollo, I highly recommend wefwef. It’s impressively close given how short it’s been in development.
Also fuck spez
- Thanks for the recommendation! There’s so many apps in the works, I love it. I have a whole folder lol. I’ve found Thunder and Mlem to be the most overall functional so far but I’m definitely gonna check out wefwef.
  I encourage everyone to go see what’s out there as far as third party apps. Fuck it, try them all!
  edit: wow you weren’t kidding! it really feels extremely similar to apollo while managing to be a web app?? pretty impressive. although i’d prefer a native version…

fuck /u/spez
how can i as a simple user contribute to the growth of kbin?
- Post, comment, boost, vote?

test post please ignore
- The first rule about test post is that we don't talk about test post. Please ignore.

https://youtube.com/shorts/wx5DOjceJc?si=lGWBdHW7tPa68Wxu

Fuck 'em

Eat shit and die, Spez
- He can stuff his website up his spez

Left reddit after over 15 years, and joined the fediverse. Fuck u/spez

fuck u/spez

Fuck Spez, that greedy little pigboy.

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