Interested in getting a feel for what people may be likely to do IF reddit reverses their decision regarding API access, or reduces access fees to a reasonable level and 3rd party apps remain sustainable.

While I know the chances of this are extreeeemely slim, until 1st July there is an ever so slight chance this could still happen.

From my perspective, the community harm is done, and those who have left prior to July 1 have left due to principles, not because their app stopped working. As such, I’d be inclined to think most of those migrators would stay here in the fediverse.

But would we see a mass exodus back to reddit if the changes were undone? It’s easy to say no, but if it went back to operations as relatively normal, it may be easy to justify going back for some users.

I’d like to think I wouldn’t go back. I’ve deleted content and account from reddit. I’ll be happy here so long as there is enough userbase for some discussion.

  • jpatches@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m new enough to not have experienced old.reddit so most of my experiences are from the new interface on computer. With that said, the new reddit is crap.

    1. It is sooooo slow. My computer isn’t lacking by any means, but infinity on my old pixel phone is still much faster. I don’t understand how this is even possible.

    2. The comment box is broken. I can’t tell how many times the comment box malfunctioned either in formatting or in other ways after I copy pasted text into it. If copying text makes things buggy, then something is wrong. Not to mention that less frequently, I’ve clicked on submit after writing a long post just to have it vanish into thin air.

    3. I’m with the moderators for the API issue, but my experiences with moderation there wasn’t the best. Inconsistency between different mods, etc. That is a thankless job for sure, and the same problems could come up here or lemmy or anywhere else as the communities grow, but here’s hoping that we learn from past mistakes.

      • NomadJones@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        They will get rid of old.reddit sooner or later to force you to look at their ads and thus make the platform more appealing to IPO investors who will see a higher revenue stream from ads. That will be the last straw for me. Meanwhile, I’m getting used to the Fediverse, trying to participate here more, and reducing my dependence on Reddit.

    • Tarlia@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      The comment box is broken. I can’t tell how many times the comment box malfunctioned either in formatting or in other ways after I copy pasted text into it. If copying text makes things buggy, then something is wrong.

      This annoyed me to no end. I often just turned off the fancy pants editor.