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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/40087740
Happy ruleversary
In 10 days my account will be 2 years old.
I've enjoyed it, and this has been one of my most visited websites during that time. But I'm still not sure I'll stick around after lemm.ee shuts down at the end of this month.
Yeah, had to move back to this instance because of that. I think that just shows how hard it is and how much funding it actually requires.
This made me curious, how much funding does it actually require for maintining reasonable amount of users in the long term ?
When reddit announced that they were going public I knew the end was nigh. Money corrupts everything. What made reddit cool was the users and reddit just wanted to suck that dry. I was happy to leave but I pretty much just lurked on Reddit so it wasn't that hard.
Shit, it's been 2 years already? Damn. I still get bummed over RiF when I think about it.
I remember 2 years ago trying out Lemmy and getting a few laughs about beans and trying not to poop. I thought "this is ok, but I don't think this will ever replace Reddit in my day to day."
But I stuck with it and have come to love and appreciate Lemmy. The number of users has continued to grow and I feel like there's enough content here now that I never feel bored. Plus I feel like even small posts and comments get attention and we're not just screaming into the void.
So happy cake day to all who did the same thing!
I was one of those RIF users that left two years ago and now I have to start over since lemm.ee is shutting down. Can anyone recommend a good instance?
sopuli and sh.itjust.works as others mentioned are good. I wanted to add a shout-out for discuss.online for anyone in the USA with fantastic uptime stats.
Also I'm a huge fan of PieFed, well worth checking out.:-)
Piefed was on my list as well. I'll look into discuss.online, thanks for the suggestion!
Just curious, why people avoid lemmy.ml i joined this beliveing its run by the lemmy devs so should be safest.
The whole Tankie thing. Just like MAGAts but on the other side. They're authoritarian left with lots of Chinese and possibly Russian influence. Far left most of us support are on the opposite end of the authoritarian/individualistic axis from both Tankies and MAGAts.
I've been on sh.itjust.works for the last couple of years. The admins are cool as hell. Highly recommend.
Rif somehow shielded me from all the fuckery that was happening in Reddit, when I finally tried the mobile app and website from longer than 2 mins, I was like, oh yeah, ah, ok, bye
This is exactly when and why I stopped using Reddit permanently and switched to Lemmy. If you run out of "Active" content here, try switching to "Hot". And then "New"!
I told reddit I wouldn't be back and I meant it. RIF was perfect and they didn't deserve the defeat and lies they received for just trying to share reddit to more people in a better manner. Fuck /u/spez
🥂 It's still installed on my phone and it opens every time I click a reddt link
Oh man I'm still not over that. Such a stupid decision on Reddit's part.
Never used RiF, but I left at the same time. The writing was on the wall.
Mods especially had a harder time with the official app, so a lot of us left in solidarity with them & the app devs. :-)
I joined when Apollo went silent. Coincidentally, I'm wearing my Clipollo t-shirt as I type this.
Still miss RiF and what reddit used to be.
For much of reddit's best years, RiF was my top app.