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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] 42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I deleted my reddit apps and decided to not use it anymore, so yeah, I am only on Lemmy now using it on desktop and on phone I use jerboa for lemmy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Same. Deleted accounts, uninstalled app, installed Jerboa, and replaced the bookmark with my instance.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've quit reddit 100%. I was a little bit addicted, so I used the blackout as a way to quit cold turkey. Lemmy kind of scratches the itch, enough that I don't go back to Reddit, but I don't spend as much time here as I did there. I'm counting that as a good thing

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

Me too. I used to spend hours on Reddit. Joined back in the day when Digg users migrated to Reddit. I do miss some of the subs, but I've also become bored with so much of the recycling. Lemmy and Kbin are relatively new, but I welcome the open source concept behind federation, and here's an opportunity to invest in creating and being part of communities that own their contributions.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I gave up Reddit 100% the day the blackout started, so by default… yes. Way more time on Lemmy. As someone that isn’t on these sites that much of the time, I like Lemmy way better since I can actually contribute and have conversations. On Reddit I’m only ever replying to a post once there are a thousand replies already and it’s always buried. Here it’s much easier to chat.

I was thinking about setting up an instance to help me learn some more development stuff and practice my Terraform use, or maybe build an iOS app to learn Swift in my spare time… but I don’t really have spare time, so those things have a 99.9% chance of not happening haha.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

i have not been back since the blackout started.

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[–] sisyphean 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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] 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I am mainly a mobile user. Unfortunately the Lemmy apps are still pretty limited. Despite that I refuse to use Reddit from now on even though I find myself often opening Apollo (muscle memory I guess), I always close it immediately. Really hoping the lemmy apps improve as I see a lot of potential.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The apps currently in beta seem to be getting updated every day or so with improvements. I’m posting this using Memmy and it’s working fairly well. Both Memmy and Mlem need a bit more work before they’re ready to go to general release imho but the devs are doing great work.

I don’t think it will be long before we have fully- functional apps in the App Store.

[–] lasagna 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Jerboa reminds me a lot of Rif. There are some bugs like the list reseting but it's mostly a good experience.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am spending no time on Reddit and a little time on Lemmy, so yes.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Last week I switched from 100% reddit / 0% Lemmy to 0% reddit / 100% Lemmy overnight.

Fuck /u/spez

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I've basically made the switch 100%, and I'm finding myself a lot more active on here so far. Everything I've posted in any given community has resulted in a lot more friendly discussion here than it tended to on Reddit... honestly, so far this feels a lot better lol.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I’ve not touched Reddit since the blackout started, and I won’t be going back.

Fuck u/spez

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I made an account on both kbin.social and Lemmy and use jerboa to browse Lemmy on mobile.

I haven't been on reddit in a week, and have deleted my account so on the occasions that I do end up there I won't be adding to their content or participating.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm enjoying doomscrolling through the drama on Reddit but I'm enjoying the community over here more. I know the inevitable it's coming (RIF user) but now it's a much less bitter pill to swallow.

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

One day I used to browse Reddit. Basically next day I switched to Lemmy / Kbin.
I only arrive to reddit when the search engine gives me what I'm looking for over there. No regrets. It is valuable info that deserved to be consumed. When I make effort to create valuable info I now create it in federated media.

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

I went cold turkey on Reddit when my app died yesterday. I haven't used reddit on desktop since like 2013 so no problem there.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I moved here with the intention to stay. I just use reddit to promote Lemmy now.

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

"Hello, sir. Have you ever heard of our lord and savior Lemmy?"

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

now lemmy tell you

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

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

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

I haven't touched Reddit since June 11th, never going back.

I had been using RiF for over 10 years.

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

I am proud of myself! Haven't touch reddit since the 11th! I am free! Ahahahahaha! Ahem. For real though It feels good to break the habit. Course I replaced one addiction. With another by landing over here. Oh well. That is how it goes I suppose.

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

I'm constantly making a conscious effort to avoid going back to reddit. It's not been easy, as it was my most used app maybe after youtube, but I've succeed so far. Last december I deleted my twitter account I created back in 2009. It hurt a bit, but I survived and found a nice place on a Mastodon instance. My reddit account is 11 years old, and I'll be deleting it too, soon. It'll hurt too, I know, but I'll survive too. Lemmy is my new home.

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

I'm a refugee and honestly I like it here better than a lot of the Reddit communities so far because people actually seem interested in discussion rather than arguing. Of course that could be just because there are not as many people. Not really sure.

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

I deleted everything Reddit related and haven't been there since. I even avoid Reddit related search results.

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

Yeah, I've switched. Sometimes a result for tech help pops up on search and I open it through archive.org

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

This is a clever solution to getting all the help from reddit's repository of knowledge without actually visiting the site, well done!

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

I vehemently refuse to support Reddit in any way. I delted all my accounts and apps. When google answers my question with a reddit link I access it throigh the way back machine.

Reddit has proven time and again that it is anti community and that it will stop at nothing to satisfy their greed. Anyone who understands the dynamics at play and still drives traffic to them is proving that the masses can be manipulated to go along with anything

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Only Lemmy for me now.

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

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

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

99% time on Lemmy, 1% on Reddit telling people to migrate to Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Since when I registered here I've been visiting lemmy more than reddit, although I go there from time to time to follow the shitshow as it's entertaining.

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

I haven't been on Reddit since the blackout. Not sure if I'm going back

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[–] [email protected] 4 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] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I quit cold turkey a few days ago. Apollo is deleted as it‘s gonna be dead soon anyway, removed my bookmarks to Reddit and now refrain from going there entirely.

It‘s been good, the experience on kbin is so similar that I don‘t miss it much. Sure, some of my communities don‘t exist here yet, but the seemingly endless stream of random stuff to comment on is working for me here too.

Hopefully many more will follow and we can rebuild some of what is missing together and even if not, I am learning to contribute more by myself, so maybe I‘ll just do it.

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

Yep. After 9 years of almost daily use and 50k comment karma, I haven't been on Reddit in a week. I miss a few of the more niche places, but I imagine they'll be along. I started an r/synthesizers ripoff anyway.

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

This is the first post on my new account 👍

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

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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

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