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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 2 years ago

Me! I haven't used Reddit in 2 weeks and I don't intend to leave the Fediverse anytine soon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Only Lemmy for me now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

About 25% of time is spend here. I feel like Lemmy isn't "there" yet but I want it to be. I'm thinking of creating my own instance with a custom GUI with a light-weight, less cluttered interface with some custom defaults.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I quit Reddit altogether. Here it feels less addictive.

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

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Just joined Lemmy myself. Used a script to wipe all my content from 5 accounts. Plan to delete in July.

[–] iSharted 4 points 2 years 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] 4 points 2 years ago

I quit using Reddit entirely when the blackout started. I didn't immediately jump all in to Lemmy, but I've found myself checking in more often and staying on the site for longer periods of time as it continues growing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I only use reddit when looking at the current blackout and api situation. I am also sharing the word of lemmy and the fediverse to users who don't know what it is. But i no longer browse trough reddit, only on lemmy. Nore specificslly the jerboa app on Android.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I stopped using reddit since day 1 of going dark. Sometimes Google redirects me there so I have to find other results. Jerboa for Android is a great experience - spending most of the social media time here

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yup. I was using the official app and I just went cold turkey on reddit. Now just on lemmy. I used the jerboa app for a few days but it's slow and I get a timeout toast anytime I do anything, so instead I installed the lemmy.world PWA

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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 2 years 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] 3 points 2 years ago

I’m spending much more time here now that I am spending at reddit. I’m hoping for another big influx of users (and therefore content) on July 1.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the first post on my new account 👍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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] 3 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (2 children)

I just made my account, figuring out how to use the app.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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 2 years 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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I realized I don't use reddit for much. If it's just an endless meme scroller I can get that elsewhere. I was never big into any one community and beside the occasional shitpost, never had much karma either. I'm going to give lemmy and kbin several months and see where it goes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I haven't been on Reddit since sunday 11th.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My reddit usage has dropped steadily over the past week, starting with ~50% on day 1 and now almost 90%.

There's a few things I read on reddit, mostly related to its downfall (Apollo apps post yesterday), but otherwise it's this or doing something entirely different.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haven't been on reddit since this started. Deleted my account and wont be back

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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 2 years 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm currently enjoying Lemmy through Jerboa on Android!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Oh definitely. I've been on a continuous Lemmy/kbin binge since Friday. This place is way more enjoyable than reddit because:

  • Your voice matters. People actually upvote and reply!
  • There is no karma! One less thing to obsess over (though you can see how many posts/comments a user has made).
  • The content is much more interesting and reminiscent of the early days of Reddit.
  • Maybe I'm too nerdy but I like how clean the site is.
  • There is absolutely zero commercial interest across the entire lemmyverse and it's awesome. You can talk to actual people and have fun!
  • It feels magical that there are all these different Lemmy and kbin servers and you can see people from 10 instances talking to each other in the same thread.
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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 2 years 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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