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The Reddit blackout was pretty underwhelming (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by tango_octogono@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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In the last 3 days I've been paying attention to r/all, expecting several posts about it and...

Yeah

Wasn't expecting the website to literally shut down nor to monopolize r/all, because 3rd party users are the minority, but I hoped for more than whatever this was.

At least there's a silver lining, I discovered new alternatives that have healthier communities

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[–] whygohomie@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For me it's been pretty great. Lemmy and the fediverse kinda remind me of reddit circa 2007 or 2008 before the eternal September. I'm going to enjoy this for as long as it lasts.

[–] Tastyzero@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm definitely happy the blackout encouraged me to move to the fediverse.

[–] ShadyGrove@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

Same, I could never really get into mastodon as I never liked Twitter much, so I'm pretty happy I found out about Lemmy. I know everyone on this site has been saying this, but it feels fresh, and the fact that it's all open source and community owned is great.

[–] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

This is what I've been saying! Lemmy feels like what the old Reddit experience felt like and can become what reddit was supposed to be all along.

[–] thumbtack@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the eternal september?

[–] Official_Cake@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Its a reference to Usenet back in 1993, its essentially when an online community has to deal with a never ending influx of new users. So think of this as Reddit before it got big/mainstream.

[–] madkarlsson@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

It's a reference to a historical increase in internet and usenet usage, and a massive influx of users in many forums.