I see a lot of posts on fediverse trashing reddit, Twitter, spez, musk and so on, and rightfully so. But like it or not, the mass majority of users on the internet still use these sites, and some of us still want to interact with the friends and communities we are a part of on those sites. And there’s nothing wrong with that either.
Personally, I want fediverse to grow, and I post on kbin and mastodon constantly, and try to grow the communities on them. But I still pop over to reddit for r/splatoon, r/casualconveration, and my hometown sub, because either the communities haven’t grown enough here yet for constant fresh content, or the content is different enough between both to justify me checking in.
I get many are here as a protest against reddit, Twitter, or where ever else you came from, and that’s valid. But there are many of us who are simply casual users who want to include fediverse into their drives of other social media, and that’s totally fine too.
As much as I’m mad at reddit for the decision they made it’s the only place that I’ve felt like I have any sort of community. I’m downloading the reddit app because I’m desperate for that feeling again.
Don’t download the app it’s not that it’s bad (it’s ok) but man it’s infested with ads and “Suggestions” on what subreddit you’d like.
But the worst part of the official app is that it’s a legit massive battery killer.
Download red reader if your on android, or commit or dystopia if iOS
