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I am theoretically switching over from Reddit to Lemmy. Finding myself spending more time on Lemmy than on Reddit. Maybe it's because I am limited to using the desktop and can't aimlessly browse Reddit on my iPhone. Of late, the only subreddits I cared for were on sports and their matchday threads and r/watches. I found myself aimlessly browsing through r/AskReddit and asking and answering pointless questions.

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[–] aaronious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’m trying to! Unfortunately I’m subbed to quite a few niche communities that haven’t quite gained traction over here yet and I don’t want to be the sole poster.

[–] dan96kid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

My Kbin account has been seeing quite a bit of usage today if that counts.

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[–] BushWizard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Had to block reddit for a bit and replace my shortcuts to reddit with lemmy, but now I find myself enjoying my time on lemmy a lot more than on reddit. I don't know if I will ever stop using reddit due to the amount of old information over that is still very useful and because it's where most of my viewers come from, but only time will tell I guess.

[–] god@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I already have 10 lemmy accounts and like 2k compounded points in 12 days!! I have ruined my sleep schedule because I stay on Lemmy till like 8 am! I have procrastinated my well paying job to get more hours into this and even developed plug-ins for lemmy when I could've been developing shit for my job! Yes, I've been using Lemmy more than Reddit. 😭😔

[–] ja2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let's look at what Snoosite has been historically good at.

  • propagating web content
  • providing a space for derivative communities of content

The web content is already all over the place and takes no more than a dedicated core moderation team to begin driving discussion. The latter - content communities - is what really made Snoosite exceptional, and what drove that engagement was principally the aggregation aspect in the beginning combined with a distaste for the alternatives.

Lemmy is modeled very closely after Snoosite, obviously, and shares the same potential for link aggregation. The community building is really an organic function, and if we're able to ride the wave, we may not continue to blast into the stratosphere but arriving at a decent plateau to provide a viable federated alternative is a noble and lofty goal.

The secret sauce, if the Lemmy devs implement features creatively, is ActivityPub. Cross pollinating conversations and communities between microblogging, distributed image sharing and tagging, and link aggregation communities of content using built-in features of hashtags and boosting is ... well, it's game-changing, and it gives me tingles to think about how well it COULD be done.

I'm not really wasting any time on Snoosite anymore other than for archaeological purposes. Now, it's only been a few days, so I can only speak from my own history - when I made a decision to drop Birdsite like a hot rock, I did so completely and deleted my account. I'm a little less inclined to be as drastic with Snoosite because of historical significance relating directly to technical interests of mine. But as time passes and the Fediverse grows, and Lemmy (or another technology) matures into the space, I think the relevance of Snoosite will fade like so many farts in the wind before it.

[–] pglpm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Deleted my account there and moved here. But I hope all pathological downvoters will stay there...

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

It won't be the same, but I like the idea of it a lot more than Reddit right now. Some questions for everyone...

**5-10 years down the road, what's to stop another Digg-Reddit-exodus from happening? As users, what can we do to keep this community prosperous, useful, and "good"? **

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[–] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I vietually dropped it almost cold turkey. Albeit there are threads i would like to read, i outright try to avoid pulling up the app

[–] dog@suppo.fi 2 points 1 year ago

I've entirely switched over to Lemmy. Deleted everything I had on reddit. I hope all subreddits that participated in the strike change their subreddit permanently to something else, instead of getting overthrown. Ie, /r/steam was about Steam, the PC platform. It's now for steam enthusiasts.

[–] p0ppe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Gone cold turkey and completely dropped Reddit. Lemmy, Hacker News, Techmeme and some traditional news sources has so far been good enough.

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

I haven’t been on Reddit in days. That’s it for me. You should go cold turkey and delete yo Reddit.

[–] IMustAskWhy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I respect it and am finding lemmy to be a much more wholesome place for discourse anyways. Hope it stays this way for at least a bit.

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

10 year reddit user just shy of 150k post karma and I've left and won't be going back. I fucking hate capitalist bullshit. There's trying to make a sustainable company and then there's abject greed.

That and reddit caught a bad case of the dumbs 5+ years ago that it just can't shake.

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

Pretty much done with reddit for the time being if not for ever. Been on Lemmy as a filler for my fix.

[–] Corran1138@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This describes me. So far it’s been exploring and figuring out how the fediverse works. But there’s a Skyrim “sub” and a Buffalo Bills “sub” and ones for tech and whatnot. So I’m pretty happy so far!

