Left Reddit because of the API stuff. Still on Lemmy because it’s not as addictive and has a much higher concentration of leftists.

Got banned from Reddit. Enjoying Lenny so far but there’s some subreddits that don’t have enough traffic so I still go back to peruse. Anyone got advice to get around the reddit ban?

I have created different emails and using different ip address form different networks. The moment I use the account on my current ip, I get banned

Came in support of Apollo; I just couldn’t in good conscience continue to support Reddit (even after 19 years) with how they treated external clients.

Found it similar to Reddit so it scratched the same itch.

I first knew fediverse through Mastodon, so my answer has more to do with the whole concept of fediverse than with Lemmy alone.

My main reasons initially were the following:

1. I don’t really like crowded networks (it’s actually a personal trait of mine, derived from the physical fact that I don’t really like crowded places at all).
2. I hate when algorithms try to lead me, ruling over what I write and/or ruling over what I read.
3. I like alternative options and the unknown. Between a latin/roman A and B, I often tend to choose a greek Gamma (trying to always think outside boxes).

And I kinda of liked it. Well, Mastodon has been a cemetery, so most of my fediverse interactions happen through Lemmy.

Just out of curiosity: among several Lemmy instances, I specifically chose The Lemmy Club as an instance for having a Lemmy account for a symbolic reason. Back when I was signing up on Lemmy and trying to find a good instance, the initial “thelem” from “thelemmyclub” got to my attention, because at that time I was delving into Aleister Crowley’s Thelema (Liber Al Vel Legis, The book of the Law). So “the lemmy club” kinda of resembled “Thelema club” to me. I’m not a Thelemite, at least not entirely, because I’m more inclined towards a syncretic Luciferianism, but I liked the hidden symbolism that I got to see within the instance’s name (also it’s actually another personal trait of mine, trying to find patterns everywhere at every time, even though it’s just a pattern to myself).

Because fuck Spez, that’s why.

Allows Tor and VPNs

UI is so clean and mobile browser friendly

No “Download Our App” annoying BS

No ads

Federation make it censorship resistant when it comes to discussions, no one person can ban all dissent, while consensus of the instances can ban all the hate speech, and there’s the tool of defederation to stop instances that allows hate speech to go uncontrolled.

Lemmy and fediverse platforms are probably the best examples of “Free Speech” platforms there are that, unlike those other “Free Speech” platforms, this isn’t just filled with hate speech all the time, although it isn’t perfect, and there are still jerks sometimes.

Edit: As to why a “Reddit” type platform with communities and upvote/downvotes, its because I don’t like the “Twitter” style of following people. People become bad all the time. I like to discuss topics, not focus discussions on a person.

I like having ownership of my internet experience so I run a lemmy instance and my friend administrates it. It is more fun than using a botted network.

You’re right, I should go to bed.

Saw the whole fiasco of Reddit unraveling and then went to Lemmy. Seriously fuck Spez and how he treated the developer of Apollo.

Reddit bad.

I got on Reddit because it’s pseudonymous, and the nesting of threads is good. I didn’t appreciate it for a while, but upvote/downvote also provides a useful proxy for what body language does in real life.

It became large enough to sustain conversation. I hope it becomes large enough to sustain niche communities.

EDIT: also “civility” doesn’t mean “don’t sass the nazis” like it does on reddit.

Because fuck u/spez

Because fuck Spez, that’s why.

Came here because of reddit API drama.

Stayed for the memes