I haven't opened reddit in 4 days
this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2023
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Last week no, this week yes. The learning* curve is steep compared to reddit. I still haven't taken the time to learn enough.
I feel like I have spent more time on Lemmy than I used to on Reddit per day, but that’s likely because of the novelty of it. I assume my usage will level back out to effectively the same as I had on Reddit.
The only things I've been back to reddit for is subreddit settings and wording I wanted for my new communities on Lemmy :)
obligatory FUCK spez
I've just logged in to this instance after not being able to after sign up. It seems promising. Most of the topics that I'm interested in are already on kbin.social, but I'm gonna exploring this instance too.
I unsubbed from most of the default reddit subs and from the subs where the mods didn't seem to care about the protest.
For the future, I intend to limit my engagement to a few subreddits related to the war in Ukraine, because that's something I follow closely and care about a lot. The communities on lemmy/kbin just aren't active enough yet to stay up to date.
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Yes. Since the blackout I've only been on Reddit briefly to find alternative ways of reaching the communities I was a part of and to delete my accounts and comments.
I'm happier on Lemmy but I have to remind myself to come here. I need to explore more. I haven't visited kbin yet. But I just finished work and I want to relax and my reddit subs aren't federated, or they are here but there are under a dozen people lurking so I end up on reddit first.
Seems like a lot of people replying to this post have mostly moved to lemmy.
I've stopped using it on mobile as I deleted sync, though my Lemmy app took the spot on my home screen. When at my desk I still load Reddit out of habit though
I have quit Reddit but struggle to spend the same amount of time on Lemmy as I would Reddit. I guess it’s just because there was no app offers the same browsing experience as Apollo.
Edit: found wefwef and boy does it feels just like the native Apollo app
I'm new here, but I probably spend about 80% of my time on kbin. I'm using Boost for Reddit, but once that stops working I'll fully switch over.
About a week since i read or posted on Reddit.
Reading Christian's rebuttal was genuinely shocking to me and I decided I didn't want to continue supporting Reddit's management by being associated with it.
I demodded myself (sole moderator of a 13 year old sub, plus another two smaller ones), deleted all my many thousands of posts and comments and stopped using it.
I'm planning on deleting my 11 year user with a lot of karma on the 1st to join the protest then (I need to revisit to check that's still happening)
Pretty much haven't gone back to reddit at all. I've been trying to transfer to Lemmy, but getting much of my scrolling fix off instagram nowadays.
I am for sure. I just head over for one maybe two subs that I cannot replace (yet), and only once or twice a day (instead of constantly).
Besides that may random scrolling and news related needs are fully satisfied by lemme.
I switched off reddit during the blackout and haven't really missed it (uninstalled from phone but not tablet yet), does appear in some searches. I heard the CeO interview on NPR over the weekend, so looking to delete my comments from most subs (some ask not to so will respect that) before deleting accounts.
World news and a finance subs I liked to contribute to but enjoying the break. Coding and Crafts I browse for ideas but sure something will appear eventually or not.
Except for when it comes up on web searches when I'm looking for some tech answer, I am off Reddit 100%.
Quit reddit entirely after the blackout. Was kind of a wake up call for me. Not to go way over the top but wanna move away entirely from the Zuckerberg empire(WhatsApp, Facebook & Instagram), Twitter and even LinkedIn(if this is even possible?). Baby steps.
100% Lemmy here.
Only open reddit by accident and muscle memory. Need to find time to read/save the "saved". Right after that will Art. 17 GDPR my account.
I blocked myself from accessing reddit with LeechBlock, so yes, I am spending more time on Lemmy than reddit.
After signing up here I deleted my Reddit account. So yea :) It's really nice here, I hope it stays this way.
I'm not a twitter user I've always liked reddit lemmy is reddit but without the ads
Just kbin on desktop, but I'm still using Apollo. Not sure what's going to happen on July.
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I've replaced the spot where Reddit Sync has been for like 10 years with a shortcut to Kbin. That said, I find myself browsing less as there's less content in the meantime. I try avoiding going to Reddit on my computer unless there's literally no other matching Google searches.
I hope we eventually get a lot of that random historical context and information reposted at some point onto any Lemmy instance.
It's not even completely gone, and I already really miss sync, it's such a great application, it made reddit not suck :) so good :)
I've spent FAR more time on kbin than I have reddit since the blackouts. I know the Relay app will be gone at the end of the month, so I figured I'd get a jump on trying to get used to another platform. I refuse to be forcefed ads, so there is no other option for me with reddit as a mobile user.