Do we really think there’s going to be that many more users joining once the API policy goes into effect? I feel like most people who were going to leave Reddit have already left. Idk, I could be wrong. But why would people be back there if they’re just going to leave in July?
I think there’ll be a lot more, since so far people have only left for ideological reasons. Once they actually lose access to reddit via third party apps, it’ll be a lot easier to justify moving on.
And there are probably people still hoping that reddit will reverse their decision or somehow fix things before the changes take effect.
I read about 3% of Reddit users use a third party app, which doesn’t sound like a lot but Reddit has millions of users.
And the people who use third party apps tend to be the powerusers. Or at least the ones actually posting content.
It’s not only about apps, but the attitude of the administration.
Ghostbanning and removing communities before, removing API now, what is going to be next?
I moved from Pikabu to Reddit cos of the same attitude issues and original Pikabu is gone to be an absolute shite now.
That’s the beauty of multiple instances. As long as people push heading to join-lemmy.org over any one particular instance, things should be mostly okay.
I signed up from prgrmaming.dev and I really like the function of being able to sign up within a different community that you can choose.
