Money. It really is that simple.

Reddit wanted to kill third party apps because they have ad blocking features and don’t show unwarranted sponsored posts. Reddit wants to serve users as much ads and sponsored content as possible, which was not really able to happen with third party apps.

Sadly I think the RIF dev is moving to Tildes

First time user here. I have heard of Mastodon, but never attempted to use it. I always was under the impression that it was sort of a Twitter alternative, and I’ve never had any interest in Twitter, Instagram, etc.

It’s tricky because a lot of Reddit thrives on niche communities. The general subs get too chaotic and well…general. What if I want to talk in depth about some random obscure media from 20 years ago? It’s trickier to do that in such a general discussion forum because the vast majority of people won’t be interested. Reddit even has a sub for my specific profession that you cannot find anywhere on the web because my career is so niche. It’s nice to be able to talk to others in that community…but elsewhere no one will even have any idea what I’m talking about.

What I’ll miss most about Reddit is all of the niche communities I subbed to. Usually I would discard the general ones in favor of curating my own content for things that I like.

We’ll see how it all plays out though. I do understand why many Beehaw users don’t like this aspect…but many people out there need it to be satisfied.

Jerboa just doesn’t seem to be very feature filled yet. Atm it’s all we really have and I’m greatful for it, but unfortunately many features are still missing outside of the standard website. Hopefully with the growing popularity things will be improved more and more.

I originally joined beehaw as I like their general philosophy, but it’s why I ultimately chose a different instance as my main one. Not allowing users to create their own communities is a pretty big hindrance to growth and being able to develop niche communities. Reddit really excelled at this.

And to a degree, I do get why beehaw doesn’t want anyone to just make any random community. Ultimately it’s just a bit too limiting for my personal taste. The communities they do have seem pretty cool though!