I don’t mean to be pessimistic, bit since most subreddits are only going dark for a couple days, the site will basically be back to normal soon. I wonder how many users here are only here because of temporary outrage and not because they actually prefer Lemmy. I’m curious about people’s outlook on this situation.

  • oranges@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’m here for the long haul… Reddit accounts have been deleted and time for change :)

    • Anonymouse@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Ditto. Except for the deleted accounts. I should go do that, but am somewhat of a digital hoarder.

      For me, Lemmy just feels right. I’m willing to wait for the communities to grow and am willing to contribute.

      I enjoyed the communities of Reddit, but always felt weird about who’s watching me, following me around the internet through my cookie trail. I feel like that wouldn’t happen on Lemmy since it’s decentralized, but also that it’s not a corporate entity.

      I had a FOSS Reddit app because I don’t trust most companies enough to have their app on my phone, but that was ignoring the bigger problem of all the posts, upvotes and even viewed comments that may be used against me some day.