Reddit started forcing login for old.reddit. That’s one driver, and why I made an account here, and have read several comments from others saying the same.
I get why that’s so annoying. But I’m not sure why it would drive new signups here. Isn’t that more of an issue for people who don’t want to create an account?
Feels like we need a really strong Fediverse/Threadiverse search engine to fill the gap left by Reddit ending open access.
Reddit started forcing login for old.reddit. That’s one driver, and why I made an account here, and have read several comments from others saying the same.
I came in over the summer when they started piloting locking out web browser lurkers. I was a long time Apollo user and Lemmy is the closest thing.
Shutting down old.reddit will undoubtedly bring more people over. Not everyone wants to use that shitty app.
Must be fun out there watching the numbers go down day by day.
Oh they’re going up, it’s just alllllll bots
It’s crazy how many 100k+ karma accounts have less than a month on the platform.
I get why that’s so annoying. But I’m not sure why it would drive new signups here. Isn’t that more of an issue for people who don’t want to create an account?
Feels like we need a really strong Fediverse/Threadiverse search engine to fill the gap left by Reddit ending open access.
For me, it was more about supporting the “small guy” who isn’t trying to profit off my data.