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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I only come to Reddit to check the status of my data takeout request and use teddit to check out /r/modcoord and /r/redditalternatives though they're winding down. Migration complete, after 3 years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I'm in the process... Since they destroyed RiF, I've been going to the old Reddit website but it's just not the same anymore. I've been resisting downloading the Reddit app due to what they've done to the community but it's not easy.

Lemmy is nice and all but I find it confusing as it shows several communities (some with 0 MAU and some with plenty) whenever I search for it. I'm excited for the future of this one and the Mastodon one but they're just not as polished as their more established counterparts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

No, for the time. I like the idea but i see a lot of issues that hopefully get fixed in the future. For example the existence of 5 communities with the same name. Where do I join? it makes things more inconvenient. Finding communities is hard without 3rd party websites. If I search on my instance for a community that is on a different one I would like it to be shown as a search result and not having to get the URL and paste it in. Time will hopefully fix all these problems and Ill invest some time of my own to add features to this platform.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I mostly have by now, had to look for community analogues of the subreddits most important to me and create communties that I missed on lemmy. On Reddit I was mostly lurking around but here I actually have the motivation to post and manage communities, since I this is an open and decentralized platform.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I am slowly, over the long term. I am still glancing and reading some of the reddit subs that haven't made the move, but I figure over time they'll eventually migrate away. One day I probably won't even look anymore and will have forgotten about Reddit completely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yes. Reddit is only checked for about 2-3 subreddits, but I'm not checking it daily. Lemmy and Mastodon are my new best friends.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yup girldick, I replaced Reddit with Lemmy and I'm happy!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

A few of my communities have not migrated at all, so I check back there occasionally.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

As much as I want to move on to the fediverse, there are occasions where Reddit is better, such as finding specific questions that were answered; it’s like the stack overflow for general life. Now I just browse the cached version if I need to search for something like that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, the official Reddit app makes me want to puke.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I browse Lemmy almost exclusively, but adding "reddit" to the end of a Google search is still the easiest way to solve issues I'm looking up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Can't enjoy browsing Reddit on mobile without RiF, and won't use Reddit on PC at all anymore out of principle.

long live lemmy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I think you meant to post on asklenny xD

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yup. After seeing Lemmy start to populate with more users and content, I deleted my Reddit account and only use search engines to search for information on Reddit now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I only go there to steal content that I then enhance manually. I always had a kneejerk reaction against the hackernews reposts on Reddit. So, I try to make my content cloning less conspicuous and I make sure to enhance the content with more depth when I bring it here.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years 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] 4 points 2 years ago

Not replacing it, I ditched reddit long ago (maybe 3 years ago). I am loving it.

[–] jflorez 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, I found it hard at the start but communities are slowly starting to form. Nothing positive (like ditching spez) comes without some pain

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

I am not replacing it.

I have already done it few weeks ago.

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

I just hope lemmy instances are more searchable like reddit. That would kill any usage of reddit for me for sure

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

Yes I'm here to join the lemmings

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

Easiest yes of my life. Not only do I not support how they're treating the devs of 3rd party apps but they made it easy by having the only way to browse it be their app which is basically unusable for me.

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

Every so often I'll glance at r/politics or r/worldnews since following the news was a big part of how I used reddit and Lemmy doesn't quite have the volume to replace it for that function yet. But as time goes on I'm finding Mastodon and Post to be almost just as good for news so I expect to cut out reddit completely before long. The vibe and overall feel is a breath of fresh air, I'm really liking it!

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

What's a Reddit?

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

I still go to reddit as a resource when looking up stuff online, but I no longer browse reddit. The only subreddit I consistently go to is the small one I moderate, as it's large enough I can't simply convince each individual personally to move to the fediverse, but small enough that trying to convert would result in negligible numbers here.

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

Right now using both.

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

I deleted my Reddit account the other day. I'm all in.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Do you know that you can edit the title to fix the typo?

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

Seems that way - I'm not logging onto Reddit most days and the few times I am I'm only spending a few minutes, versus the ton of time I used to spend there.

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

For most things, but there's some subs I still frequent. No more doomscrolling, just very targeted single-sub browsing.

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

99% yes, effective July 1. The 1% is the Ukraine war daily thread on World News. I monitor it while logged out.

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

I personally wish there were more communities - it's kind of difficult for me to navigate at times when looking for communities especially if they exist in another instance, but otherwise, I have definitely replaced Reddit with this site. I just lurk on Reddit now, don't upvote or downvote, and just read some stuff that I can't find over here on my desktop, but here - I am actively engaging. It does feel more chill, and kind of reminds me of Old Internet somehow and I really like how so many people are coming together too to fix bugs and improve the QOL.

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

I'm certainly going to try. Will it work out? I hope so.

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

Already have a month ago, really like it here!

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

Yep, after Rif died, immediately looked for alternatives to reddit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years 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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