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I'm technically on Kbin.
I mod a sub, so I will still check in and do a scroll down my page every other day or so, but I was actually banned for horse shit reasons when the implosion happened, and my ban was reversed after the exodus.
During that time I got my "content cravings" in check.
Kbin is mostly feeding me enough memes to be satiated.
I just haven't been on it since some time before the API debacle.
I like the content on Lemmy, and I've had much better experiences here in terms of discussion. But I suspect it really depends on your interests. Tech folks seem to be better represented at the moment, especially for historical reasons.
But as others said, post content!
I think it's interesting that people say all third party apps for Reddit are dead because not all of them are dead.
But they are all in a hard position right now. RedReader, for example, still works in Reddit but the developer is trying to make it work for Lemmy or make a version for Lemmy, I don't know the specifics. The thing is, they do not feel safe/commited to develop the app for Reddit.
Narwhal still works for me.
I observed the blackout but Relay kept going for a few weeks. When Relay said they were going to a tier based subscription model, I gave it all up. Uninstalled that moment and haven't been back.
I miss the number of active communities but it's just going to take time.
I am in the same boat. The sports subreddits I follow have very few users on lemmy, so it's pointless to follow match threads here. It makes sense to get to do that on reddit where you have thousands of people commenting on the game.
lately I read some post after googling for howtos but without logging it, blocking trackers and ads as always; I go there only if it's the only resource I find
No, but I still very occasionally check it but only every couple of days for the niche communities, but only because my reddit app of choice still works - but as soon as it stops I will not miss it.
Which app is that?
Relay for Reddit - but I am guessing the move to the paid subscription is due any day now.
When I finish watching a tv show, I go to the related sub to see best memes. Nobody can take that away from reddit.
I think the main search engines redirect a lot of traffic to R. Not sure why, but its apparant.
There is technical content on Reddit that is higher quality than stackoverflow and the rest of the internet has been enshittified. So I’ll still take Reddit search hits over most anything else.
This has always been the hardest part for me; the amount of technical information on Reddit is so valuable and trumps the rest of the Internet in it's esoteric specifics. It makes not looking through it's threads when I'm looking for specific information feel nigh impossible...
DDG search still pull it up, so I have to go out of my way to search for stuff here first
I agree 100%. I set up a home server after reddit fell, and unfortunately I've been having to use reddit to ask a lot of my questions. The communities for the stuff I need to ask here on Lemmy just don't exist, and on reddit they do, and you'll get responses pretty quickly.
For any kind of programming questions reddit has been far better than lemmy simply because it is significantly more populated.
I added some small/niche subs to my RSS reader. If something gets posted I'll take a look, but I'm not spending time browsing and getting sucked in anymore.