▲ 222 ▼ The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com) submitted 3 years ago by dvdnet90@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.ml 135 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kerrigor@kbin.social 39 points 3 years ago (3 children) I had heard of it, but was like "that's dumb, just use Reddit, there's no reason not to" They gave me and many others that reason to reconsider permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Meltbox@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yep. I also didn’t think this would work as well as it does. Remarkably good platform so far. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 21 points 3 years ago Thee developers really crunched over July. It went from a niche beta platform to fully featured third-party apps and a ton of platform optimizations in a month, which is really impressive. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I'd heard of the fediverse too, and I liked the idea of decentralised social media. But it was way down on my list of "things I guess I should learn about but don't have time for." Reddit blackout gave me both motive and opportunity to learn, and I've never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago That's exactly what happened to me too. It was in the background until something disrupted my status quo and then there was no looking back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yup, I saw the paltry userbase and didn't bother. Other alternatives like lobste.rs and Tildes were a bit too closed, so I just stuck with Reddit. When Reddit decided to be stupid, I tried out lemmy and haven't looked back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Meltbox@lemmy.world 24 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yep. I also didn’t think this would work as well as it does. Remarkably good platform so far. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 21 points 3 years ago Thee developers really crunched over July. It went from a niche beta platform to fully featured third-party apps and a ton of platform optimizations in a month, which is really impressive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 21 points 3 years ago Thee developers really crunched over July. It went from a niche beta platform to fully featured third-party apps and a ton of platform optimizations in a month, which is really impressive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child) I'd heard of the fediverse too, and I liked the idea of decentralised social media. But it was way down on my list of "things I guess I should learn about but don't have time for." Reddit blackout gave me both motive and opportunity to learn, and I've never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago That's exactly what happened to me too. It was in the background until something disrupted my status quo and then there was no looking back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago That's exactly what happened to me too. It was in the background until something disrupted my status quo and then there was no looking back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago Yup, I saw the paltry userbase and didn't bother. Other alternatives like lobste.rs and Tildes were a bit too closed, so I just stuck with Reddit. When Reddit decided to be stupid, I tried out lemmy and haven't looked back. permalink fedilink source parent