Memes @lemmy.ml

2y ago

I won’t download your stupid app

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I just don’t use Reddit at all anymore.
- Same. I don't miss it. I'm really enjoying Lemmy and the fediverse!
  
  /c/Risa is all I need.
  
  Still, when I'm looking for a solution for a specific problem, reddit is basically the only reliable source at the moment.
  Wish there was a quick way to search for posts across all instances using search engines.
- Same. But I do miss it.
  
  I miss some content but lemmy has been getting better and better, and after Boost for lemmy I won't ever come back to reddit.
  
  I did at first, but I don't miss it at all anymore. Too many assholes at this point. It stopped being useful a long time ago. Finding old Reddit threads can be helpful sometimes, but current Reddit is a shitshow.
  
  I miss the niche content. Lemmy isn't big enough yet to have sorted into big "stupid" subs vs smaller niche subs that tend to attract smarter and more well-informed users. The result is that the signal-to-noise ratio on Lemmy still kind of sucks and any comment thread is likely to consist of three quarters banal gibberish and condescending idiocy and maybe one quarter actually intelligent, thoughtful and informed opinion.
  I rarely make a comment on Lemmy without pissing off people on all sides of any given issue, which tells me that Lemmy's users aren't really good at nuance or complexity.
- When looking something up, especially technical product information the best answer is still often a reddit link. That will change in the future but it will take time.
  Old.reddit is the only way yo access this information without account but i paradoxically cant wait for them to shut it down cause the quicker reddit completely dies the faster other places will become knowledge hubs.
  
  reddit has been talking about blocking search crawlers, so it may die (for you) that way first.
  https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/20/23925504/reddit-deny-force-log-in-see-posts-ai-companies-deals
  
  Ehhh, even for that I've had issues, even before the API stuff. The solutions I came across either came from casual word of mouth on Discord, tutorials on GitHub or forums other than Reddit.
- There are some communities that just don't exist on Lemmy.
  
  start it
- Sadly some of the more specific subs didn't migrate to Lemmy :/
  
  I recreated a few of my favs. Nobody posts. ☹️
  
  Some of them did and just died. Lemmy doesn't have a USP and it's starting to show.
- Wait until you need to read an answer to a technical question which was only answered on Reddit. Can't wait when such pages will be replaced with Lemmy.
  
  I was trying to find if is safe to mix LSD with energy drinks and the only place where someone was answering that was on reddit, restricted because is 18+ somehow. Had to use the tip given from OP to see it outside the app. The general consensus (because this shit can't be properly researched) is that caffeine in general is not recommended with LSD.
- Same. I was wasting way too much time there anyway. The only thing I still use it for is discussions for TV shows.
- I don't actively use it either, but sometimes you're trying to fix some esoteric error that no one has experienced since the existence of the Western Roman Empire and the only place where a solution exists is Reddit. In those cases I kinda have to visit that wretched hive.
  
  Same. However, I have rarely been able to solve a technical problem with Reddit posts or comments. It's a better source for random experiences about something.
  For random technical problems with new software or hardware, Reddit quality is not as good as it used to be, IMHO.
  For somewhat niche hobbies, like my mushroom growing, subjective experiences may be helpful to take into account. Reading dozens of different opinions about a problem in a hobby that has hundreds of different variables has its uses. (For example, if you want to test something specific, you can get an idea about the range of conditions to test.)

LPT: Don't use reddit because it's a fucking dumpster fire.
- You think we're any better?? I think the whole internet is a dumpster fire, and that's the way it should be.
  
  Yes: Dumpster fire or not, Lemmy is definitely better than reddit. No question.
  
  It isn't about being better trash, it's about who controls the dump. I want to be able to view all trash in the way I choose. Not certain piles of trash that I'm forced view in a way that I can't choose on my own.
  
  Yes!! We're not perfect but we're MILES better
  
  I haven't been back to Reddit in months, and maybe Reddit's gotten worse since then, but Lemmy's far worse than Reddit was when I left it. I stay here because I like the idea of the Fediverse, but this community is absolute garbage.

there's a typo in your meme, op. The URL is supposed to look something like that
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https://lemmy.ml/...
- At least we know this situation will never occur in Lemmy because everyone would just jump to another instance - the joy of decentralised media.

Same. Their reasoning and the warning in general make no sense. Why would it be safer to view “unreviewed content” (wetf that means) in their app vs a browser?
- Because the app is so packed with ads, you won't be viewing any content anyways.
  
  I despise whoever made new Reddit. You can only view comment chains two levels deep in new Reddit, then replies at one level, which means you need to constantly keep loading a new page and ads to see each reply in a thread.
  Who the hell thought of that? It’s a horrible UX.

Changes to reddit are what brought me here. Once old.reddit.com disappears I will be completely done with it.
- There's also beta.reddit.com
  
  What's the differences here?
  
