I’m ready to step away from Reddit. I know you can encounter toxic behavior on other platforms too, but I’m just exhausted by the level of negativity there. So, I have two questions for those who have fully transitioned — What prompted your decision to leave? And were you able to get others to join you on Lemmy?
I like the anonymity. No need for my friends to know about lemmy and ask for my user.
I couldn’t stand not using a custom app for Reddit because it is just so bad. I’m a nerd too so that made moving here easier.
As for getting others to move here, not yet. 🥲
My reasons were as you said, toxicity and Reddit’s decision to screw over developers and its users. Never tried to bring someone over. The user base is smaller but it’s almost like going from a loud room of shouting assholes to a small gathering of people that tire of the noise. Haven’t looked back once.
There’s a lot of people I know and don’t want here.
api changes breaking my ad free client (reddit is fun) got me to leave. never going back
I see, I’ve heard of Rif. I moderate a few communities so I could maybe see if they’d want to move…? Probably not though. Boooo.
just leave them. i thought I would miss some of my communities. but I don’t at all… and the toxic right wing propaganda doesn’t make the front page ever.
