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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Though this is my first post over here, uninstalled RIF on the 12th (after buying premium as a thanks for the last decade of using that great app) and haven't been back to reddit since.

There are certainly plenty of subs I miss and things aren't all rosy here yet, but I refuse to ever go to reddit again. They brought me from a 4hr/day, decade long happy reddit user to a complete boycott overnight. Amazing business acumen.

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[–] [email protected] 4 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%

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm only using Reddit for /r/soccer at the moment as the Fedi versions aren't very active unfortunately. But if they become more active or Reddit get rid of old Reddit then I'll be done completely.

My only issue with Lemmy at the moment is every other post is a out Reddit to the point I might aswell be on Reddit... Understandable why but would be nice to see other content

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You could just start lemmy threads in your magazine of choice. That's what I'm doing. The kbin NintendoSwitch community has like six posts, and half of them are mine. Maybe it will get bigger, but you gotta participate to get it there!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not ditching Reddit, but I'm spending more time reading and discovering Lemmy. Since I selfhost a lot of services, I started my own Lemmy instance. Must say, it feels kinda barebones, but that's because of the lack of advertisements etc. on pages.

I kinda find it peacefull and I hope Lemmy survives as eco-system.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm trying but it's pretty low quality stuff here

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

For me, the worst part is actually the duplicate communities. Sure, it's nice that newbies can have these duplicate subs so they don't have to learn how to traverse the Lemmyverse, but it would be really nice if duplicates could be avoided. Like, maybe if Lemmy instances kept better records of communities on other instances.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

100% on Lemmy, I used a script to remove all my comments and posts from my account. The account is still there, but totally empty. Is Kbin accessable via Lemmy and vice-versa? Reddit is dead to me,

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have been on reddit more but with ublock origin installed and only to post John Oliver and to help with the protest. When the month is over I wont be posting any more to reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I might be out of the loop a bit but I've noticed lots of John Oliver posts in recent days - has he been vocal about the Reddit/Spez debacle?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm currently enjoying Lemmy through Jerboa on Android!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I only use Reddit when I'm forced to now. I don't do it on mobile at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, I moved completely over. I miss the smut, admittedly, but with the principles at play I think I can make the sacrifice :)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm just getting used to it and adapting, but I'm liking it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I have bookmarks to Reddit I use on desktop, old version so I can get updated on niche stuff. I use Reddit about 1% and always with Adblock and logged out.

[–] [email protected] 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 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!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just made a fresh new account here. Still trying to find my way around here. Will keep my reddit account for a little bit but just like with Instagram, the ads just became too annoying for me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here. Just joined 10 min ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same here as well within the last 10 minutes or so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ended up making the switch today. Found certain communities I liked weren't in existence yet so I'm working on getting them setup.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I stopped using Reddit entirely. It's got too popular for its own good. The API thing was the last straw. Feels like whenever the money men take over something it goes to shit. These walled gardens are cancerous in a way that the average user doesn't understand until it's too late. The EU is the only big institution that is pushing back against this tendency and my countrymen decided they wanted to leave because they are too stupid to understand this kind of nuance.

Down with proprietary, closed, throwaway culture. Long live open, transparent, modular, reusable technology.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I deleted my Reddit account at the beginning of the blackout and haven't opened it since (except when Google takes me there for some search results).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Used Power Delete Suite to edit all my comments and point to lemmy.world on my main account. Only check Reddit once every few days to upvote spez debauchery.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's the community that makes reddit what it is. Lemmy cannot become reddit unless the community moves. The community will move if we make high effort content here.

I have switched from Relay for reddit to Jerboa for lemmy. But Jerboa still opens too much in browser, and I'm missing my mix of stuff. I could waste couple hours on reddit just consuming. Here, I run out of stuff in half an hour.

Also, the communities for the games I play are still over in reddit. Movie discussion threads are still on reddit. There are enough normies there that they will stick to reddit even after the protests. I can move my scrolling to Lemmy, that is my plan, but occasional visits to a few select places on reddit, will continue to happen.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't scroll through Reddit but scroll here instead. Not as much as leaps out at me as it used to but at the same time I am glad it's more focused and less shitposting.

Haven't deleted my account, see no reason to. But for sure, my account will show next to little activity, no commenting, no login, nothing.

I'm just a commenter unfortunately, never been much of a poster and contributer. More into the comment discussions!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I stopped using Reddit when the boycott started and don't plan on going back(went back to add nonsense to my old comments). Hoping to see a larger migration as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Just joined today and getting to know how it works. 🤞

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yea, I spend 90% of my time on Lemmy, and it's been really fun seeing it grow so quickly.

Most of my recent posts on Reddit have been mod actions, or pumping Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I occasionally go back to check on the chaos, but I am enjoying Lemmy a lot more. The older people at my workplace and my friends/family are beginning to echo the sentiment that Reddit killed itself, and that opinion spreading among average people is a sign that Reddit's days are numbered.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I have, 7 days clean off Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes but I only see 2 problems so far. The siloing of instances and searchability. I can't search with lemmy yet since there are so many instances with no standard like with site:reddit.com. Way less issues than dealing with reddit so it's a big win for me!

[–] [email protected] 3 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sadly, the majority will keep on using reddit(I'm talking overall about reddit users). I will use it only if some of my favorite communities don't get created here. I was banned on reddit for whoever knows what reasons(aka sweaty mods) so I can't really communicate there. And if I create a new account it gets banned too - tracking your device - is that even legal? When I reported racism, sexism, etc. they didn't even check it or said it wasn't breaking their rules - I think that sums it all up about reddit, their morals and policy. People are going back to reddit, communities are opening from being private, unfortunatelly nothing really changed. SomeOrdinaryGamers made a pretty good video explaining the reddit 'blackout'. You either cut the head off or it will eat you. Reddit community got eaten this time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I blocked reddit from my network so I would accidently go there. The only two things making it hard for me to use this is news and worldnews aren't super well moderated and I can't figure out how to make it not auto update the feed while im on top day with garbage new posts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently full time lurking on Lemmy. I have only used Reddit when there is absolutely no analogue for my issue (in this case, used fightsticks for FGC titles)

Using the Memmy app on iOS

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

On lemmy or kbin I try to be more active to increase the user engagement 😎

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So far I like Lemmy quite a bit! The vibe is good and positive, really nice to see.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I enter to Reddit for the memes (with all the shitshow it is occurring right now) and for the community itch that Reddit used to scratch there is Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't intentionally been to reddit since June 10 or so, but some of my searches take me there. Been trying to use Discord as much as possible for those same questions but i do hit deadends sometimes that only those years old reddit posts can fix.

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't cut Reddit out completely, as much as I dislike the organisation, I did enjoy the community and it'll still be a huge source of information for a while yet. But once RIF stops working I won't be using my phone anymore, just my PC. Lemmy is growing and it's fun to witness it

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