• Moghul@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately in a few hours most of those subreddits will open back up and it’ll be business as normal. The ones that don’t open will be transferred over to new moderators and they’ll resume normal operation too.

    Realistically, for the most part, not much will change for Reddit. A lot has changed for me and you, though. I’ve diversified my entertainment and don’t intend to lurk the same website for hours a day. I like Lemmy, and I like the people here but Reddit is too old and too encompassing to never visit it again.

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      The problem is that there is a lot of great crowd-sourced knowledge on Reddit on everything from programming to which microwave oven I should buy. It’s going to take time to replace that, if it can be done.

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        It can be done, it just won’t be done while Reddit is up. Eventually it will go away and that knowledge will have to be rediscovered and reposted elsewhere.

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        I kind of want all the users to wipe their comments and burn it down like the library of Alexandria. Then spez can’t mine it for AI.

        I hate losing the window into humanity, but it would be insanely satisfying to watch the fire burn.

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          if you do this just remember to redact your comments and posts FIRST and do it only while the subs are live tomorrow not dark right not. read a different post that thishas something to do with what reddit keep and can use.

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      Couldn’t agree more on your second paragraph. I have lurked Reddit for years. This, however, is my first comment, and it’s on Lemmy…

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        :D I’m honored to be the first person you reply to! Hope this Lemmy thing goes places.

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          Me, too. I am also a Reddit transplant, and I still don’t understand everything here (also trying mastodon, but they can share users? I admit, I don’t get it, lol), but I’m hopeful that enough people will make the move. I was on Reddit for 15 years, on the old Reddit desktop website, then on RIF when I got a smartphone. I won’t use Reddit’s app, it sucks, so, that’s that.

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      Yea, My sub is only going dark from the 12th - 14th, i already replicated the sub here. but its not Reddit 0_o I don’t think anything will ever replace reddit but give it sometime and after the exodus on the 30th this will be the only place to be. RedReader on Reddit is a good third party app for reddit (On Android) But its a learning curve but good. I heard it had immunity from the 3p app list cause of its accessibilty.

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      Well it forced me to look for alternative. People won’t necessarily stick with Lemmy right now, but they know there are alternative, some of their name and what it looks like.

      Personally I have looked at Lemmy and nine or kine (something like that) and I think it’s pretty close.