I find the quality and variety of discussions on the fediverse to be lower than what I had on reddit. Lemmings have strong preconceived notions and little interest in changing viewpoints from new information. I think I’ll be switching back.

Edit: you’ll find that most of the comments deny any shortcomings of the culture and go directly to invalidating my opinions via character assassination. If lemmy was a community that actually stood for the ideals which it espouses it would take constructive criticism in the spirit in which it was intended. QED.

  • TurboDiesel@lemmy.world
    512·
    11 months ago

    I switched back after some drama with a petty mod. I’ve found that so far, the quality of content on Reddit just isn’t there anymore. In fact, I’d go as far as to say it’s hot garbage. Unfortunately, the niche content I enjoyed and sometimes relied on just isn’t here, so now I flip back and forth between them.

    I’m still beyond pissed about 3rd party apps, though. The official Reddit app is a steaming pile that wants to be TikTok SO BAD.

    • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
      7·
      11 months ago

      Why not just access via browser? If they try to hit you with the “unverified” or “NSFW” content pop up, just put ‘old.’ before reddit in the URL. I refuse to put that shit app on my phone for spez to use as a data farm.

        • edric@lemm.ee
          2·
          11 months ago

          Apart from having to zoom a lot, it’s still manageable. I’m on IOS, and I have both old and new reddit as bookmarks on my homescreen. Then I have SinkIt for Reddit that makes the mobile browser version more tolerable if I choose to not use old.reddit. Never needed to install the official app.

      • TurboDiesel@lemmy.world
        1·
        11 months ago

        I do! Firefox with pretty much everything blocked. It’s just annoying that Spez has made it so I basically have to

    • vexikron
      3·
      11 months ago

      It will be easier to quit reddit as they essentially certainly will make even more astoundingly stupid decisions that make things even worse in pursuit of IPO and profitability.

      If reddit exists in 5 years, itll basically be a total laughing stock with only the most die hard, most insufferable, most god complexed and most stereotypical /reddit/ users, basically viewed with as much derision as maybe say 8chan is now.

    • RavenFellBlade@startrek.website
      1·
      11 months ago

      Same. I only go to Reddit for those niche tech topics that I can’t find useful info anywhere else. I really want to abandon it wholesale, but Reddit has pretty much completely captured the audience for a lot of more niche topics.