Ask HN: Are you going back to Reddit post-blackout?

4 points by danielxli 2 years ago | 16 comments
  • InCityDreams 2 years ago
    No. I'll miss a couple of things, but the time I used to spend there wasn't wasted, but it would be from now.

    Well done Reddit - thanks for breaking a habit. A shop near me recently made some changes, so I went through the nightmare of trying a different place each shopping trip - still not found one I like, but I've now turned it into a game - now many habits can I break.

    Quite a few and somewhat easily, it would appear.

    • BolexNOLA 2 years ago
      Mod for a medium-ish sub here. We’re burning the sub down and leaving after the announcement today that they will start forcibly removing mods. We haven’t told our community but frankly we don’t care anymore. If Reddit wants control back so badly, they can remember what it was like when we weren’t around. I’m sure they will have backups or something they can restore, I’m not quite as technically-minded as most of HN is, but we’re at least going to make them put in some effort for once.
      • yarrowy 2 years ago
        this is the perfect example of mods going on a power trip.
        • BolexNOLA 2 years ago
          Don’t worry we’re putting it to a vote. It’s just easy to prepare when you know what your community will vote for. If we’re proven wrong it’s not like we’re pushing the big red button.

          Besides I’m resigning no matter the outcome. There you go. One less power-tripping mod to worry about. Nothing lost for you and I don’t continue to build Reddit’s company for them for free. Everyone’s happy!

          I’m sure the admins will love the results when the whole mod team leaves and removes our bots. It’s their site, after all. We’re just landed gentry who provide nothing.

          • meepmorp 2 years ago
            This is people exercising the power they have in ways you don't like, and it makes you mad.
      • paulcole 2 years ago
        Yes, I never stopped visiting. Some of the smaller communities I follow never went dark. I uninstalled Apollo a couple weeks back and switched to the official Reddit app on iPad and iPhone.

        I like Reddit’s content enough to put up with an app that’s OK but a little odd sometimes. I pay the $60 a year or whatever to avoid ads and it’s a fair enough price.

        • shish-mish 2 years ago
          I just nuked my Reddit account of 15 years.I won't make another account and have moved over to a combination of lemmy,mastodon,squabbles and shit that works.I feel sad and will miss my communities but I hate the direction Reddit has been going for a while now and the apollo thing was the last straw.Not going back.
          • codetrotter 2 years ago
            A bit but I set up my own instance that I will use instead. Hoping to get more people to join my instance.
            • kamaitachi 2 years ago
              Last week, I nuked my Reddit account of 6 years, and uninstalled Apollo. Won’t be going back.

              I’d be on Reddit several times a day - it was a complete time waste. I just needed a reason to leave, and this is it.

              I was already on Mastodon but now find myself there a lot more.

              • satvikpendem 2 years ago
                I've been on Reddit since near its inception after getting funded by YC, I've seen all the drama that has gone through in the last 17 years. This drama is no different, and I will continue to use the site.
                • platyp 2 years ago
                  Not as a participant, unfortunately. At the end of the month, rif will stop working and reddit will effectively end for me. I'll still use it for Google searches where I can.
                  • danielxli 2 years ago
                    I couldn't resist opening up Apollo lol
                    • PaulHoule 2 years ago
                      They should update Apollo to work as a Lemmy client.
                      • damnesian 2 years ago
                        I would definitely go for an Apollo-like front end for Lemmy. I hope other subs migrate there.
                    • InCityDreams 2 years ago
                      No.