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[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 312 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Left reddit during the api/apps fiasco.

[–] josefo@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago

Same. Used rif.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 78 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

…No? I’m pretty sure that was the first massive wave of relatively diverse active users. Lemmy was pretty fringe before that happened. I think there are tens of thousands of us.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago

That's a LOT of dozens!

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same. Reddit without Relay isn't worth it

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

RiF here, but agreed. (Now Voyager)

[–] Minnels@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

This. Fuck reddit

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 days ago

In hindsight, I'm really glad reddit did this. They single handedly gave their competitor (Lemmy) critical mass to be a true alternative. Without enough users, it's just not the same.

[–] Thrife@feddit.org 22 points 2 days ago

Same here! My app stopped working (rip rif.... You will be missed...!), I thought I give the official reddit app a try, it wouldn't let me log in no matter what I tried and then I heard of lemmy via feddit. Only went back once to delete all my data and to close my account.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

This is/was the way. I mean, not that people are not welcome here now but still supporting reddit that long is like supporting Elon after he went mad or Trump after the first time around..

Saaame.

I used the reddit app many many moons ago, but then discovered Boost. Once it quit working flawlessly, Lemmy became home. And Boost for Lemmy is wonderful :)

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago

Yep. Also left digg during their ad push fiasco to go to reddit.

[–] Spur4383@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Same. I still miss bacon reader.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Me too, although I also switched instances from lemm.ee to lemmy.ca when they shut down