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Don't use my Reddit account anymore, and now I obsessively check and contribute to discussion on Lemmy instead of Reddit.
As a search result, sure I'd click on a Reddit link once in a while, but other than that I've stopped interacting with Reddit altogether.
No. There's just repost bots left. There's no point in going back, I've already seen all the posts several times over the years.
I'm using both Boost apps, Boost for Reddit and Boost for Lemmy. This way, I can only differentiate the networks by their post quality.
Reddit is bad to mediocre, full of memes and karma farming
Lemmy has few posts, but feels closer to the user
I don't. Fuck Reddit and fuck spez
Unfortunately yes. Unfortunately Lemmy is too small for many of the things I did on Reddit. I mainly enjoyed lurking around in discussions on Reddit, only posting comments when I really cared (just like I do now here on Lemmy). Whenever I played a game, watched a show, etc I'd go to Reddit to read about other people's opinions and discussions. But Lemmy is too small to have any meaningful discussion about a specific game or some other content.
Often I see here the "if you miss it why not create it" sentiment, but that's just not how I used Reddit. I often don't want to have a meaningful discussion with s small group of people but rather read the opinions and memes of a large group of people.
So far, I've been able to limit it to browser usage though. The web experience of Reddit is abysmal, but at least I can block the ads etc. And I'm still here for all the content that is on Lemmy.
Yup. Stuck to my guns for over a year, and Lemmy didnt grow like I thought it would. Started using Reddit more regularly again in September.
Now, I do still only use it in the browser, no app, so my usage of Lemmy still far surpasses Reddit.
But there are some communities that either never made the migration or faced active hostility, so, gotta go to Reddit to be a part of them 🤷♀️.
nop
On a browser, yes, but only for one sub because the community there is 1M+ and over here is 10 and no one has posted in 9 months.
Without an account and on a web browser? Yes.
Do I regret it? Also yes. That site barely works half the time anymore. It's kinda funny how my only real choices of browsing Reddit are either super bloated or super ugly (the latter refers to old.reddit.com). Want neither? As of 2023 you can't.
The redlib client is very nice for browsing w/o an account
Yes, because niche communities are much smaller here if not non-existant. Communities about Classical Chinese, poetry, various academic humanities subjects and the like isn't exactly thriving on here. I try to use the fediverse when I'm able to though, and also try to support smaller communities, but yeah..
Deleted my account the day third-party apps were killed. I do browse it on the phone daily using Libreddit though, but only specific communities. I also have LibRedirect setup on my computer, so it redirects me to an Libreddit instance when I click on Reddit links from search results. There’s still a lot of valuable knowledge there so it is hard to avoid.
I was banned, so I cannot.
Yes but primarily via RSS feeds to keep up with news
Same. I found I was missing out on local events so I made an old.reddit rss feed of my local subreddits and check them every couple days
The porn is still better over there so...
I lurk in my city’s subreddit. It briefly closed as part of the protests, but the Lemmy community that was created at the time is inactive.
Using reddit on PC and lemmy on mobile since the reddit app sucks
Only time there is because Google links to an answer there. Other than that, nope.
Same
I don't log in or post there any more, but there are still a few occasional subreddits that don't have analogs here that I'll sporadically browse anonymously.
I still use it if searching for information on a search engine; like, doing a site search on Reddit for answers on certain things.
I don't expect to be going back unless something blows up here. For most purposes, the Threadiverse has passed the traffic threshold I need to be engaged.
No
When searching for info, yes. But just daily use and scrolling no
Exactly.
I didn't delete my account, but I've never logged back in after they killed 3rd party apps last year and don't visit unless it's a direct result from a search.
Same, but I did delete my account.
Still will read results anonymously via a search tho.
I just deleted all my content but didn’t delete my account. Agreed though there is some useful information on there
I use old for some of the technical subreddits like cisco, Fortinet, and sysadmin.
I deleted my account, but still use it for information on occasion. I use a front end for it when I do.
Same here. Reddit is purely an addition I put in Google now. I come to Lemmy for all my socializing. I have come to enjoy you weirdos, and thanks for accepting another weirdo :)
Yes but only on desktop, not mobile. I use lemmy from both.
Nah, abandoned it over a year ago
I download it every now and then. But usually I end up deleting it because of the sheer amount of propaganda and advertising. Like give me people’s ideas, not some idiot who’s famous because he did X and Y.
Yes, but less than I did. Mostly to visit my local sub. The one one Lemmy is just me shouting into the void it seems...
No. They ban VPNs, so if I happen to follow a link that leads there, I get the "login to see this" page, shrug, and go somewhere else.
It's easy to circumvent, but rarely worth the effort. The content was getting mostly shit-worthless even before I left. It's only gotten worse.
There's not useful, factual information on 4chan, these days.
Is it easy to circumvent? I use Tailscale to route everything through a VPN but use an App Connector to route it through my home network, and I really hate that.
If you have an account you can use a VPN. Never had trouble
Same. Same reason. Same thing.
I will admit that I've gone to reddit on a VPN with no sign in to look at 🎶porn-o-graphy🎶!
Not really. I've stopped by a few times because I was looking for specific information and that's where it was to be found, but other than that, I went from checking in dozens of times a day to quitting could turkey.
I want Lemmy to be a viable alternative and do use it. But, the lack of niche communities makes it harder. I do go back to Reddit from time to time for that fix and to keep up with a few things.
There are a few communities on there which I still check, but I spend a significantly less amount of time on Reddit than I used to. I also refuse to post anything or interact on that site anymore.
Like many others on here, only to search for some specific information. And never logged in to an account anymore.
I miss sports game threads. The Lemmy communities are just not taking off enough for me. I am tempted to open up a reddit account for talking shit in game threads only.
Do it, enjoy your life, don't feel bad.
Only when a contact sends me a Reddit link, which I open through Geddit as to not give them any ad revenue, and I do not comment or vote at all.
I don't actively search for stuff fhere either.
Thanks for the info neighbor, downloaded straight away.
Fuck Reddit
Nope, Spez or one of his admin goonies fixed that for me.
Perma-banned, for stating facts about Elon Musk and his Boring Company's 'Not A Flamethrower'
Obligatory FUCK SPEZ
I never left, I just started using both.
Probably the "final straw" would be shutting down old.Reddit. Unless they do something else unexpectedly awful that I haven't thought of.
No
Nope.
