This.

When I learned Reddit was effectively shutting down third-party apps, I thought it sucks but it’s their prerogative. I didn’t delete the Reddit app yet, or create a Lemmy account.

It’s Huffman’s increasingly entitled behavior after it that shocked me and pushed me here. His tactical decisions have been really destructive, I think it’s realistic that he might get shown the door. 🤞

For that reason, I used to think that if they fire him, I don’t need them to change anything else, I’d go back to Reddit; but the community on Lemmy has been far better than I was expecting, and it wasn’t as hard to get over its UX quirks as I was first fearing, so now I’m not sure I’d ever want to go back. It’s kinda nicer around here in the end…

Oh my, fine, have my upvote!

Hah, yeah, that’s a good point. Right now (at least in Beehaw), it’s “Local” though, which feels like the worst of the three.

I also struggle to see the issue here. People will subscribe to the various communities across instances, and they’ll quit the ones they don’t like, thereby making the best ones rise to the top, just like it works across subreddits of the same topic.

I guess the concern is discoverability? On mobile web, Beehaw’s homepage show “Local” (not sure if just Beehaw or all instance). It’s true that it’d be good if the default was “All”, so discoverability isn’t fragmented.