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.

  • BBKuma@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I might end up on Reddit when googling for answers but I wouldn’t go back full time. It has been very clear from the past few days that spez and co are not to be trusted. I like kbin a lot, I feel adults are having actual mature conversations instead of the insult matches that happen on Reddit. And I have contributed here more than I have in the 10 years of using Reddit.

  • Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.socialEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I think everyone reading this from kbin or lemmy left out of principle, so they should also stay away from reddit out of principle.

    • Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz
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      2 years ago

      This is so far that they cannot back off anymore, they know it, users know it, their investors know it

  • JunkMilesDavis@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Imagine we’re at the point where the Titanic has split in two, and the remaining portion is held afloat by trapped air. You can patch the hole made by the iceberg, but it probably won’t change my plans too much.

  • 0Xero0@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Imagine if your partner is abusive as fuck and took advantage of you for years, and you managed to go away from them, then they stop being abusive and say they won’t be like that again, How can you be sure that they’ll stay that way? What keeps them from acting like a total piece of shit again?

  • theparadox@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I want to avoid enshitification, and enshitification is more or less the ultimate goal of those who own reddit. This isn’t the first time they’ve tried to extract value from the site with utter disregard for users and moderators. If they didn’t get their way this time, they’ll just try again later. Perhaps more politely or more slowly, but the writing is on the wall. Has been for a while.

  • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 years ago

    In my case? Nothing. They thoroughly burned that bridge. They would have to rebuild it, and merely returning to the status quo after showing their hand isn’t enough.

  • LoamImprovement@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    After Steve’s behavior and treatment of the mods and developers, I wouldn’t go back if they paid me. Even in the best case scenarios, they can’t undo the damage that’s already been done.

  • Envis10n@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    The damage is done. The administration at Reddit has shown they will do whatever it takes to stamp out dissent… except for actually listen to the users.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    2 years ago

    Lmao even if it weren’t just no out of principle, after spez’s comments about how Twitter under Elon is a model for Reddit to look to - why would I waste an ounce of energy on such a platform?

  • Onii-Chan@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    They could abandon their plans, apologize and then give everyone a cute puppy as a sorry, and I still wouldn’t go back. Spez and his group of admins have shown their true colors, and it’s because of them that I refuse to ever rejoin. Their actions this past week have been downright dictatorial, engaging in doublethink, hyperbole and creating rules when it benefits them despite no prior communication with the communities they’ve steamrolled by force.

    As someone who recently had a 12 year old account, reddit and Spez can go fuck themselves.

  • Cloudless@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Reddit has clearly shown their priorities. If they change the policies now, they only do it for the money, not for the users.