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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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[–] kakise@mlem.a-smol-cat.fr 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, the official Reddit app makes me want to puke.

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As much as I want to move on to the fediverse, there are occasions where Reddit is better, such as finding specific questions that were answered; it’s like the stack overflow for general life. Now I just browse the cached version if I need to search for something like that.

[–] Joe_0237@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I think you meant to post on asklenny xD

[–] bionicspud@lemmyverse.org 5 points 1 year ago

Mostly. I prefer Lemmy. I actually like it enough to run my own instance.

Yes. 100%. Tinkering with my own lenny instance for me and my friends atm. Once "Sync for Lenny" drops ill bring them all aboard so its a smooth experience for the non-tech users. Also this is my first test post form my lenny instance! All hail LENNY!!

[–] BB69@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, fuck you spez

[–] green_dot@le.fduck.net 5 points 1 year ago

Yes. Reddit is only checked for about 2-3 subreddits, but I'm not checking it daily. Lemmy and Mastodon are my new best friends.

[–] FujiTive@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yup girldick, I replaced Reddit with Lemmy and I'm happy!

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[–] Laffytaffer@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I browse Lemmy almost exclusively, but adding "reddit" to the end of a Google search is still the easiest way to solve issues I'm looking up.

[–] OatmealAC@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Can't enjoy browsing Reddit on mobile without RiF, and won't use Reddit on PC at all anymore out of principle.

long live lemmy

[–] TheHighRoad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'm more of a Carl guy, but Lenny will do.

Seriously, I can see this becoming a full replacement if users continue to migrate. Once Sync for Lemmy is out I will definitely be using that for my bored moments. For now, patched Reddit Sync is still working, so I'm still using it while I can.

That said, Reddit feels dead to me. Browsing now is absolutely not the same as before. As far as I'm concerned they committed suicide.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mostly have by now, had to look for community analogues of the subreddits most important to me and create communties that I missed on lemmy. On Reddit I was mostly lurking around but here I actually have the motivation to post and manage communities, since I this is an open and decentralized platform.

[–] Bibawen88@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Hello this is my first post here, I hope this network becomes what Reddit used to be

[–] dr_rugby@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, I did. I was a lurker and not really a heavy user. It was fun while it lasted. Let's make this the real frontpage.

Yes. This place is growing and feels like home

[–] ilikemoney@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm going the supplementation route for now. Reddit official app is not enjoyable to use. I currently have a work around for my 3rd party app of choice. If the work around ever fails and reddit doesn't improve their app, I'm hopeful Lemmy will grow enough in the meantime to fully fill the reddit void.

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[–] NameGooseHere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, after Rif died, immediately looked for alternatives to reddit.

[–] manapropos@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been strictly here and 4chan

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[–] syklone@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That's the goal, but it may not work in practice. I often used Reddit as a place for curated information. So a lot of Google searches like "wireguard server reddit" to get good no nonsense information. I think the lack of population and time could make it hard for Lemmy.ml to immediately replace Reddit for me, but I hope it will be successful. I'm ML ideology by nature so the idea of the Fediverse really appeals to me.

[–] hanzzen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Gonna be using both for a while I think. Stopped using reddit on my phone after the api changes forced 3rd party apps to shut down(RIP Sync for Reddit). Only using Reddit on my desktop, using Lemmy on both desktop and android (via LittOff for now, will switch once Sync for Lemmy is out!).

[–] howarddo@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I just hope lemmy instances are more searchable like reddit. That would kill any usage of reddit for me for sure

[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.ninja 4 points 1 year ago

I first came here shortly after spez's petulant AMA. I intended to just sort of check the place out, thinking that maybe I'd end up moving here if things there kept going downhill. But then I ended up just staying here, and in fact haven't been back to Reddit since.

So that's a yes, I guess.

[–] machines_for_more@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Easiest yes of my life. Not only do I not support how they're treating the devs of 3rd party apps but they made it easy by having the only way to browse it be their app which is basically unusable for me.

[–] mog77a@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I'll be completely real, no.

It's more like it added another folder to my bookmark bar with all of my lemmy instances. I do like the fact that the source code is open source and the overall engagement is through the roof. That's always a good sign.

While lemmy did populate faster than I expected, the experience is not quite the same. It honestly never could be due to the decentralized federated nature of it.

Reddit's mobile experience with patched apps is leagues ahead of lemmy. Desktop is pretty similar though, so all that remains is the size of the community.

I use both maybe 50/50 but my biggest concern is validated every day. The fragmentation is the thing that gets you. It basically places increased burden on the user to manage it. Not sure if there will be a seamless solution to it, or if I have to develop one myself.

[–] m4tthu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will be if I can get a good app to use on my phone. I'd also love to see some qol features like RES offers for my browser. But I am enjoying it so far!

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I like using Connect for lemmy so far. A little getting used to but going good.

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[–] AnAnxiousCorgi@lemmy.reddeth.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not entirely. There's a couple larger subreddits I enjoy and tbh it's still my go-to for doomscrolling.

However my desire to interact with reddit couldn't be any less. Zero desire to post or comment anything due to the sheer hostility of the site to it's users.

I think if lemmy continues to grow in userbase it could completely replace reddit, but not at this immediate moment.

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[–] flameguy21@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I haven't left completely but I don't have a decent way to access it on my phone anymore so my usage of it is down by like 95%.

[–] ilovetvshows@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Right now using both.

[–] Wahyu915@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Still in its infancy, most of the posts/information i want to search still come from reddit. But the content I'm seeing here so far has been good.

[–] guacho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. I used Boost until the blackout (June 12th or something like that). That date I uninstalled it and didn't log in anymore. Then I waited until June 30th just to see if they've changed their plan. They didn't, so I replaced all my comments and then I deleted my account. From that date I created an account first on KBin but I didn't like that they didn't show which server the threads were actually on, so I migrated to Lemmy world with wefwef. So far, really happy with the experience.

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[–] t0m5k1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For the most part I have, there are a few subs that i'd like to see here but Lemmy is still kinda new so it'll take time.

I've also dropped twitter for mastodon but same issue there too.

I really like the federation feature like the ability to respond to Lemmy via mastodon.

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I am not replacing it.

I have already done it few weeks ago.

[–] Lynchy@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Yes I'm here to join the lemmings

[–] pudel@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't been back in a couple of weeks now but haven't gone so far as to delete my account. As a software developer, I donated some of my time helping people with beginner programming questions and decided to leave those comments in place for anyone who might find them useful still.

But I think it's fair to say I've moved on from reddit. It's so stupid what they did, but I also like this idea of social media being maintained by the community it serves rather than some faceless corporation, so I don't see myself going back out of principle.

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[–] TRSea@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Every so often I'll glance at r/politics or r/worldnews since following the news was a big part of how I used reddit and Lemmy doesn't quite have the volume to replace it for that function yet. But as time goes on I'm finding Mastodon and Post to be almost just as good for news so I expect to cut out reddit completely before long. The vibe and overall feel is a breath of fresh air, I'm really liking it!

[–] Alphadef@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm certainly going to try. Will it work out? I hope so.

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After leaving reddit I realize how negative it was. Only thing I miss is searching up the answer you're looking for that aren't paid ads, but I feel like lemmy can be a viable replacement in time.

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