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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I have half replaced Reddit with the Fediverse and half replaced it with this exciting new discovery I made of this thing called called IRLβ„’.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm mostly using Lemmy, but I still use reddit for some things where the lemmy communities are too small (like live sports discussion). If I'm googling for an answer to something I'll still include 'reddit' in the search because there is a huge wealth of info in past reddit threads.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit has become so bad lately that I am trying to. Still a few smaller communities I am missing though sadly.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes. Trying at least; (imo) Lemmy hasn't quite got the critical mass yet. The official Reddit app is so crappy that each time I find myself being drawn back in, I leave really quickly. I didn't expect me to find it that bad.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yep! 100% since Sync shut down. There's enough content here already to keep me engaged though not for as long as I'd scroll on Reddit. But watching new communities pop up and grow is fun!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, like many many others. For me, Baconreader was Reddit. Once that stopped working, I left Reddit.

I wonder how many people have 1st July as their Lemmy "cake day".

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I've fully stopped using Reddit. Lemmy seems great, apps are rapidly improving, and the userbase is growing. What more do we want?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'm currently about 90% Lemmy, 10% Reddit for general topics, mostly still hanging on to Reddit for specific games that I haven't found out here yet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

99% so far. I rarely open Reddit at all aymore.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Not really. I stopped using Reddit and even though I am using lemmy it so far hasn’t been a true replacement. Overall my engagement has gone down hill significantly. I might check lemmy once or twice a day. I used to be on Reddit all day. Ultimately this is better for me overall. Even if I wanted to there just isn’t enough content for lemmy to be a replacement for my Reddit usage.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I’m here 99.9999% of the time

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I deleted my reddit account (and all my content beforehand) so yeah...still looking around for matching communities though.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Gradually, I hope. At the moment there are too many communities missing. Mods of Subreddits need to move here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

now that you mention it, I realize I've not been there since ... may be a week or two.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Stopped reddit, now mostly lemmy and a bit of kbin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have. Always used Sync to browse Reddit, and since it's not working anymore, I'm not using it either.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I left Reddit when I lost Apollo. I miss my drama subs though…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I refuse to use their app and I want nothing to do with them. So while they had some nice subreddits, I will learn to live without them.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Partially yes, partially no. It depends on the use case.

If I'm looking to idly scroll random content, sure, it's great!

For online community, definitely. Given the open disregard that Reddit Inc leadership has shown towards the community, developers, and volunteers who keep the show running, I don't feel comfortable contributing there anymore.

If i'm looking for specialized information on a specific topic, definitely not. Google Search + site:reddit.com still reigns here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mostly used reddit on desktop (old.reddit.com) so it shouldn't have made much difference to me, but boy, it did.

Ever since that API paywalling fiasco and mod rebellion, the overall quality of content has nosedived catastrophically. Just one look at r/all or r/popular would be enough to convince anyone.

I've completely left reddit and settled on Lemmy, just like most people here.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I've only accessed reddit once since RIF died, just to see what r/all looked like. Not interested in returning tbh. I'll join the smaller communities on Lemmy or make my own.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Simply yes. Not going back

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Already have. If nothing else, I'm already hit with the nostalgia of old reddit before it became so corporate focused.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lenny is dead, replacing him with George.

(But yes, switching to Lemmy from Reddit πŸ˜€)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've pretty much completely left Reddit since Apollo shut down. I'm happy with Lemmy, so far, except I'm honestly getting tired of the somewhat elitist attitude and fear/anger towards anything that isn't in the fediverse. I noticed it when I left Twitter for Mastodon too, and it's kind of getting old.

I'm not saying some of what's being said isn't justified, it's just not what I feel like seeing every time I open the app/site.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I refuse to install the official Reddit app, so only Lemmy on the phone. Which was probably 90% of my Reddit usage.

I'm enjoying it quite a bit, so I haven't logged on old.reddit.com in a while.

Still have my account, just in case, but I've pretty much migrated at this point.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Deleted account.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

not yet. because Lemmy is still quite small tbh. But, the thing is Since Reddit new API policy starts, my Reddit home feed filled with spam,bots and double posts from many subs. So, if this problem overwhelms my home feed. I might move to Lemmy permanently.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've already deleted all of my posts and edited the comments to "FUCK YOU u/spez". I didn't delete the account because the little cunt has a reputation for editing user's comments, I'm just gonna mass edit them from time to time to be sure.

I even changed out the email with an alias one literally saying "fuckyouspez@..." and that fucker hasn't banned me yet.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I already have. I deleted all my Reddit posts and comments and deleted my account the other day. I'm all on the Lemmy train now.

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