Basically what I mean is, did you also come here from reddit?
I came here after I got my Reddit account banned permanently. And the thing is, I don’t exactly know why I got banned. Nor what I did wrong. I always tried to follow the rules, post and comment appropriately and nicely, but on New Year’s Day last week, I got a message simply saying "Your account have been permanently banned for violating the rules.
But when I replied asking what rule or rules I unknowingly broke, they just messaged me back saying “you got banned because you violated the community guidelines”. So now I’m here.
What about you? Are you also a Reddit Refugee?
I think the majority of Lemmy users are Reddit refugees, not because they got banned, but because of the Reddit API changes that forced 99% of the third party apps to shut down.
The API change wasn’t it, it’s when it became clear to me they were selling all my data to Google. I frequented mental health subs, and I started getting Google ads for scams TARGETING people with mental health issues. Just sick.
What is API?
Like ELI5 please
Interface third party software uses to connect
If I have valuable info and I want to share it in a controlled way, I can use an API. If i am an airline, I could spit out a feed that tells you a list of flights and how delayed they are. If im Reddit, I can share posts, comments, etc.
Anyone (in the case of a free API) can take the data the API spits out and make their own app with it. But if you charge for API access, then someone would have to pay to make an app with your information.
not because they got banned
Nah, that’s always been a sizable chunk. Fediverse will always have the worst of the worst, because it’s the easiest to evade bans. And yet there’s still multiple people who constantly get accounts banned for ban evasion.
Naw the worst go to bsky or threads, that’s where the evil shit is acceptable.
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Since the API exodus, yes.
I made a very conscious choice to leave reddit at that time, due to that particular bullshit, and I don’t regret it.
Doesn’t mean I don’t miss reddit though, because I do. Reddit has a lot more traffic which obviously means a lot more content in the sort of niche communities I really love.
But I made the right choice. I don’t want to be part of that any longer. And the more of us make this choice, the better things will be for us all.
… Every single person on Lemmy is a Reddit refugee. You’re not going to find a single person here who has not used Reddit before.
Yeah, same here
I left during the api bullshit, fuck spez
I would probably even say: Who wasnt?
You either came from Twitter, Reddit or some other major social media as a primary user.
I don’t believe someone just was old enough to join the internet world and decided to just join lemmy/fediverse at first sight.I left with the disabling of API.
Today, I went back in to my account to delete every single comment I have ever made, one by one, then deleted the entire account. Should have done it ages ago, but better now than never.
I was reading about bans and stuff and all sorts that I didn’t care to understand, so instead of using a third party apps to change/delete/etc my comments, I did it manually. It felt pretty satisfying.
My last “fuck you, r/jailbait Spez”. I’m not letting them use my comments or account for anything. Hopefully, I’ve done it right.
They see that happening and just restore all of the deleted comments anyway.
Damn… Thought I had it right. 😔
Yes, I’m a Reddit refugee.
The site changed so much over the ten years I used it. When I started, there was plenty of good discussion and the most informative comments got voted up. Then power users started playing the same games with karma that rich people play with money. Near the end the negativity and superficiality were overwhelming. Then the API business happened and I realised Reddit was in the last few stages of circling the drain. I learned about Lemmy from a comment by someone who announced they were leaving for good, and I followed them.
If you look at Reddit today… the posts and comments share the same quality regardless of whether they’re human or AI slop.
Same here. Permanently banned from all of Reddit, and I was never told why. I suspect it was my criticism of the Orange One. I appeal every day, just to give them a little more paperwork.
Yeah, I’m banned from Reddit too
I still consume on Reddit, but won’t post or contribute there anymore.
I am here from reddit but I wouldn’t call myself a refugee. More like an immigrant. I wasn’t banned. I just tried this, liked it better, and since I disagreed with the API changes I settled here. I still browse reddit when I can’t find specific stuff on Lemmy, and very, very occasionally (like once or twice a year) I post there in subs that aren’t as developed here.
Same here.
My first account was banned for (IMO bogus reasons)
My now second but primary account is still active sometimes but I only lurk 99% of the time and almost never vote
I only use Lemmy as of now primarily.This but I would die before posting on reddit, you can check my history there and confirm I speak the truth. Spez can tongue my anus.
I’m also here from the API thing. This scratches the itch for me and that’s more than enough in this day and age.
I left Reddit in 2023 when they decided to mess with third party apps. I went to kbin initially and then moved over to here.
I quit the big R when they killed third party apps.
Would have paid them a monthly fee to use my app,but the way they killed them really soured me on Reddit. Burned my account, and moved on
Fuck Reddit and move on.
