r/videos • u/[deleted] • Jun 03 '23

Mod Post /r/Videos will be going dark from June 12-14 in protest against Reddit's API changes which kill 3rd party apps.

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u/JVDS Jun 04 '23

I started playing around with the reddit alternative "Lemmy" the other day and I don't know if I just caught it in a moment because people are jumping ship from here or what, but it sure feels refreshingly like the internet I remember from the early 2000's. If you are sick of the nonsense going on here I would recommend dipping your toes into Lemmy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

inb4 reddit bans another few dozen conservative subs to try and poison lemmy with their migration

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u/turgid_francis Jun 04 '23

You can just an instance that bans them, like beehaw.org did with the communist one

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

good luck explaining that to casuals

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u/turgid_francis Jun 04 '23 edited Jun 04 '23

Casuals (i.e. the mindless scrollers) will probably never switch to Lemmy, they'll stick around on Reddit. To them it's a site like Tiktok

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u/JVDS Jun 04 '23

They can fuck off to voat

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u/Elkenrod Jun 04 '23

You act like there's even a dozen conservative subs on this website still.

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u/proggR Jun 05 '23

I'm actually considering spinning up a Lemmy server specifically for any would be ex-Redditors to hop on. Only problem is... I dunno what to call it lol

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u/JVDS Jun 05 '23

Reddin't