I’ve been clean for over a year 🥉
I wish I could say I’m also clean, but it’s so damn common I need to search for sysadmin help on Reddit. I can say I have not participated by commenting or posting in over a year though.
I am clean, except for two things:
- Duck duck go search results
- Rustjerk. There’s no rust meme community yet sadly.
They blocked my IP or maybe Firefox is blocking some bullshit telemetry they’re trying to use. Either way, fuck them.
I just wish they would stop polluting the search results when I’m searching for something. I guess I’ll get an extension to block them.
A few months ago they started blocking VPN IPs from accessing Reddit while not logged in. I don’t think you’re able to create an account from a VPN either (though don’t quote me on that one)
Wonder if it’s any different on their .onion site (and if they somehow manage to still IP ban me through tor relays with some magical powers or some shit.)
Yeah I’ve seen that when using a VPN and that’s what I was referring to in my previous comment (sorry for the lack of clarity on that part). But I’m getting this on my desktop at home when not using a VPN. I don’t get it in the Firefox app on my iPhone (which is essentially just Safari with a Firefox skin and allowing me to use my Firefox account in the browser) when browsing on the same network. I have seen it when I enable VPN on my iPhone or connected to a network with a public VPN. Now that I say that, that makes me sure my public IP likely isn’t blocked or else I’d get the same on my iPhone on the same network.
All I can think of is that it has to do with some extra privacy settings I’ve enabled in Firefox that is causing Reddit to freak out and show that message, not letting me even view their site, let alone being able to access the page to create an account. I let Firefox enable some very strict anti-tracking settings that I sometimes have to temporarily disable or use another device if I want to visit some sites. I wouldn’t be surprised if Reddit is in this same boat and that’s why they show me that message.
I guess by that metric I’ve relapsed a few times. But just look at how much I’m on Lemmy. That’s a lot of engagement and content that reddit used to be getting that they’re now not and surely that’s more valuable of a loss.
Same. Don’t miss it either.
I was on Reddit for a decade until a year ago. I deleted my accounts and left, at the same time my wife who had lurked for years but never had an account, she made an account. Ugh.
I’ve concluded that some communities are still too dead on Lemmy, so I straddle both. But I try to post new content here rather than Reddit. Am I a bad person? 😭
Probably
But that’s irrespective of your comment
I sometimes check out Lemmy while I’m mostly on reddit.
Been on Lemmy more recently as I’ve experienced a few “holy shit this site is bot infested” wake up calls on Reddit. One of those reposts with duplicate comment chains from a year prior. I even responded to one of them *shudders*
Lemmy is still pretty meager, but it might grow further. What seems clear to me is that Lemmy has a lot of users that actively don’t want to attract the full Reddit crowd, in other words they don’t want Lemmy to outgrow Reddit.
I think Lemmy is cursed by it’s users to remain an insignificant niche alternative, even if it grows a little further.
Lemmy is still pretty meager, but it might grow further
I think it’s inevitable. It may be just a slow steady trickle from here on but I wouldn’t be surprised to see another change bring over another mass exodus (does old.reddit.com still work?).
What seems clear to me is that Lemmy has a lot of users that actively don’t want to attract the full Reddit crowd,
I think this largely depends on what you mean by this. Reddit as an experience had gradually gone downhill for many years. Momentum and habit kept me there despite that. But when I could no longer use my app the habit was broken and the content wasn’t really worth it on its own.
And either way, even users who actively feel more strongly about “redditors” I don’t think they really have a say either way if they decide to come over.
It’s tough because I don’t actually want all the redditors here because of the low effort pun comment chains, constant bot comments, pervasive echo chambers and pop culture drivel. But on the other hand, I do miss the discussion in some of the more niche subreddits here.
The dichotomy of man.
We can just build a culture of downvoting puns (and my axe!)
Watch as it becomes a Lemmy pride flag for a few day
Shall we fly those two shirt colours?
Nah. The whole strip is the flag.
Hear me out.
Purple white green vertical stripes
Take the bear, it’s safer
Same thing.