  What's the differences here?
- I was not able to use it 2 or 3 days ago. I assumed they killed already but it was probably an issue with the work's firewall then

The sad thing is that this is the reason they're planning to shut down oldreddit
- I stopped using reddit on mobile after the api debacle. Once old reddit is done, I won't be visiting on my desktop either. The redesign is and always has been trash.
- Tbh i was surprised that it is still up. Aren’t they affected by the API pricing or something
  
  old.reddit is just the official website with the old layout from before they redesigned their front end ui. It's part of Reddit's official website that they kept around because so many people hate the redesign, it's not a 3rd party and therefore not affected by any pricing policies.
  
  It's part of reddit, the api debacle was for 3rd party api users.
- Oh, damn...
  Rare for me to use, but sucks option is being removed.
  I know embedded is an option, and other front ends.
  What do y'all use in the rare chance you see a reddit source?
  
  Are you guys only rarely seeing Reddit sources on lemmy? With these shitty lemmit bots inundating this site with literally just links to Reddit without even any preview, I’m seeing almost exclusively Reddit links. It’s honestly make me rethink using lemmy recently.
  
  libreddit
  
  Ignore it
- I literally predicted that old.reddit.com would shut down in 6 months after u/spez said it’s not going anywhere, just like Apollo. I wasn't sure how seriously to take this but I think I will be pretty close.
- What’s sad about it? Reddit is garbage. Get off it and stop using it.

The day they kill old reddit will be the end of reddit for me.
- The day they kill old reddit will be the end of reddit itself. A lot of moderators depend on the older interface (along with RES) to manage their communities. Imagine trying to mod with reddit's current interface.
  
  Well they already did that when shutting down the API. And yet they try to keep that thing alive in most subs.
- Why is it not the end already? Drop it, move on, you will be better off for you might even realise how much of a problem you have
  
  Thanks mom, I will.

Lol you went back for the porn
- If Lemmy was better for Porn Reddit would’ve been abandoned by now.
- Give them a break, porn on the internet is notoriously difficult to find.

A big part of getting you to use their app is to data mine EVERYTHING about you. Unlike a web browser with an ad-blocker, an app can collect your location, location history, your call logs, your contact list and serve up unlockable ads.
- google ads can easily be dns blocked, about reddit ads.... yeah.
  there's a reason why I've been using an unofficial client.

Don't visit their stupid website

Stop using reddit
- Tell that to all the amateur porn creators! Lemmy is severely lacking content in that category unfortunately
  
  https://lemmynsfw.com is growing pretty quick, though the number of reposts is pretty high.

Wtf does "unreviewed" even mean? Are they waiting for some board to approve communities now?
- It's basically corporate speak for "fuck you use our app"
- I usually see that on subreddits with LGBT focused content.

❌ Anyway...

https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect Alsjeblieft.

We don't go to Ravenholm.

what's the difference between old.reddit and reddit? and why does reddit support old.reddit?
- one is the old, better, unrestricted ui (old) normal reddit is the new ui, with intrusive ads, mobile app popups, age restrictions etc
- Why they support it still is truly a mistery with all the API stuff and so on... It's a miracle it's still available.
  
  Rumor has it some of the higher ups don't like the new UI either.
- Old Reddit has good formatting.
- Old.reddit is reddit from a time when it was designed with user experience in mind, rather than trend chasing and maximizing ad placement.
  I've heard that the reason old.reddit is still supported is because new reddit can't run without it. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if the developers of new reddit were pushed to rush something out to meet demands from higher up, and therefore didn't make something clean and severable. I mean, we're talking about a site whose video player wants to load every resolution at once on every video you scroll past in an infinite feed, my expectations aren't terribly high.

Wish it looked better on mobile. I only ever browsed reddit (lemmy too) on my phone.
- I always used old.reddit on mobile and had no problems. Not sure how anything could look any better.
  
  You can't think of any way it could look better? Really?

Request desktop website

Does it work in +18 subs too? I tried to see a comment thread In a post of a LGBTQ subreddit, but the post/sub (idk what one) was flagged as mature content, that requires an account to login and read, and I wasn't able to read them.
It was about gender symbols! Not p*rn, before someone ask...
- Yes
- That's why you have a porn account

Their next claim: Use our app or it will rain all day!
/s

I didn't know you could do that tbh
- Same here i thought the API changes killed old reddit.

Invisible what?

There's also beta.reddit.com which I discovered unintentionally on google
- Is that for the newer worse UI?
  
  No, looks like old reddit

Well, Boost still works for me
- How?! Iean the app doesn't crash, but trying to go anywhere is busted, and I don't think browsing /all works...

I'd never go back to Reddit again if the several game projects I beta test for in my spare time would migrate over to lemmy.

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