I left Reddit because of it's toxicity and general hivemind tone that seemed to take over there in the last year or so. I want to interact with kind people, not worry about exactly where I place every single comma in my comments for fear that someone will think I'm putting emphasis on the wrong syllable. I am 100% all in with the "let's be nice" statement here, thank you for posting this.
so - as one of those people who really didn't know much about the 3rd party apps or even what the protest/blackout was, I was wishing for an alternative for quite some time now. Reddit has become an echo chamber where you're downvoted for having your own opinion, no matter how vanilla the "dissenting" opinion is. The trolliing and constant arguing gets old after awhile, and I don't think the current state of reddit is what the original intent of the platform ever was. This, for me, was why I gravitated toward Beehaw specifically. I'm not going back to Reddit. It reminds me of a playground full of bullies, itching for an argument. This platform is so much more my speed. And I feel like there are a pretty decent amount of people here who are in the same mind... for us, the alternative is welcome and Spez can wait til he retires for us to return because it's not happening.
I've noticed the slowness too over here, but embracing it as it must mean a huge increase in traffic, which makes me super happy. Welcome to all the refugees!!
As someone in the advertising industry - they most likely will just recover the revenue when people flock back after the black out. The only way they truly lose ad revenue is if people leave for a very extended amount of time. Basically - they'll have *lower *impressions (not zero, because people are still there today) in the next few days but they will recover, and it'll be seen as a "dip" but not a loss.
Think of it like moving to a new house rather than picking up your house and moving it to a new neighborhood. The excitement comes from the differences even if you miss the other place.
I'm still learning how to do things right now. I'm trying to find a news feed (?) thread (?) community (?) and learning how to post. But I'm looking forward to contributing as soon as I can get my bearings. I totally agree with you though, good to see posts from other refugees but craving the content
Probably nothing now that I made the change. I really like the people here. I don't see a bunch of the snark and hate over here and it suits me better. I imagine reddit is gonna go the way of Twitter and Facebook and I just don't want to give any part of my life to that
I'm on jeroba too- i'm sticking with it, lemmy is 100% worth supporting and what is happening with reddit is just ridiculous, I won't be giving them or their sponsors any more of my clicks.
I'm done with Reddit til this all blows over one way or the other... I really just need somewhere to park in my day time work hours to be not so isolated (work from home) and keep up on the news and whatnot. I think Reddit things people NEED THEM so bad that they're willing to take whatever they're given. I don't NEED Reddit and am so super happy this is my new spot. Really liking it so far!
I left Reddit because of it's toxicity and general hivemind tone that seemed to take over there in the last year or so. I want to interact with kind people, not worry about exactly where I place every single comma in my comments for fear that someone will think I'm putting emphasis on the wrong syllable. I am 100% all in with the "let's be nice" statement here, thank you for posting this.