Simple question: Will you go back to Reddit and other centralized social media platforms, if Reddit step back from the API changes? The benefits of Reddit are obvisiouly, it has million of users and even small communitys have thousands of users.

For me it’s pretty clear, after deleting my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Discord accounts, the decentraliced Fediverse is my future in social media. Even with an very much smaller community, i’m not willing to be treated as ad-cow for the big corps.

But what do you think about your future in social media? Fediverse or Reddit, Meta, Google and all the others? Or will you go safe and use both, to have an backup option?

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  • CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    30·
    2 years ago

    I think I’ll stay here. I like the prospect of building this ting together and shaping it the way we want it. Just that they caved in this one time doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future. I would rather invest my time and effort into something I can stand behind and agrees with my believes. I like that it’s open source and decentralised.

    Main thing that needs to be addressed with Lemmy/kbin is the mobile app situation which is well…not great at the moment

    • OttersUp@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Same. The API changes are a symptom of a larger change in direction, and even if Reddit backs down from this now, it’s not going to change the fact that decisions about the platform rooted in how to maximize profits are never going to be good for users. I’d rather contribute to a place where the goal is to build something worthwhile, not just something that’s going to line investors’ pockets.

    • XLRV@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, Reddit cannot be trusted anymore, even if they revert the API thing (which they don’t even acknowledge as a bad thing), their goal is to please the potential investors and not their community.

      The Fediverse is refreshing, made by passion and not for profit, I like Lemmy and I will still stay here even if Reddit backtracks on their decisions.

      On Android, Jerboa is pretty ok right now, and the influx of new contributors is a great thing, the development of Jerboa will be way faster now.