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.

  • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi
    16·
    1 year ago

    Bring your subs here. I’m sure you’ll find new subscribers in lemmy/kbin. We’re still growing so it might not be immediate, but I’m confident that as the fediverse matures and it gets simpler for people more will come. :)

    I’m staying. The community has been nothing short of amazing. I don’t get stressed when commenting or discussing things with people unlike reddit where a lot of interactions (not all, of course) are directly or indirectly motivated by karma.

    Hell,I’d never have commented this if I were on reddit for fear of someone coming along and debating what I’ve said. Lol.

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
      13·
      1 year ago

      That’s something I noticed on Reddit too. Half of everyone’s existence there seems to be just for going fishing for possible arguments to get into.

      • CheshireSnake@iusearchlinux.fyi
        5·
        1 year ago

        Yeah. Most of my comments ended with arguing with someone so I started commenting less and less. Ended up a lurker. It’s very different here.

      • CIWS-30@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Agree. I’m not even sure if they’re sincere half the time. Sometimes it honestly seems like they’re just trying to start a fight and don’t believe what they’re actually “saying”. On Kbin and Lemmy, it’s a different experience. People engage positively or neutrally, and actually have civil discussions. It’s unusual to say the least, but still very welcome.