• Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    The largest Reddit migration to Lemmy was due to the API changes. Don’t attach the creators’s philosophy to other people.

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      4 days ago

      Yeah, I’m here because reddit didn’t value my use and made my favorite client no longer work. That’s it. However, if it weren’t that, it would have been one of the myriad of problems reddit had since then. Obviously, I do appreciate the federated aspect of Lemmy, but it wasn’t a consideration when I moved here.

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      4 days ago

      Agreed, but OP’s comparison probably wasn’t representative of most people’s gripes with Reddit (blocking of API access for moderation and interactivity bots).

      Lemmy has an open API, doesn’t universally block bot accounts or third-party tools, and has a bunch of different independent mobile clients – so the implication that it’s no better than Reddit on that front is bizarre.