cuz i was banned from reddit
I never had a Reddit account, because my adult son is active there. Obviously I don’t know his username there but even so, I prefer to be here and created an account yesterday.
the api thing that happened 2 years ago
Same - don’t miss it at all.
Because of the API changes made during July of 2023 killing my Reddit app of choice (RIF is fun), their own first party app being garbage, and Reddit’s CEO lying about a conversation with another third party app developer (the developer of Apollo I think).
RIP rif 😭 i hope one day the dev makes an apl for Lemmy (i know they pivoted to tildes)
Jerboa is pretty close in vibe. I was sad to see the pick tildes over Lemmy too.
I used jerboa for a while back in 2023, but ultimately I’ve settled on Connect. Its slightly different but still pretty similar to rif
Jerboa has improved a lot since then. It used to be noticably buggy!
Because I want to be in a FOSS & decentralized version of reddit that provides excellent support for 3rd-party apps.
The breaking point for me was Reddit’s assault on accessibility through API changes.
I’m not even disabled. I just work with accessibility features at some of my jobs and it gives a nice clean feeling of standards compliance.
reddit’s new interface speaks to a total disregard, almost a disdain, for people with accessibility needs. it’s like the only guidance they gave was “put as much material design language into a non-google site as you can”
Because I said fuck it when Reddit screw over people with their API bs and the Fediverse was an ok alternative.
The first few months were like the honeymoon phase every website has. Users stunned by how friendly everyone is. But the petty squabbles and infighting have begun.
I need an alternative to billionaire controlled media.
because /c/196 moved here after the reddit blackout over the api crackdown and I thought it would like, stick, but
Cause they killed my favorite 3rd party app and then banned every account I had except one for “report abuse” (I reported too many ads disguised as posts as spam).
Reddit API changes.
Probably done here soon too.
is there an even more niche alternative?
Reddit banned me ,wrongfully
Curiosity, mostly. I learned about the FOSS alternative, checked it out, and haven’t been on Reddit for a couple months now.
Reddit has been taken over by Ai bots and banned all humans
I recently deleted all my us-based accounts (except SoundCloud and bandcamp) to migrate to European services. Soo reddit is gone and it feels like it’s way better here
SoundCloud isn’t us-based, it’s german.
Lol you are right 😀😀 Should have known that since I live in Berlin…
i just use Soulseek for my music, bands/musicians don’t get shit from streamed music just buy their merch direct
I use those platforms to promote and sell my own music or buy music for my DJ Sets. But I agree conventional streaming is dogshit for artists!
