I really do like KBin and Lemmy and the fediverse on the whole, but development is still young and the userbase still growing. KBin is still basically early access, and Lemmy is buggy. I spent alot of time in reddit and I’m feeling the pain of trying to ween myself from it. Just wanted to here community perspectives and see how other’s are taking it.
For me, I feel a bit of a sore hollow spot for what reddit used to be and watching it implode is not fun for me.
After 6-7 years on reddit via Boost. It really was a big part of my life and it all falling apart really bothers me. Especially since it helped me mentally so much on so many levels.
Also I’m having a really hard time dealing with all the alternatives. I’m trying to get used to kbin but while I know it’s still the early stages of the product, as a UX Designer, it just doesn’t feel good to use at all at this stage. And it’s still a big question mark if the communities and niches I enjoyed on reddit will even grow or thrive on any of the alternatives. Which again really sucks.
But despite the disruption it’s caused, fuck reddit and fuck spez. No going back.
Fingers crossed that the alternatives grow and thrive.