• acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.world
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    Absolutely. I had never even heard of Lemmy or anything Fediverse prior to all the 3rd party API shutdown. Once Apollo died, I stopped using Reddit.

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      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

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        Yep. I also didn’t think this would work as well as it does. Remarkably good platform so far.

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          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.

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        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.

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          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.

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        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.

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      That, and Reddit was getting pretty fucking annoying. The little annoyances had really begun to pile up for me personally and I know I’m not alone.

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      When RiF died I deleted my accounts and found my way here. I still open a couple of niche subreddits from time to time just to check on updates but otherwise my time on Reddit is done. 2010-2023 (damn I hate to admit that).

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      The host of a tech podcast I listen to has had a Mastodon instance for years. I knew of the Fediverse because of that, but I always thought of it as decentralized Twitter and not necessarily a way to decentralize all types of social media platforms.