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This seems like a good place so far tbh

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

There are only two subreddits I'm checking right now. One will be defunct when reddit shuts down that app. The other is a gaming subreddit where I'm not going to get the kind of discourse here that is there (yet). I can use their forums but...I like simplicity these days and having everything in one place is just easier.

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

jesssir, deleted all my reddit accs

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

Definitely. I don't plan on downloading the official Reddit app anytime soon and for years I have been more of a lurker on Reddit but I am trying to break that and participate more on Lemmy. Really enjoying it so far.

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

I didn't remove my Reddit account yet, but I stopped using it as soon as I tried Lemmy. As I expected, it's not perfect, it still needs some love on the technical side, but people and content are already here. I'm pretty happy with my feed so far. I can only see it grow and getting better, but I guess we'll find out how the fight with spam bots will be.

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

Lenny is dead, replacing him with George.

(But yes, switching to Lemmy from Reddit πŸ˜€)

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

I've basically left reddit for good. There's some thing I miss there but in general Lemmy fills that void enough that I don't have the urge to go back anymore. If I end up scrolling less because of smaller amount of content then good.

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

I’m on lemmy a lot but not all the communities that I frequent on Reddit moved or have enough people over at lemmy.

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

Yes, like many many others. For me, Baconreader was Reddit. Once that stopped working, I left Reddit.

I wonder how many people have 1st July as their Lemmy "cake day".

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

I'm an old lady and I'm trying, it's a little hard to navigate though, so I would say I spend less time here than I did Reddit, but I am 10 days fully clean from Reddit after a month of weaning. I've also started getting up and moving around more throughout my work day and listening to audiobooks and podcasts.

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

It's a good 95% because I uninstalled the app. Lemmy has a lot of potential, and that's worth it.

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

I've already deleted all of my posts and edited the comments to "FUCK YOU u/spez". I didn't delete the account because the little cunt has a reputation for editing user's comments, I'm just gonna mass edit them from time to time to be sure.

I even changed out the email with an alias one literally saying "fuckyouspez@..." and that fucker hasn't banned me yet.

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

Yep. I didn't bother installing the normal Reddit app but still needed something to read when all I've got is my phone. Lemmy looks promising.

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

The community reddit had was really good. I hope it is replicated here. I wonder is there is a way to transfer some of the reddit data here?

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

Both yes and no. Yes the time I used to spend browsing reddit is now spent using lemmy. But the experience is totally different in lemmy. I am a much more active part of the community here whereas I was a lurker at reddit

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

Yes i have basically replaced Reddit at this point, other than if google search comes up with something I need.

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

Right now using both.

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

Yes, fuck you spez

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

[–] WHATaDEMAGE 5 points 1 year ago

Yepp, waiting for the new Sync app but really liking it here so far.

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

no doubt. fuck reddit

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

On mobile absolutely, the past few days has seen a considerable amount of activity bump up. I am logged in on a new lurker account on reddit, but that's only for wrestling news and a podcast sub of mine. Fuck All.

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

I just started Lemmy a couple days ago. I uninstalled Reddit app 3 weeks ago and closed all my tabs. Occasionally a search results in Google for info will pop up a relevant reddit thread, of I think it has an answer I need I will click it. I didn't delete my reddit account or anything tho, just logged out.

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

I have tried to but am currently using both although I only use reddit on my computer at home. Sadly I find that the content just isn't here. Sure there's a lot of tech and gaming stuff but if you aren't interested in that then there isn't all that much else

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

Now that I’ve got an app on my phone, 100%. Reddit is just an ad platform these days. It’s sad.

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

I wasn't expecting to, but the official reddit app was worse than I expected, you can't sort by 'hot' anymore so it is literally not as interesting to look at. I haven't used it since the switch over and I don't miss it.

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

Nope, it doesn't have the user base.. hopefully that changes but for right now, I'm using both.

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

I'm more of a Carl guy, but Lenny will do.

Seriously, I can see this becoming a full replacement if users continue to migrate. Once Sync for Lemmy is out I will definitely be using that for my bored moments. For now, patched Reddit Sync is still working, so I'm still using it while I can.

That said, Reddit feels dead to me. Browsing now is absolutely not the same as before. As far as I'm concerned they committed suicide.

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

Got some nsfw and philosophy subreddits that scratch a certain itch but it doesn't feel right using the terrible official client. Mostly using Lemmy nowadays.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago

I think you meant to post on asklenny xD

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

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

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

Yes. 100%. Tinkering with my own lenny instance for me and my friends atm. Once "Sync for Lenny" drops ill bring them all aboard so its a smooth experience for the non-tech users. Also this is my first test post form my lenny instance! All hail LENNY!!

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

Yep. The Reddit app I’ve been using no longer works so that’s where it ends. I actually stopped using Reddit two weeks before the change even took place because I knew I’d need time to readapt and get away from the platform. I’m glad I did that. I haven’t opened it since.

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

I already have. I deleted all my Reddit posts and comments and deleted my account the other day. I'm all on the Lemmy train now.

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

Currently going back and forth because there are still some subreddits that don't have an active community.

Hopefully, soon most if not all niche I follow will have a dedicated community here.

Also, still waiting for a better mobile client (excited for boost for lemmy and relay for lemmy).

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