[–] FaizalR@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hello. I'm new here. This is my first reply and first subscribe on #kbin.

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[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

That's... why I'm here.

[–] Pulsar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Same, replaced RIF with Jerboa in my home screen. I do miss few communities but I think is only matter of time.

[–] JohnnyDread@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'd use Lemmy more if half the content wasn't about Reddit.

[–] oesezetao@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I just just visit reddit to read r/ModCoord, r/RedditAlternatives and related. I am visiting Lemmy daily but honestly I am still expecting to see more content. I am trying to colaborste summiting some things, something I never do in Reddit.

[–] CMGX78@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Full time Lemmy right here. There's only a handful of subreddits that I am missing, but I'm sure clones of those subs will make it here eventually.

[–] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m getting there… I just need these beta apps to get a bit more useful.

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[–] ows@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Used Reddit everyday. Left last week. Lemmy everyday. Slowly subscribing to be subs as they appear. I get confused sometimes with the changes (subscribing, federation). The apps aren't as feature rich as the well matured 3rd party apps I was used to (losing my place when I nav away from app, can't find a post I was half way through reading. But I'm Happy. Oh yeah. I comment on Lemmy. Never really did that on Reddit.

I guess it's like I get to grow with the community, rather than crashing the party.

[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I deleted the acc. Not because what was happening, I think I started to dislike it before. This latest developments just gave me the last push to do it. Lemmy is fun, kind of innocent still.

[–] Ataraxia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Haven't been back to reddit, no

[–] jcg@halubilo.social 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I prefer the term immigrant now.

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[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I haven’t been back. Creddit can get fucked. Apollo deserved better.

In saying that, I have missed the abundance of content. In saying that, Lemmy has grown in order of magnitudes since I got here a few weeks ago. And after the June 30 API cut, I think this place will jump in users.

[–] Pimastr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I've been here since the 10th, deleted my Reddit account yesterday.

[–] JdW@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I check lemmy a few times per day, reddit now a few times per week, and only the few subreddits that have no good alternatives yet.

[–] Daisychan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm about 40% Reddit and 60% lemmy/kbin right now. Once my Reddit app of choice (Relay) dies, I'll probably be here 100%

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I bailed off of Reddit three months ago, after /r/Pathfinder2e started reaching peak echo chamber.

[–] LostCause@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I quit cold turkey a few days ago. Apollo is deleted as it‘s gonna be dead soon anyway, removed my bookmarks to Reddit and now refrain from going there entirely.

It‘s been good, the experience on kbin is so similar that I don‘t miss it much. Sure, some of my communities don‘t exist here yet, but the seemingly endless stream of random stuff to comment on is working for me here too.

Hopefully many more will follow and we can rebuild some of what is missing together and even if not, I am learning to contribute more by myself, so maybe I‘ll just do it.

[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Except for when it comes up on web searches when I'm looking for some tech answer, I am off Reddit 100%.

[–] freebrick@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First thing I did was uninstall Relay.

Then logged off reddit on the desktop.

Put Jerboa on the same home screen spot where Relay was.

After a few days deleted my reddit account. Wasn't much of a commenter so just a simple delete for me.

I don't really enjoy Jerboa so whenever I reach for that spot I just remind myself to go to firefox on my phone and go on kbin or lemmy.

I used reddit mostly for doom scrolling and getting frustrated at world news and politics I cannot really influence. So the switch for me was kinda easy and after 12 years I really enjoy something new. I'm also fairly into technology and I am really fascinated by the concept of federation and I really hope it will be popular. I also hope that not all of reddit will move here, because I feel that reddit became huge and you got a sense of emptiness and hopelessness while browsing over there. If that makes any sense.

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[–] nmac101@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

On reddit i usually was 1 hour a day, now I'm 3/4 on kbin. Imo it's more entertaining than reddit

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

I spend all my time here now, I actually uninstalled reddit and blocked it at the router, removed the want of using it tremendously

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[–] Deralax@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

It's been a real struggle breaking the decade long habit of just opening reddit every time im bored, but I'm trying to ween myself off in preparation for when they kill 3rd party apps at the end of the month since i won't be able to use RIF any longer.

I would say im spending about 80% of my time on kbin now. After the 3rd party app shutdown i'll probably only use reddit when it comes up in top google search results.

[–] gardenmwm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I purposely have started spending more time on Lemmy. After the recent drama I decided that I didn’t want to give Reddit any more of my time and have stopped using the site completely. Not sure Lemmy will be the successor, but its not to bad although mobile ui is worse than the reddit app.

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